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A late-season Porcelain-type, Svea is the ‘chunky tuna’ of Porcelains, producing large, flattened bulbs with 5 to 8 fat, easy-to-peel cloves. The colorful bulbs show red and purple stripes on their skins and clove wrappers. Blessed with strong, spicy-hot flavor when raw, the flavor mellows to a tasty nuttiness when roasted or baked.