years back when I use to grew a lot of garlic, I got my hardneck cultivars from Territorial Seed and Roningers (sp?) Potatoes, now called Irish Eyes.

Is aster yellows just a midwest disease?
I wasn't aware...

No, I don't believe it is, but I do know that the major issue was the fact that we had such a warm winter last year, so the garlic grew earlier and the leafhoppers ate and infected it. According to what I have read, usually garlic sprouts and grows in our climate too late in the season to be at risk.

Thanks for the recommendation!

From what I can tell the infected garlic has a very off smell. For my planting this year I planted it if it looked and smelled normal. However I would not bet my house on not having the disease this year. It seemed as if a couple of my varieties of softnecks had a resistance to it. I hope the garlic you bought is ok and I bet it is if it smelled right.

I hope We Grow Garlic and the rest of the Midwest garlic growers can spring back.

I bought 3 varieties from this place a few years back and have had great success:
http://www.alphagarlicfarm.com/

It is located in zone 4 like here in MN.

Here is a link that might be useful: Alpha Garlic Farms

An excellent garlic seed source I know of is in Oregon with no aster yellow contamination. Here's the link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Craigslist garlic source

Jeff Adelman at the St. Paul Farmers Market usually has a variety of garlic sets for sale in late summer/fall.

Gary