A deep red coloured variety of beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. conditiva).
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The table beet soon gets too large for the dinner-pot.
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While young and small, the roots are tender and well-flavored; but this is a field rather than a table beet.
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Table beets are a deep, rich red.
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One cauliflower weighed eight pounds, half a dozen turnips weighed nine pounds each, and twenty table beets would easily average six pounds each.