CARROTS 

Carrots
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Chantenay Red Core CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Chantenay Red Core CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 65 days. [Introduced from France in the late 1800's.] Blocky, broad-shouldered variety with blunt tip, about 5-1/2 in. long and 2-1/2 in. at the shoulder. Deep orange interior. Adaptable to clay and a wide range of soils. Pkt. "If you have all but given up on growing carrots, give this variety a ...
	Danvers Half Long CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 75 days. [1871] Blunt tapered variety, 6-1/2" x 1-1/2". Nearly coreless. Long a favorite main crop variety, especially because of its wide adaptability and suitability for clay soil. High carotene content. Pkt ...
Danvers 126 CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Danvers 126 CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 75 days. [Introduced 1947.] Widely adapted, productive, and heat tolerant, this Danvers type produces dark orange roots 6-7" long, 2" at the shoulder, tapering to a blunt point. Roots are especially suited to growing in clay soil, and the strong tops aid harvesting. Good variety for fall. Pkt ...
	Danvers 126 CARROT 28g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Long Orange Improved CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 85 days. [Introduced 1620 by Dutch breeders, brought to N. America by early settlers. This improved version continues a tradition of nearly four centuries.] A long tapering carrot with small neck. Uniform roots measure 12” x 2” when fully mature. Plant in loose soil and harvest before roots reach ...
Scarlet Nantes (Coreless, Nantes 1/2 ) CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Scarlet Nantes (Coreless, Nantes 1/2 ) CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 70 days. [Introduced 1870.] A favorite garden variety appreciated for its fine texture, mild flavor, and very small core. Carrots average 6-1/2" long, 1 to 1-1/2" at the shoulder. Cylindrical rather than tapered. Can be grown for winter storage but best flavor is from spring-grown carrots. Pkt ...
	Scarlet Nantes (Coreless, Nantes 1/2 ) CARROT 28g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
Imperator (Tendersweet) CARROT 3g seed	Imperator (Tendersweet) CARROT 3g seed Check Latest Price 74 days. [AAS winner.] Sweet flavored, crisp, and free of fiber, the roots range from 7 to 9 in. long. Orange-red roots are coreless, have semi-blunt ends and narrow shoulders. Requires a loose soil, deeply worked with organic matter to achieve its full potential. Pkt. ...
Purple Dragon CARROT, PURPLE 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Purple Dragon CARROT, PURPLE 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 80 days [Yellow and purple carrots were first recorded in Asia Minor in the 10th century. For the first few hundred years of their managed cultivation, carrots were predominantly purple.] Beautiful regular-size purple carrot bred by John Navazio. Bright orange or yellow interior, sweet almost "wild" ...
	Chantenay Red Core CARROT 28g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
CULTURE: For best results carrots need a loose sandy loam free of rocks. Clay soils require loosening and lightening to a depth of 9" with organic matter such as leaf mold or peat moss to provide good drainage, loose structure, and adequate moisture-holding capacity. Do not add fresh manure before planting. Too much nitrogen favors top growth and causes roots to become rough and highly branched. Keep soil slightly acid, in the range of pH 5.5 to 7.0. Maintain high levels of phosphorus and potassium. Plant seed 1/4" deep, 3 seeds per inch, and thin to 3" apart in rows 12" apart. Cover seeds with a fine light soil, and keep soil moist. For planting in blocks, mix seed with dry sand or fine soil, and add some radish seeds to prevent soil crusting and broadcast seeds over a prepared bed. Seeds take 2 to 3 weeks to germinate. After foliage is several inches high, add mulch to conserve moisture. Extreme fluctuations of soil moisture between dry and wet conditions may cause cracking of the roots. DISEASES: Follow a 2- to 3-year rotation to help prevent disease. PESTS: Avoid planting in previously sodded ground and sprinkle wood ash along the row to prevent wireworm damage. Carrot rust flies can be controlled by skipping the spring planting for a year to break the life cycle by starving the spring generation of rust fly. Interplanting carrots with onions in a ratio of 1 to 2 reduces carrot fly damage by 70%. HARVEST: Best quality roots are no larger than 1" in diameter. STORAGE: Cut off tops and do not wash the roots. Store in the refrigerator or overwinter the roots in the garden by covering with a thick, loose mulch such as straw. SEED SAVERS: Isolate from other carrot varieties and Queen Anne's lace by a distance of 330' for home use. For pure seed isolate by 1/8 to 1/4 mile. PACKET: Packet size noted in variety description. 1 g (about 500 to 650 seeds, depending on variety) sows 28 to 37'.