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Great Beetroots to try

Barbabietola di Chioggia Beetroot

• An old traditional Italian beet with unusual white rings when roots are sliced.

• Requires less cooking than normal beets and has a lovely mild flavour.

• Boltardy Beetroot

  • Beetroot Boltardy is the most popular choice for early sowing, good resistance to bolting.

  • Produces medium size globe shaped roots of superb deep red with no rings. Good resistance to bolting.

• Bulls' Blood Beetroot

  • Although primarily grown as an ornamental plant for its dark red leaves, it is now mildly used in baby leaf salads.

  • It provides almost crimson colour leaves with a sweet taste to add to any salad.

• Cheltenham Green Top Beetroot

  • Long tapering roots of slightly rough texture, excellent flavour and good for the show bench.

• Crimson King Beetroot

  • Kings own variety, selected from crops on their Essex farm.
  • Medium to large round roots of deep red with fine flavour and texture with no rings.
  • Ideal for winter storage..

• Cylindra Beetroot

  • Half long stump rooted variety, perfect for slicing, excellent flavour and very good for winter storage.

  • Slower to maturity than globe varieties.

• Detroit Globe Beetroot

  • Introduced nearly a century ago and still one of the favourites for main crop sowing.
  • Deep red flesh, marvellous flavour and stores well.
  • Easy to grow and much more tasty than fresh shop bought beetroot.
  • It should be harvested just at the right time when the size of a tennis ball.

• Detroit White Beetroot

  • A Tender pure white root.
  • An unusual variety with a rounded slightly conical shape.

• Forono Beetroot

  • An improved variety of half long stump rooted type, selected for its flavour.
  • Produces large roots which store well and are excellent for slicing and pickling.

• Golden Beet Beetroot

  • Yellow/orange flesh, globe-shaped.
  • Does not bleed when cooked.
  • Good Flavour.

• Moneta Beetroot

  • A monogerm variety producing single seedlings at each sowing instead of the clusters from normal seed.
  • Medium sized roots which are slow to bolt.

• Pablo F1 Beetroot

  • This excellent deep red beetroot can be used as a baby beet, or grown on as a main crop.
  • Perfect for any salad with its globe roots and sweet tasting smooth flesh.

• Wodan F1 Beetroot

  • Delicious medium size roots which rarely become woody.
  • Pick young as baby beet or leave to mature.