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| Bull's Blood Beet (OG) ~ $
2.50
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Bull's Blood are grown for their midnight purple/plum colored leaves with scarlet midribs, which add vibrant color and texture to salads. Harvest the leaves when 3-4" long for specialty salads; plants yield at least three harvests. This variety prefers poor soil, providing more color when stressed. Open pollinated. 4 gm./pkt., approx. 230 seeds, enough to sow a 10' row. 35 days for leaves, 58 days for roots.
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| Chioggia Beet (OG) ~ $
2.75
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An heirloom variety named for a city on Italy's Adriatic coast, Chioggia's dark ruby red skin covers a bi-colored interior of red and white alternating rings of color. They are beautiful sliced and add a wonderful accent to salads or vegetable dishes. 55 days. Open pollinated. 5 gm./pkt, approx. 300 seeds, enough to sow a 25 ft. row.
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| Early Wonder Tall Top Beet (OG) ~ $
2.50
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This is the earliest beet variety. It produces bunches of 3-4" slightly flattened red beets attached to glossy green tops. Early Wonder grows well in cool soils, and can be harvested over a long period from a single sowing. 45 days. 5 gm./packet, about 385 seeds, enough to sow a 30' row.
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| Golden Detroit Beet (OG) ~ $
2.50
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Golden yellow inside and out, these beets are a pleasure to behold. They have a distinctive sweet, mellow flavor, milder than traditional red beets. Unlike other beets, Golden beets do not bleed their color when cooked. 50 days. 4 gm./pkt, approx. 285 seeds. Will sow a 24 ft. row.
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| Red Ace Beet (F1, OG) ~ $
2.95
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Beta vulgaris : The hybrid Red Ace is the best all-around red beet, prized for its sweet flavor and tenderness. Roots are round, smooth, and deep red; the green tops are red-veined and medium-tall. This beet will gain the best color and shape if the weather is cool to mild, and if it is grown in light, loamy soil. 50 days. 250 seeds per packet. Sows a 24 ft. row.
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