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14-04-2012, 07:10 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

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swiss chard

songbird wrote:

are these biannual
like beets?

Yes. They ARE beets!

but no round root to eat?

No. Somewhere in our history the breeding of beta vulgaris diverged into
two cultivars. One with a big root and little leaves (beets) and the other
with big leaves and little root (chard).

David

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