Everwilde Farms - 100 Organic Cylindra Beet Seeds - Gold Vault Jumbo Bulk Seed Packet

The Cylindra Beet has a long smooth root that can be up to 8" long. This trait makes it excellent for uniform slicing, and it can produce four times more slices than other varieties. This beet is dark red, free from rings, sweet, and easy to peel, so it is excellent for canning. It has small reddish-green tops and matures in about 60 days. Though Cylindra heirloom beets hail from Denmark, 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.