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

This beet is great for use as a baby beet and is one of the best beets for processing because of its uniform shape and size. A high sugar content gives this beet a very sweet taste! This beet is a hybrid that produces uniformly round roots that are dark red in color and is quite drought tolerant. 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. According to historians, George Washington experimented with beets, cross-pollinating them to create new varieties.