Germplasm: AKER_10409

Identification

Germplasm name
AKER_10409
Accession number
PI 2016
Source
Accession synonyms
PI 2016, Queen of the Blacks
Comments
Foliage compact and well proportioned to the root. The root is conical in shape, both at the top and base, but longer and more tapering below. The color of the flesh is deep red, or almost black. The leaves themselves ])resent coloring no less intense they are relatively broad, and are never, at any time during their growth, plain green, which is extremely rare, even among varieties of beets that haye their foliage more highly colored in autumn. Sometimes used for bordering groups of dark-foliaged flowering plants. (Vilmorin.)
Origin site

Depositary

Presence status
Not maintained

Collector

Collecting site

Collection

AKER collection (Base collection)
Collection AKER (Base collection)