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Detroit Dark Red Organic Heirloom Beet, introduced in 1892, is a fine main season variety with rich, dark red interiors. The roots of this all purpose beet is a good producer. Detroit Dark Red has 3 globe roots that are robust in flavor, sweet and smooth. Detroit Dark Red is an excellent, high quality storage variety, and it is a standard type for home garden or commercial scale production. It has unbeatable canning and pickling quality as well. Its dark green leaves, streaked with crimson veins, can also be harvested for salad or braising. Beets grow in deep soil that's high in nutrient rich organic material. Plant seed 12 to 1 deep, spaced 4 to 5 apart. Rows should be 12 to 16 apart. Thin plants if necessary when a few inches tall.
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