Garlic is one of the most ancient plants which the person turned to himself on advantage. The larger need for production of garlic for consumption and as raw materials for manufacture of medicinal preparations and, at last, just for use by the population as remedy for many diseases and for the preventive purposes led to the fact that bulk production of garlic in the world makes 24,836 million tons, and the area under garlic reached 1,465 million hectares. n Russia the area under garlic on all categories of farms is 28,4 thousand hectares, and production – 256,406 thousand tons. From factors influencing on the increase production of garlic, one of basic is a sort. Selection of garlic includes improvement of local grades, creation new high-yield, steady against diseases and to wreckers of grades, with the increased content of sugars, essential oils and biologically the active materials. Results of long-term researches by laboratory selection of onions cultures (VNIISSOK) on studying, assessment and selection exemplars grades of garlic winter, collected from different regions of Russia and the CIS countries, on a complex of signs are presented in article (winter hardiness, efficiency, to quality of production, resistance to wreckers and diseases).

In terms of occupied areas, onion is on the third place in the world among vegetable crops, second only to tomato and watermelon. In Russia, onion is grown on an area of 88 to 96 thousand hectares of onions, and ranks third, yielding to cabbage and tomato.The increase in the production of onions is not only due to the increase in the areas occupied by the crop, but also due to increased yields. This is achieved by introducing new highly productive varieties and hybrids into production, increasing the overall cropping culture and the level of cultivation technology. Along with the creation of heterotic hybrids at the present time, the Russian Federation also continues to select varieties that show high rates when grown in a oneyear crop. The results of production tests of a new onion variety of Forward Selected Breeding VNIIO a branch of the FGBNU FNCO has shown that it is promising because it has a high yield potential, high quality of bulbs and excellent preservation in conditions of repositories with controlled conditions. Characterized by mid-maturity maturation. The period from full shoots to mass lodging of leaves is 110 days. In relation to the longitude of the day, the forward sort refers to a group of long-day bows. The bulb is bilobate, rounded and rounded – flat, with an average mass of 90-120 g. The color of the dry covering scales is yellow-brown, the succulent scales are greenish. The taste is semi-sharp. The dry matter content in the bulb during the test years was 11.0-12.0%.

The article presents the results of breeding of new variety of winter garlic “Strelets” developed as a result of clonal selection from local sample acquired in the Altai Territory. The variety trial revealed high seed production of this cultivar. The cultivar is characterized by the big air bulbils and other valuable features.