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Nakuralesi #1

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.0 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1982 from the village of Nakuralesi, NW of Alpana, Cageri Province, Lecchumi Region, Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. Gatesleben #K 5861; SSE 68

New Mexico Topset

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.3 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Filaree Farm. SSE 151

New York White (aka Polish White)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.8 oz 2007 Picture

A re-naming of Polish White by Johnny’s Seeds; originally from Ronald Bennett of Victor, New York; SSE 329

Nootka Rose

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.6 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Steve Bensel of Nootka Rose Farm on Waldron Island in the San Juan islands of Puget Sound, Washington. SSE 125

Northe #3

Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.9 oz. 2007 Picture

From Dr. Gil McCollum of the USDA Research Station at Beltsville, MD via John Swenson; SSE 294

Northern White

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

The SSE 2006 yearbook lists this as a Porcelain with heads half the size of elephant garlic. The material from the SSE collection is, however, a purple-skinned rocambole; from Darrell Merrell. SSE 251

Nova Boschaca

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.0 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1981 from the village of Nova Boschaca, Biele Karpaty, Ortsteil Mocariny, Slovakia, via John Swenson. Gatersleben #ALL 654; SSE 65

Novo Triotzk

Variety: Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.5 oz.  

Collected in August 2000 by Rich Hannon at a market in Aktobe in western Kazakhstan; via Avram Drucker. USDA W6 26171.

Old Homestead

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.8 oz. 2007 Picture

Two different garlic listings of this name occur in the SSE Yearbooks. The first is from 1991 from Maureen Conway of Danby, NY who collected hers from an old vacant homestead in the area. The second is from 2004 from an abandoned homestead in the Ozarks via Jon Thurston of Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, Maine. The SSE assession source is not provided, but most likely from the latter; SSE 354.

Old Yellow

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.8 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

from Edward Spaans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and former SSE Allium co-curator. SSE 74

Oregon Blue

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.0 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From David Ronneger in 1988, via Filaree Farm. SSE 93

Ozark

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Found by John Hillbrand of Bass, Arkansas on a nearby abandoned farm. SSE 57

 
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