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Detroit Dark Red :

The variety produces perfectly round beet with smooth uniform red skin. The interior colour is dark red with light red zoning. Flesh is tender and fine grained, tops small; leaves dark green tinged with maroon. It is a heavy yielding cultivar. Crop matures in 80-100 days.

Crimson Globe :

Beet is globular to flattened in shape, medium red in colour with small shoulders. Flesh medium dark crimson red with indistinct zoning top. Leaves are medium-large, bright green with and have a higher maroon shade. It is a high yielding cultivar.

Exotic Varieties :

UK

Table Purpose : Red Ace Beetroot, Exhibition Long Parsnip, Nandor F1 Hybrid Carrot, Long Carrot, Snow-white Beetroot

Processing Purpose : Cylindra or Formanova Beetoot, Detroit Globe Beetroot, Crimson Globe Beetroot.

USA

Table Purpose: Early Wonder Beetroot, Red Beetroot

Italy

Table Purpose: Barbabietola di Choggia, Burpee's Golden Beetroot, Cheltenham Green-top Beetroot.