A strong, healthy beetroot with smooth-skinned, dark red roots and quality foliage. Can be used as 'baby beets' or larger mature roots. Stand well in condition through the summer. Later sown beets also store well, keeping their flavour right into the winter.

Bred to give increased Hybrid vigour, garden performance and flavour, thus increasing your harvest. Due to their wide ranging pest and disease resistance, there will be no need for the use of chemicals.

Sow March to July. Sow thinly, 1cm (½ inch) deep in drills 30cm (12 inches) apart.Prefers well-drained, moist, rich, cool conditions.

Thin seedlings to 5cm (2 inches) apart when large enough to handle. Later thinnings will be suitable for using in salads. Harvest when roots reach about 4cm (1 1/2 inches) in diameter or more. The smaller the root the better the quality.

Beet can be stored by lifting the remaining roots; twist off the tops and store in boxes of slightly damp sand in frost-free conditions.

Serve freshly boiled beetroot as a vegetable.