150 Subtropical Vegetable-Gardening 



GARLIC 



This strong smelling bulb is a close relative of the onion, 

 but has flat leaves like the leek. It is used in cookery by 

 some of the Mediterranean people, by the natives of India 

 and of other warm countries. It is probable that it is 

 used for the stimulating effect of the allyl sulfide, but most 

 persons are averse to the use of such highly-odored food. 

 Garlic was once employed as a medicine. The crop is 

 grown from the bulblets which form around the main 

 bulb. These can be planted out at the beginning of the 

 cool season about 2 inches deep and 7 to 9 inches apart. 

 When ripe, the bulbs are dried and stored like onions. 

 In some tropical American countries, the bulbs are sold 

 in strands made by braiding the partially dried leaves 

 with the bulbs attached. 



