The best beets

Although some truck farmers and consider the vegetables of foreign breeding to be the best, but the varieties of domestic beet can prove otherwise. Yes, many root vegetables-foreigners are equal and beautiful, and their harvests are stable. However, for us, the most important thing is that the table beet should be tasty, safe for our health and kept for a long time. According to these indicators, our varieties of this root crop exceed foreign ones, and they are not inferior to them in yields. Let's find out which sorts of beets are the best.

The best beetroot varieties

According to the terms of ripening beet cultivars are divided into early, middle and late. Of them, the most productive are the varieties that mature within 80-100 days. In addition, the beets differ and depending on the shape of the root crops: elongated, flattened, spherical or cylindrical.

The most popular varieties of table beets are:

1. Teenage is an early-ripening variety, it ripens in 72-81 days. Its yield is high, and the maroon roots are round in shape and weigh up to 300 grams. Seedlings do not require thinning.
2. Podzimnaya A-474 is one of the best early-ripening varieties of beet, maturing 55 days after emergence. It should be noted the resistance of the variety to the color of beets.
3. Bordeaux Kharkiv is considered the best beet for storage. Sweet root vegetables sometimes reach a mass of 460 grams. The disadvantage of the variety is that the beet grows quickly, so you need to sow the seeds a little later.
4. Unparalleled A-463 is one of the best varieties of red beets. Its roots are slightly flattened and some of the most delicious.
5. Bohemia is a sort of table beet, belongs to the medium-ripened, ripens within 80 days. Dark-bordea roots have a special round shape. What is characteristic, they do not have rings, but the flesh delicious, tender and juicy. The variety is well kept, resistant to diseases and flower.
6. Bona is good for use both fresh and for processing - it is an average-medium beet variety with so-called equalized root crops. It is high-yielding and, in addition, is distinguished by good cautiousness.
7. Carillon is an intermediate variety that is used to produce early beam products. Roots are cylindrical, long, dark red.
8. The cylinder is a late-ripening variety of beet, it is possible to break through to beam production. The flesh of these roots is sweet, juicy, delicate and tasty. The cylinder grows up to 20 cm in length, has a thin peel, easily removable.