Early Red Italian. The name makes people jump for it, but we can think of many other garlic that we would choose over this strain. The laws of demand and supply apply here: you demand it, so we supply it. 

This is from the "artichoke" variety, so named because the cloves overlap each other like an artichoke.  There can be anywhere from 3 to 5 layers of cloves, with no more than 12 in a bulb.