"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"songbird" wrote in message
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Farm1 wrote:
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Can you get 'Fordhook Giant' in the US? This is the variety of
silver beet
(chard) I've grown for decades.

yes, at least i just saw it in the display the
other day and it was from Burpee so it should be
available a fair number of other places too.

does it get red stems?

No. White stems - prolly contibutes to why we call it 'silver' beet.

I thought 'silver' came from the way water beads on the leaves.

Who knows how it got it's name int he real world. But I have noticed that
the stems do have a silvery/pearly look to them.