A very valuable green culture, used as an early salad culture for cooking borscht, salads, sandwiches, as well as a very valuable forage crop, young leaves have a delicate spinach flavor.

Barese can be grown for exceptionally tender baby greens, or it can be grown to maturity for an early crop of a unique type of Swiss chard. Can be harvested and sold as whole plants, much like pac choi.

Arguably the best tasting Red Chard with a mild, juicy flavour and, unlike many Red Chards, has no harsh aftertastes. With excellent tolerance to downy mildew, Chard 'Fantasy' is ideal for successional sowings through the spring and summer.

Mid-ripening variety, 85-90 days old, young leaves and petioles can be collected 40-45 days after germination, rosette of leaves is erect, up to 50 cm high.

Organic Heirloom Variety Seeds. 100% Heirloom, Natural & Non-GMO Strains Grown in the Ukraine. Brand New 2017 Stock. Open Pollinated with Very High Germination Rate.