By Diane Morgan
Published 2012
American Purple Top This popular variety yields hefty golden roots with deep purple crowns that cook up orange and delightfully tender and sweet.
Laurentian A very sweet flavor and high yield of uniform 6-inch/15-centimeter roots make this a common supermarket variety; often grown in Canada.
Marian These monsters grow as large as 8 inches/20 centimeters in diameter and are highly uniform in shape.
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