Everwilde Farms - 1/4 lb Ruby Queen Beet Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

These smooth-skinned deep red beets are very tender and sweet. Ready in just 52 days, you can enjoy the smooth buttery texture earlier than most beets. Ideal for pickling and canning, they hold their color through processing. This beet received an AAS Award in 1957. Ruby Queen beets come from Northrup King and Company in Minneapolis, who developed them from the Crosby strain in the 1950's. However, beets seem to have originated in the Mediterrenean region, where people grew them for thousands of years. Later, beets grew in Germany and Holland and were used as cattle fodder; they were later imported to England for this purpose, but the poor began to raise them for an affordable food source. American colonists later brought them to the New World, where they became a commonly enjoyed food both for their roots and their greens.