Perhaps with age, those with twisting stems get woody . ( Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding your letter . ) Serpent garlic, " Allium sativum var . ophioscorodon, " for example, resembles common garlic but is larger and has stems that coil, straighten, then continue upward growth.
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When he's not laboring in the fields of his Rose Valley Farm in Rose, N . Y ., he will gladly describe everything from the history of garlic ( originally part of Marco Polo's booty ) to its native region ( for Allium sativum var . ophioscorodon, the hardneck garlic, that would be the valleys amid the Ural Mountains ).
