CARROTS 

Carrots
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	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. (3 g) If you have all but given up on growing carrots, give this vari ...
	Chantenay Red Core CARROT 28g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Danvers Half Long CARROT 3g seed Check Latest Price 75 days. [Introduced 1871.] Blunt tapered variety, about 6-1/2 in. long, 1-1/2 in. at the shoulder. Nearly coreless. Long a favorite main crop variety, especially because of its wide adaptability and suitability for clay soil. High carotene content. Pkt. (3 g ...
	Danvers Half Long CARROT 28g seed Check Latest Price ...
	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 to 7" long, 2". at the shoulder and tapering to a blunt point. The roots of 'Danvers 126' are especially suited to growing in clay soil and the strong tops aid harvesting. Pk ...
	Danvers 126 CARROT 28g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Minicor (Amsterdam Minicor) CARROT 3g seed Check Latest Price 54 days. A gourmet carrot from Holland grown for tender baby carrots 3 to 4" long, or 6 to 7" long when grown to full size. The roots are sweet, fine-grained, deep orange, and uniform in size and shape. An excellent canning variety or for table use. Pkt. (3 g ...
	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 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. (3 g) ...
	Purple Dragon CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 80 days [Yellow and purple carrots were the first recorded in Asia Minor in the 10th century. For the first few hundred years of its managed cultivation, carrots were predominantly purple.] A beautiful regular size purple carrot bred by John Novazzio with bright orange or yellow interior, sweet almo ...
	Belgian White (Lunar White) CARROT 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 75 days [Introduced in 1839 by Henri Vilmorin.] Long, 12-24” roots, white with green shoulders. Highly vigorous -- its large, mild roots usually outgrow its orange brethren. Europeans originally preferred white carrots, and this variety is still popular in Belgium and France. More frost tender th ...
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'.