Variety Comparison Chart

	Asiatic	Turban	Creole	Purple Stripe	Glazed Purple Stripe	Marbled Purple Stripe	Porcelain	Rocambole	Silverskin	Artichoke
Bulbs/lb	6-11	7-10	6-9	4-7	4-7	4-7	4-6	5-10	3-6	5-10
Cloves/lb	45	60	75	55	55	55	40	60	70	65
Cloves/bulb	4-7	6-8	8-12	8-12	6-10	6-10	4-6	6-11	12-20	12-20
Storage Months	4	4	10-12	4-6	4-6	4-6	6	4-6	10-12	10
Clove Wrapper Tightness	average	average	tight	average	average	average	tight	loose	tight	tight
Bulb Color	white	striped, purple	white	striped, purple	satin purple	mottled purple	white	white	white	white, sploched
Clove Wrapper Color	brown, rosy purple	pink, brown	red	purple, pink	purple, pink brown	purple, pink brown	pink	brown	white, pink	white
Flavor	hot	hot	spicy, sweet	full, great baked	full, great baked	full, great baked	hot	rich, robust	hot	mild
Maturity	early	very early	mid	mid	mid	early	late	late	late	early
Scapes (hardback/Softneck)	yes hardneck	weak - bolting	weak - bolting	yes hardneck	yes hardneck	yes hardneck	yes hardneck	yes hardneck	no, softneck	no, softneck
Climate Preferred	mild, Southern	mild, Southern	hot, humid, Southern	cold winters	cold winters	cold-cool winters	cold winters	cold winters	cold-hot, versatile	cool-hot, versatile