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.
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| 1 packet (300 seeds) | £1.69 |
Ideal for early sowings as they mature quickly, producing unusual flatter roots with deep red flesh and a sweet flavour.
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| 1 packet (600 seeds) | £1.69 |
Smooth, dark red skin and tender flesh. Produces 'baby beets' or full sized beetroots.
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| 1 packet (250 seeds) | £2.49 |
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.
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| 1 packet (250 seeds) | £1.69 |
An excellent resistance to bolting from an early sowing with the colour and the flesh as good as Detroit. Sweet fresh flavour.
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| 1 packet (400 seeds) | £1.69 |
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.
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| 1 packet (200 seeds) | £2.29 |
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.
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| 1 packet (100 seeds) | £1.99 |
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.
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| 1 packet (300 seeds) | £2.59 |
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.
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| 3 packets - 1 of each (800 seeds) | £4.49 |
An improved Detroit with rich maroon colouring. These globe-shaped beet are ideal for successional sowing.
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| 1 packet (300 seeds) | £1.69 |
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.
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| 1 packet (250 seeds) | £1.99 |
Smooth, round, dark red skinned roots with a superb dark flesh colour and increased sugar levels. Delicious cooked or eaten raw, used as 'baby beets' or when mature. Good resistance to bolting.
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| 1 packet (150 seeds) | £1.89 |
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.
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| 1 packet (150 seeds) | £1.99 |
High quality, round, bright red fleshed roots which do not go woody. 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.
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| 1 packet (200 seeds) | £1.99 |
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.
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| 1 packet (250 seeds) | £1.99 |
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.
| Description | Price | |
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| 1 packet (250 seeds) | £1.69 |