Beet, Beetberry, Swiss Chard, and Spinach
(Goosefoot Family)
[ Beet | Beetberry | Swiss Chard | Spinach ]
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION UPDATE: We were able to get organic certification on part of our farm this year (more information on that in the 2007 A Year In Review section). This means over the next 2 years we will be listing everything that we grow here at our farm as Certified Organic. We have many varieties in this year's catalog which are being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC. If the item is being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC, it will have an OG after the price of the seeds.
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Beet
Beet culture: Plant as early as the soil can be worked in the Spring. Thin to one plant every 4 inches to get good sized uniform roots. Any variety listed below may be used as beet greens for cooking. Packet will contain at least 100 seeds and should easily plant a 25 foot row.
Burpee Golden: 60 days. Delicious and colorful. Bright orange globes. Pkt. $2.00
Chioggia: 60 days. Beautiful, red with white internal rings. Pkt. $2.00
Colossal Red Mangel: 90 days. A very good stock beet that can attain a fair size. Our livestock love them. They can also be eaten for table use when in the small stage. Pkt. $1.00
Cylindra: 60 days. Long beet with small reddish-green tops. Excellent for slicing. Pkt. $1.00
Detroit Dark Red: 55 days. Developed about 1892, standard by which other beets are judged. Pkt. $1.00
Early Wonder: 55 days. Very early, excellent for canning, pickling and fresh use. Pkt. $0.75
Lutz: 75 days. The traditional, old-style, winter keeper beet. Foliage is pale green and rather tall. Beets are slow to bulb up, but are very solid. Roots can get huge and still remain edible. Pkt. $1.50
Ruby Queen: 60 days. Smooth, medium size, dark red, fairly large greenish tops. An All American Selections winner in 1957. Pkt. $0.75
White Detroit: 65 days. Relatively new introduction where the beets are white, less bleeding and staining but same earthy flavor. Pkt. $2.50
Beet Mix: Mix of the types we sell. For the small size gardener who wants to try them all, but doesn't have the space. Pkt. $1.50
Beetberry
Beetberry: 70 days. Plant early. Tasty berry-like fruits on the stems. Sometimes called Strawberry Spinach. Pkt. $2.00
Swiss Chard
Swiss chard culture: Culture is the same as beets. When the plants get bug eaten in mid-summer, wait and cut to the ground and let regrow about 2 weeks prior to the first Fall frost. You will never know that they were ever insect damaged. A packet will plant approximately a 25 foot row.
Golden: 60 days. Yellow stem, smooth stalk, very colorful. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Gold Glebe: 65 days. Shades of yellow, smooth ribbed stalk, very mild and productive. Closely resembles the old variety called Perpetual Spinach. Very low growing with lots of leaves and small stems. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Large Ribbed: 65 days. White ribbed smooth stalk, thick green leaves. Large, thick ribs. Pkt. $1.50
Lucullus: 60 days. A traditional cultivar with tasty ribs and leaves. Ribs and leaves are about equal in proportion. Pkt. $1.25
Orange Fantasia: 65 days. Dark green leaves with bright orange stalks, not an old variety but very colorful. Pkt. $1.75
Pink Lipstick: 65 days. Savoyed leaves with bright pink stalks, not an old variety but a colorful addition. Pkt. $1.75
Rhubarb Chard: 60 days. Beautiful and tasty, deep red leaves and bright red stalks up to 2 feet tall. Pkt. $1.50
Swiss Chard Mix: A mix of the above types for those who would like to try all of them. Pkt. $1.75
Spinach
Spinach culture: Plant early in the spring and again in mid-August.
Bloomsdale Long Standing: 50 days. Good yields of dark green crumpled leaves. Packet will plant a 25 foot row. Pkt. $1.00
New Zealand: 75 days. Plant after the soil becomes warm. Do not sow this one early like regular spinach. Not the same species as regular spinach, but does well in hot weather. A packet will plant about a 15 foot row. Pkt. $1.50
Nobel: 45 days. Large leafed, slow to bolt. Pkt. $1.50