Nantes Carrot seed Daucus carota

LATIN NAME: Daucus carota

COMMON NAME: Nantes Carrot

The carrot is the quiet one of the vegetable garden, the root that keeps the winter soups honest. The low, neat, biennial plant carries the feathery, divided leaves above the long, straight, bright-orange, sweet, tender roots, and the small, white flowers open in the flat, lacy heads in the second season. The plant is one of the great, dependable crops of the kitchen garden, and the crisp, sweet roots have a very long record in the kitchens of the world. It is a plant of the deep, light, rich, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The carrot is a plain, familiar workhorse of the plant science, studied for the long, straight roots and the breeding of the sweetness and the colour. The breeding of the carrot for the smooth, bright-orange roots has been looked at closely, and it keeps showing up in the work on the vegetable breeding, the root crops and the members of the carrot family. The feathery, divided leaves and the low, neat habit have also made it a fine garden plant, and the carrot is a regular subject of the studies of the great root crops of the temperate kitchen garden.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The carrot is the crisp, reliable workhorse of the autumn kitchen garden. The long, straight, bright-orange roots are eaten raw, grated, roasted and boiled, and they are the fine, sweet base of the soups, the stocks and the stews of the world. The plant is one of the great, dependable crops of the vegetable garden, standing the cool season well and keeping its sweetness in the store. It has been written up in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the crisp roots and the steady, easy ways, and it is a fine, generous crop of the deep, light, rich, well-drained garden.

The carrot is one of the great root crops of the temperate kitchen garden, and the long, straight, bright-orange roots carry the fine, sweet flavour and the deep colour. The plant stands the cool season well and keeps its sweetness in the store.

To grow the carrot from seed, sow the small, bristly seeds a little below the surface of a tray of moist, free-draining soil, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then thin the young roots as they grow. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, light, rich, well-drained ground, the crisp, orange roots will be ready through the cool season.

Sweet crispy delicious

Rich in vitamin A, this early maturing, brilliant orange colour, coreless crispy variety is of exceptional sweet flavour! Great for juicing, freezing or fresh use. 70days