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Default Ping: Barb. It's the geosmin, stupid!

On Dec 30, 7:58 am, "Felice" > wrote:
> Today's Boston Globe has a bit on golden beets that says they "have much
> less geosmin (the chemical that makes most beets taste like dirt)".
>

I don't know about that but when we've grown beets we've found that we
liked the greens from golden beets the best. -aem