We grew three varieties of beets at the farm - the dark read are Merlins, orange are Touchstone Gold and the reddish/pink are Chioggia which are candy striped when you slice them open.
We would bunch the three colours together - large sized beets had 3 per bunch, smaller sized beets had around 6. If the greens are yellowing or have mildew then we would chop off the green and sell them loose by the pound. With most loose items - the tend to sell faster if you pre bag them. Instead of $3/pound - make a 2 pound bag for $6 and they will fly off the stand! They also keep better with the greens off and kept in a bag, so any bunches that didn't sell, if there was no market the next day, we'd top them off and store them loose.
So delicious if you roast them of grate them fresh into a salad. Or pickle them and then put them on everything! Delicious!
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