Carrots
Specialities
Napoli F1
Very full-sized Nantes, with strong dark green tops and cylindrical, smooth, blunt roots. A specialized variety with a sweet taste when sown in fall for winter harvest.
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White Satin F1
Fresh market/specialty. Luminous white roots with strong, 16-18" green tops. 10" tapered roots have unique crisp texture and juicy flavor. Roots store well. Adaptable to difficult growing conditions. Available as organic seed.
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Rainbow F1
Unique hyrbid with white, yellow, orange, and coral roots. Rainbow is a single variety with color variability that will mature uniformly unlike colored carrot mixes. Very attractive 7-9" roots. Nantes x Imperator type.
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Mello Yellow F1
Sweet flavor with yellow coloring. Keeps color even when cooked! An ideal variety for specialty market. An easy growing variety with 6-8" roots and 12-14" strong tops.
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Purple Haze F1
Distinctive purple exterior with bright orange interior. A very attractive variety with 7-8" tapered roots and medium-short tops. Excellent flavor raw or cooked. Imperator type with large, healthy tops. Plant a bit later to avoid bolting - All America Selections National Award Winner 2015
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Deep Purple F1
Dark purple color to the core. 7-8" roots with sweet flavor. An excellent variety for juicing. Tall, strong, healthy tops. Imperator type.
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Gniff
Carrot growth slow, originally from Ticino, conservation. Purple on the outside, white inside.Cylindro-conical shape, 14 to 16 cm long, late variety (130 to 140 days)
Jaune du Doubs
Old variety from the Doubs region. Carrot long, yellow and pointed to green collar. Of slow growth. Good conservation capacity. Form cylindro-conical, 17 to 20 cm, late (130 to 140 days)
The Standard varieties
Variety | Form | Length | Precocity | Remarks |
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Touchon | Cylindrical boutée | 15 à 17 cm | Moyenne | No heart, tender and sweet meat |
Nantes | Cylindro-conique | 18 à 20 cm | Moyenne | Variety is smooth and shiny |
Chantenay | Conical | 12 to 18 cm | Average | Red heart |
New Kuroda | Conique | 15-17 cm | Early | Très gustative, résiste à la chaleur |