Little Finger Carrot seed Daucus carota

LATIN NAME: Daucus carota

COMMON NAME: Little Finger Carrot

The little finger tapers the slim, orange roots down into the light soil, the fine, ferry tops above them, and the whole row stands in the neat, tidy look of the small kitchen garden. The fast-growing, biennial herb carries the fine, divided, ferry leaves from the long, slim, straight, bright-orange roots with the tender, sweet flesh, 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 small kitchen garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, ribbed, bristly seeds. The ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, baby roots of the small gardens, and the plant is a historic presence of the small kitchen garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, light, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The little finger is a historic subject of the plant science, and the slim roots keep showing up in the work on the baby vegetables. The way the small, white flowers form in the flat-topped umbels has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the baby vegetables, the divided leaves and the members of the carrot family. The ribbed seeds and the neat habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the little finger is a regular subject of the work on the slim roots of the temperate world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The little finger is a neat, useful plant of the small kitchen garden and the study collection. The fine, divided, ferry leaves from the long, slim, straight, bright-orange roots carry the neat look of the small kitchen garden, one of the neat, quiet sights of the small kitchen garden, drawing the bees, and the ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, baby roots of the small gardens, the tender, orange flesh coming to the pickles, the salads and the steady practice of the fresh 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, ribbed, bristly seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the small kitchen garden, the pot row and the study collection, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the culinary papers for the slim roots and the very long history. It is a neat, useful plant of the open, sunny, deep, light, well-drained garden.

The little finger seeds prefer a fine, sandy loam kept lightly moist. The young seedlings are neat and quick, and they enjoy the deep, loose ground of the small garden.

To grow the little finger carrot from seed, sow the small, ribbed seeds evenly over the surface of the flat of fine, sandy loam, water gently, then keep the flat in a bright, open spot. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, light, loose ground, the slim orange roots will taper down over the year.

long, this very tender, deep orange, sweet tasting baby carrot is a gourmet delight suitable for canning, pickling or serving raw. 60 days.