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Cultivation and Breeding: Both white and red beets were already known in Sicily 1000 years BC. Varieties with distinctly swollen roots were first established in Europe in the middle ages. Since the 16th Century, beetroots have been cultivated for culinary purposes.
Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Discover Life -- Beet, Beta vulgaris image
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