Chard Small 176×320 Medium 353×640 Large 564×1024 Download Tiff Original 1323×2400 | (504.9 KB) Description Chard, Swiss chard, and sea kale beet are some of the common names of beta vulgaris. The leafstalk and midrib are very broad and thick. Keywords chard, sea kale beet, swiss chard Galleries Vegetables Source: L. H. Bailey Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (New York, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917)