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Re: spinach beets

Any good way to prepare the Swiss chard?  I just bought some (yes, I did not
 grow it YET), but don't know how to cook it.

Heidi

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From:   Richard Callwood III[SMTP:richard.callwood@UVI.EDU]
Sent:   Wednesday, April 16, 1997 3:51 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
Subject:        Re: spinach beets

At 02:47 PM 4/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> i was reading through a gardening book and came across what was
>> referred to as "spinach beets" - a bulbless beet that's grown for
>> its spinach-like tops.  anyone heard of it, know where i can get some,etc.
>> spinach is my favorite, and so i'm trying bunches of it's alternatives
>> this season.

Swiss chard, _Beta vulgaris cicla_, sounds like it might fit your
description. I like neither beet roots nor spinach, but i find Swiss chard
to be delicious. (I don't know what that says about its similarity to
spinach. :-) A good thing about chard is that it will grow straight through
the summer without bolting.

The square foot spacing for Swiss chard is 6", or 4 per sqft.

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