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Pearly Red

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.3 oz. 2007 Picture

From Filaree Farm; SSE 312

Pescadero Red

Variety: Creole Harvest Date: Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.0 oz.

From a California grower via Filaree Farms and Joel Girardin.

P-French Red

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.6 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Donated to USDA germplasm bank by Greg Wichelns; via Filaree Farms. USDA PI 515973; SSE 253

PI 383819 (aka Pristinski)

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.0 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Pristina, Macedonia; accessioned into USDA collections in 1973. USDA PI 38319; SSE 46

PI 485592

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.5 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Ted Maczka of Demorestville, Ontario, the "Fish Lake Garlic Man". USDA PI 485592; SSE 14

PI 493097

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz.

From Tiraspol, Moldova via John Swenson. USDA PI 493097. SSE 346.

PI 493105

Variety: Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.8 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

GRIN Accession data indicates that this should be a softneck collected from Istanbul, Turkey. Clearly a naming mistake is afoot, as the SSE accession under this number represents a Purple Stripe similar to Belarus and Vilnius. USDA PI 493105; SSE 176

PI 493116

Variety: Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz.

From North Moravia in the Czech Repiblic; via Avram Drucker. USDA PI 493116

PI 540319

Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz.

Obtained by Maria Jenderek in Poland; via Avram Drucker. USDA PI 540319.

PI 540359 (aka P-VT?)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.1 oz.

USDA PI 540359 lists this as a Rocambole from Le Jardin du Gourmet in Vermont. However, their picture clearly indicates the variety to be an artichoke, making this and P-VT likely synonyms; via Avram Drucker.

Pioneer

Variety: Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.9 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

The 2006 SSE Yearbook claims that this is an artichoke type with excellent size and flavor, 10-20 cloves per head, best for braiding; however, material from the SSE collection is a beautiful purple stripe; from M. Mott. SSE 193

Pitarelli

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

In its first listing in the 1990 SSE Yearbook, John Swenson noted that this was a softneck garlic brought from the former Czechoslovakia in the 1930's; however the current SSE accession is a hardneck variety. SSE 15

Polish Hardneck

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.7 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Idaho grower Rick Bangert who recieved it from John Youanov of Ontario. SSE 147

Polish Jenn

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 2.8 oz. 2007 Picture

From Territorial Seeds; SSE 318

Polish Silver

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 0.8 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From M. Rengwalska of Poland; this variety has often been incorrectly listed in the SSE Yearbook as being PI 1497947. USDA PI 497947; SSE 172

Polish White (aka New York White)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.6 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Ronald Bennett of Victor, New York. SSE 98.

Poodles

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.1 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From USDA, Pullman via Jim Ault of Libertyville, Illinois.
USDA W6 12842; SSE 254

Pride of Maine

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.1 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From John Swenson. SSE 5

Pskem (aka Peskem)

Variety: Purple Stripe? Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1989 by John Swenson along Pskem River valley in the mountains near Pskem, Uzbekistan. SSE 55

Purple #1 (aka Purple, Purple (155), No Name Purple)

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 0.8 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From former USSR via John Swenson, 1999. SSE 155

Purple #2 (aka Purple (189), No Name Purple)

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.6 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From St. Petersburg, Russia. SSE 189

Purple Cauldron

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.4 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From France via John Swenson. SSE 95

Purple Italian

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From M. Mott in 1999. SSE 192

Purple Rocambole

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

From Oscar Iobst of Pennsylvania via Southern Exposure Seeds. SSE 99

Purple Streak

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.6 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

First listed in the 1987 SSE Yearbook by John Navazio of Bar Harbor, Maine who grew this variety at Riverbrook Farm, Eugene, Oregon in the early 1980's. SSE 118

Purple Tip

Variety: Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.1 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Moldova via USDA, Pullman and John Swenson. USDA PI 493099; SSE 28

P-VT (aka PI 540359?)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.9 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From John Swenson; incorrectly listed in the 1999 SSE Yearbook as PI 1540359, as no accession of this number exists in the USDA GRIN database; however PI 540359 is an artichoke in spite of its GRIN entry data, making these two entries likely synonyms. SSE 199

Pyong Vang (aka Pyongjang, Pyongyang, Pyong Vang)

Variety: Asiatic Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.6 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1986 from Pyongyang, North Korea, via John Swenson. Gatersleben #K 7041; SSE 256

 
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