THE Festival Creole sounds like a wild time at New Orleans but it's actually a variety of garlic that's part of grower Peter Hackett's relentless search for the next big thing.

Garlic is one of 700-odd species in the allium or onion family and there are two types two different types – the soft neck (Allium sativum) and hard neck (Allium ophioscorodon), sometimes referred to as stiff neck.

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