Everwilde Farms - 500 Organic Green Top Bunching Beet Seeds - Gold Vault Jumbo Bulk Seed Packet

This beet is mainly grown for its tender green tops or beet greens. The leafy tops can be harvested after about 4 weeks of growth. The beetroots are edible as well but have zoning early on. These beets are tender, bright red, and slightly flattened on the top. Beets seem to have originated in the Mediterranean 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. This particular variety of beet first became available to American gardens in the 1940s.