Garlic Italian Late produces cloves that are generally round and fat and covered in light-colored wrappers. Garlic Italian Late matures later and tends to be somewhat smaller than Early Italian Purple, and its extra-tight skin makes it keep better. Softneck garlic contains more cloves in each bulb than hardneck garlic, and their papery skins are wrapped tighter, keeping them fresher and giving them a longer shelf life. Softnecks mature later and store longer than hardneck types, and the bulbs become spicier the longer they’re stored. Garlic is a good source of allicin, a compound that gives garlic its distinctive smell and taste and appears to have many health benefits.
Garlic Italian Late is an Allium sativum variety in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). Typically grown as an annual, garlic is an herbaceous bulbous perennial with flattened, linear, grass-like, medium green leaves. Softnecks do not flower or develop a scape,
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