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'Early Blood Turnip' Beets

Sub-Category:	Round Red

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Heirloom with dark red flesh.
Days To Maturity:	48-68
Seed Sources:	Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

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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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Reviewed on 05/04/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
My favorite beet. A 19 th cenury cultivar, that has superb sweetness and texture. Not as uniform in growth as modern varieties. Improved by Burpee in the 1880\'s


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