Athshe
Crop: Garlic (Allium sativum)
Breeder: Avram Drucker Garlicana
OSSI Pledge Date:
Release Date: 1/1/2022
Bred for Organic Systems: Yes
Commercial Availability: Yes
Description
“(S13 Kish1 S19) Out of hundreds of seeds derived from Anarres, less than 50 seedlings were transplanted. Over several seasons, the resulting germplasm was pared down to 4 and now just to one selection: Athshe. This is a big one: stout plants with broad dark green leaves, 4-6 large cloves. It has an earthy flavor but, like Kishlyk and all of the decedents, it doesn’t rank on the super spicy side. It is named for another of Ursula LeGuin’s books (as i expect its own derivatives will be): The Word for World is Forest which takes place a wooded planet whose plucky inhabitants tackle ecological destruction in a rather direct fashion. Would that this garlic be so bold as to flavor such ardor. Athshe, the garlic not the fictitious planet), was a heavy yielder of TGS in 2021, inevitably leading to generations to come with descriptions written in Hainish.”
Source: https://www.garlicana.com/
Availability from OSSI Seed Company Partners
