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Tai Cang (aka Tai Chang)
| Variety: Asiatic |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
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From Ms. Tu Xiaoming of the China National Seed Corporation in Beijing via Greg Czarnecki of Huber Heights, Ohio; SSE 284; |
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Taia Pink (aka Taia)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.1 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Collected in 1983 from village of Taia, NE of Zugdidi, Megrelien Province, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 6040; SSE 110 |
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Tajikistan
| Variety: Porcelain |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 0.9 oz. |
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From a friend of Brendan Flanagan of Tiller, Oregon who seems to have recalled Brendan giving it to him; SSE 328 |
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Tangsiuina
| Variety: Turban |
Harvest Date: Very Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.6 oz. |
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From Ron Thuma of Hartford, Kansas; SSE 322 |
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Tashkent Violet Streak (aka Tashkant Violet Streak)
| Variety: Turban |
Harvest Date: Very Early |
| Average Head Weight: 2.4 oz |
2006 Picture |
Doug Batey of Wild Plum farm, Dixon, Montana got this in the late 1980's from a friend who bought it at a market in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, via Timothy Pellow and Diane Reuter, Davenport, Washington. SSE 265
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Thai Large Red
| Variety: Turban |
Harvest Date: Very Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.8 oz. |
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From SSE with no provenance; SSE 351 |
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Thermadrone
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz |
2006 Picture |
French variety imported by WJ Hume for commercial testing in California, via David Cavagnaro. SSE 157 |
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Tipitilla (aka Tipatilla)
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz. |
2006 Picture |
An Arizona garlic from Seeds of Change; SSE 121 |
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TLC (aka Californa Late TLC Strain)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.9 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Reselected growers strain of California Early via John Swenson. SSE 23 |
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Tochliavri (aka Tochliaupi, Tochliauri, Red Toch, Russian Red Toch)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Collected by Dr. Peter Hanelt in 1988 from the village of Tochliavri, Republic of Georgia (population 312 in the late 1990s), via John Swenson. SSE 208 |
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Transylvanian
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 2.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Bought in a Transylvanian village by Robin Miller of Brandeis University, via Chester Aaron. SSE 266 |
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Trznice
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 0.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Czech Collection of Dr. Boris Andrst, Port Jefferson, New York, via Filaree Farms. SSE 267 |
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Turkish
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 2.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
A hardneck garlic of this name was first listed by Paul Aylor of Fillmore, New York in the 1985 SSE Yearbook; this strain was given to his mother by a friend who in turn got it from a Turkish immegrant; the 2006 SSE Yearbook still lists Turkish as a hardneck variety; however, the SSE accession is an artichoke which came from Filaree Farms. SSE 114 |
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Udabmo
| Variety: Porcelain? |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
This is supposed to be an artichoke variety collected by Dr. Peter Hanelt in 1988 from the village of Udabmo in the Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson; 2006 SSE Yearbook listings are also all for a softneck variety; however the SSE accession is for a marbled purple stripe. SSE 75 |
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Ukanapshavi
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Collected in 1986 by Dr. Peter Hanelt from village of Ukanapshavi in the Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. SSE 35 |
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Vekak
| Variety: Glazed Purple Stripe? |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.7 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Czech Collection of Dr. Boris Andrst, Port Jefferson, New York, via Filaree Farms. SSE 269 |
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Verchnyava Mcara (aka Red Czar)
| Variety: Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Collected in 1983 from the village of Verchnjaja Mcara, Novyj Afon Province, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 6017; SSE 127 |
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VF-25
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.6 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From the California Virus Free Program via Susan Marsh Mongold of Dyer, Nevada. SSE 270 |
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Vic's
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.7 oz. |
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Given to Joel Girardin of Cannon Falls, MN by Vic Kelsch who got it from someone who brought it from Europe as bubils; SSE 295 |
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Vilnius
| Variety: Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
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Collected in 1998 from Vilnius, Lithuania market by Cassim Dunn of El Prado, New Mexico |
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Volpe (aka Oulpe)
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.7 oz. |
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From Ronald Bennett of Victor, NY via John Swenson. While first listed as a softneck, John changed description in 1992 to a hardneck. Blue Ribbon winner of Carlton, Minnesota, County Fair; SSE 285 |