Royal Chantenay Carrot Daucus carota

LATIN NAME: Daucus carota

COMMON NAME: Royal Chantenay Carrot

The Royal Chantenay carrot cones the short, orange roots beneath the feathery tops, the whole row standing in the neat, sturdy look of the kitchen garden bed. The fast-growing, annual or biennial herb carries the finely divided, feathery, bright-green leaves along the short, sturdy stalks, and the small, white flowers in the flat-topped umbels, on the tall, branching stalks, through the early summer of the second year, one of the neat, quiet sights of the kitchen garden bed, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, spiny, brown seeds. The spiny seeds have a very long record as the fine, short carrots of the old gardens, and the plant is a historic presence of the kitchen garden bed. It is a plant of the open, sunny, light, sandy, deep, moist ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Royal Chantenay carrot is a historic subject of the plant science, and the flat-topped umbels keep showing up in the work on the short carrots. The way the small, white flowers form in the flat-topped umbels has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the short carrots, the feathery leaves and the members of the carrot family. The spiny seeds and the sturdy habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Royal Chantenay carrot is a regular subject of the work on the flat-topped umbels of the temperate world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Royal Chantenay carrot is a neat, useful plant of the kitchen garden bed and the study collection. The finely divided, feathery, bright-green leaves along the short, sturdy stalks carry the neat look of the kitchen garden bed, one of the neat, quiet sights of the kitchen garden bed, drawing the bees, and the spiny seeds have a very long record as the fine, short carrots of the old gardens, the blunt, sweet roots coming to the soups, the roasts, the juice glasses and the steady practice of the old kitchens, while the small, white flowers in the flat-topped umbels, on the tall, branching stalks, open through the early summer of the second year, to be followed by the small, spiny, brown seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the kitchen garden bed, the close row and the study collection, and it has been written up in the culinary and the horticultural papers for the short, blunt roots and the very long history. It is a neat, useful plant of the open, sunny, light, sandy, deep, moist ground.

The Chantenay seeds germinate well in a fine, sandy loam kept moist. The young plants are quick and sturdy, and they take the light, deep ground of the open bed well.

To grow the Royal Chantenay carrot from seed, sow the small, hairy seeds thinly into the seed tray of fine, sandy loam, water gently, then keep the tray in a bright, open spot. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the light, deep, sandy ground, the short orange cones will swell over the warm months.

Heirloom variety, good for heavier soils. Broad tapered roots with red core, light orange flesh. Keeps well in storage, retaining its carrot flavour, sweet and smooth! 65 days