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'Always Tender' Beets

Sub-Category:	Round Red

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Extra large, rough-skinned roots. Not suitable for midsummer use but fall crops remain sweet during winter storage.
Days To Maturity:	75
Seed Sources:

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Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 12/02/2006 by redsmith -
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Alberta, Canada Frost Free Season: Soil Texture: Garden Size: Sun Exposure:
I have grown this variety for several years. I get really big (BIG) beets that keep well and are really sweet and tender. I don't harvest them until September (after frost here in northern Alberta). Good for Veseys.

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