It was time, maybe even a week late.
The bulbs, between 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inch in diameter, were healthy, and a bit dirty.
Lined up for portrait.
Cleaned, mostly, and strung up for curing in the apartment.
The garlic did quite well. The bulbs are beautiful to look at, sculptural even, blushed mauve. I'm thinking of growing many more next year, with a selection for sale. Where or how, I do not yet know. What is the going rate for ordinary garlic bulbs in your neck of the woods? What is the going rate for fresh, naturally grown specialty garlic in your neck of the woods? If you don't have any idea, head out to a farmer's market or farm stand this month, where you should find them for sale. What would someone pay, in these here NYC parts, for naturally grown, soil-tested, locally grown specialty garlic?
And finally, thanks to Meems, at Gardening in the Boroughs of NYC for selling me some of her families garlic late, late last season.