what kind of garlic to get for planting?

just had an email from T&M who are offering free delivery (for subscribers to their email)  on garlic for autumn planting.

a couple of questions:

1) is it a good price?

2) if yes, what variety should I get, and how much?

3) If no, where else should I go to buy some?

I notice that they deliver it in October, is that an ok time to plant? Thanks in advance.

DOH!

sorry WG, I forgot the link :oops:

http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/list/autumn-planting-garlic?OC=7618

we use on average one bulb (?) of garlic every week.

T & M sure looks expensive to me.  Trouble with buying supermarket stuff is knowing exactly what you are buying.  I started by buying about 4 different kinds and only replanted the ones which did best.

If your supermarket stocks garlic from The Really Garlicky Company, http://www.reallygarlicky.co.uk, get some of that.  Not the Patagonion Purple since that is out of phase for Northern Hemisphere.   Their regular porcelain garlic is a hard-necked variety which gives very large cloves (as anyone who traded for my smoked garlic can testify).