Garlic--easy peel version

[NJCher]

Last edited Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:12 AM - Edit history (1)

Is there such a thing? Or is the RG just imagining such a thing?

I asked what garlic I should order for planting this fall. He said get the easy peel kind. I said I didn't know there was such a kind and he said there was. He then demonstrated it to me and the peel does indeed just fall off. I've researched it and come up with little. I hear Lidl carries it under "pearl" garlic, but then I find out that "pearl" garlic refers to just one clove of garlic. I am confused.

So does anyone know the name I should put in the search engine to find this new or relatively new kind of garlic that's easy to peel? I want to order some for both my home and school gardens. If you put in "easy peel garlic" you get a bunch of gadgets.

The RG bought it at our local ShopRite (edited: he later remembered it was Whole Foods), but it wasn't promoted as "easy peel." There was no sign stating the cultivar. The only reason he knew it was "easy peel" is that it cost $2 a bulb and when he got it home, he discovered the peel came off all at once. He also said it had a blackish color on the peel.

I took some pics to post here but they don't really tell you anything. They just look like regular garlic.