General Description

• Related to the silver beet and sugar beet
• A spherical root crop tuber
• Red/purple skin often streaked with white
• Leafy stalks which may be used in the same way as silver beet
• Dark red/purple flesh which is crisp and juicy
• Roots are 6-8cm in diameter

Season: Autumn,Winter,Spring

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Availablity: May,June,July,August,September,October,November

Growing Areas: 

QLD – Queensland
VIC – Victoria