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Beetroot : Alto F1 Hybrid 1 packet The first F1 hybrid cylindrical 'Housewives' Choice Beetroot with the sweetest of flavours. Uniform, straight roots have a smooth rich red skin and flesh colour, free from rings making them easy to prepare. Roots stand proud above the soil, but can be earthed up, and remain in good condition for long periods. |
Beetroot : Bolivar - Duchy Originals 1 packet Smooth, dark red skin and tender flesh. Produces 'baby beets' or full sized beetroots. |
Beetroot : Detroit Red 20 plants Globe beets with dark red flesh. T&M's easy starter plants are expertly grown, taking away all of the worry of raising your own. Delivered ready for planting so that you can enjoy bigger, earlier and tastier vegetables. Our quality vegetable plants will be despatched at the correct time for planting. On receipt just water in and, ideally, cover with protection fleece to prevent insect and bird attacks until established. Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules. |
Beetroot : Globe : Albina Vereduna 1 packet A true beetroot but white in colour. It means no smudging or bleeding. It is much more acceptable as a vegetable with fish or poultry and adds variety and flavour far exceeding red beetroot available today. The curved and wavy top leaf is a vegetable delicacy like spinach and high in vitamins. |
Beetroot : Globe : Boltardy 1 packet An excellent resistance to bolting from an early sowing with the colour and the flesh as good as Detroit. Sweet fresh flavour. |
Beetroot : Globe : Boro F1 - Organic 1 packet A strong, healthy beetroot with smooth-skinned, dark red roots and quality foliage. Can be used as 'baby beets' or larger mature roots. Stand well in condition through the summer. Later sown beets also store well, keeping their flavour right into the winter. Bred to give increased Hybrid vigour, garden performance and flavour, thus increasing your harvest. Due to their wide ranging pest and disease resistance, there will be no need for the use of chemicals. |
Beetroot : Globe : Burpee's Golden 1 packet A succulent, delightful flavour and the tops steamed or boiled are highly nutritious and spinach-like, eaten when the beet is between golf and tennis ball size. Sow thicker than normal as Burpee's Golden has inherent lower germination trait. |
Beetroot : Globe : Chioggia Pink 1 packet Orange-pink on the outside, an appealing 'bullseye' combination of rosy-red and white on the inside, which fades to soft pink when cooked. Sweet, tender and succulent with lustrous dark green leaves and ruby-red stems. |
Beetroot : Globe : Detroit 2 : Crimson Globe 1 packet An improved Detroit with rich maroon colouring. These globe-shaped beet are ideal for successional sowing. |
Beetroot : Globe : Detroit 6 : Rubidus 1 packet Bolting is almost a thing of the past with this excellent globe beetroot! Ready to harvest over a week earlier than 'Boltardy', which it supersedes in all respects. Firm, smooth, deep red flesh without a hint of fibre, even when 12.5cm (5in) in diameter. Vigorous, high yields which are synonymous with F1 Hybrids. |
RHS Vegetable Collection : Beetroot : Globe : Kestrel F1 Hybrid 1 packet Smooth, round, dark red skinned roots with a superb dark flesh colour and increased sugar levels. Beetroot Kestrel is delicious cooked or eaten raw, used as 'baby beets' or when mature. Good resistance to bolting. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection. |
Beetroot : Globe : Red Ace F1 Hybrid 1 packet A main crop variety with round to oval, high quality roots with a dark red colour. The hybrid vigour makes it a very strong grower which will do well in most sites and soils; good in dry seasons. Excellent for exhibition. |
RHS Vegetable Collection : Beetroot : Globe : Wodan F1 Hybrid 1 packet High quality, round, bright red fleshed roots which do not go woody. Beetroot Wodan has wonderful flavour when freshly cooked, either as 'baby' beet or as larger roots. Ideal for pickling. The young leaves can be used as an alternative to spinach. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection. |
Beetroot : Pablo F1 Hybrid 1 packet Top quality, smooth-skinned, round roots with dark red skin and flesh with a small taproot, ideal for growing as baby beets. Delicious in summer salads or use the young leaves as an alternative to spinach. Stands and stores well without going woody. |
Beetroot : Solo F1 Hybrid 1 packet British bred monogerm variety, producing only one seedling per seed cluster, reducing the need of thinning out. Smooth skinned, round roots are ideal as a 'baby beet' or as a mature root, high in sugar content for the sweetest of flavours. Good resistance to bolting, leaf spot, downy and powdery mildew. |
Coloured Beetroot Collection 3 packets - 1 of each Three different flavours! One packet each of Boltardy, Burpee's Golden and Chioggia Pink. Boltardy An excellent resistance to bolting from an early sowing with the colour and the flesh as good as Detroit. Sweet fresh flavour. Burpee's Golden A succulent, delightful flavour and the tops steamed or boiled are highly nutritious and spinach-like, eaten when the beet is between golf and tennis ball size. Sow thicker than normal as Burpee's Golden has inherent lower germination trait. Chioggia Pink Orange-pink on the outside, an appealing 'bullseye' combination of rosy-red and white on the inside, which fades to soft pink when cooked. Sweet, tender and succulent with lustrous dark green leaves and ruby-red stems. |
Vita Sementi Italian Seeds : Beetroot : Bietola da Orto Paonazza d'Egitto 1 packet Ideal for early sowings as they mature quickly, producing unusual flatter roots with deep red flesh and a sweet flavour. |
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