Carrots

Daucus carota 'Adelaide F1'

Carrot 'Adelaide F1'

One of the earliest maturing varieties, giving smooth skinned, cylindrical roots which quickly form well filled stump roots, producing an impressive, deep orange colour root even from the earliest sowings. Sow March to August outdoors, harvest...

Daucus carota 'Amsterdam 2 - Sweetheart'

Carrot 'Amsterdam 2 - Sweetheart'

Superbly sweet and very early, this variety has a great colour and is virtually coreless, especially when picked as young 'finger' carrots. Turns a meal into a feast when steamed and buttered.

Daucus carota 'Amsterdam Forcing'

Carrot 'Amsterdam Forcing'

A high quality variety producing small cylindrical roots with a rich deep orange red colour and almost no core. Very quick to mature, ideal for early forcing in frames, cloches, etc. to produce delicious finger carrots. To produce quick crops out...

Daucus carota 'Amsterdam Forcing 3-Minicor'

Carrot 'Amsterdam Forcing 3-Minicor'

This variety has been specially selected to give top quality, uniform 'baby' carrots with excellent colour, a crunchy texture and sweet flavour.

Daucus carota 'Amsterdam Forcing 3-Sprint Mini-Carrot'

Carrot 'Amsterdam Forcing 3-Sprint Mini-Carrot'

Fast to mature, this is a top class variety for uniform, cylindrical baby carrots with sweet flavour, good colour and texture over a long season.

Daucus carota 'Amsterdam Forcing 3-Sprint Mini-Carrot'

Carrot 'Amsterdam Forcing 3-Sprint Mini-Carrot'

Fast to mature, this is a top class variety for uniform, cylindrical baby carrots with sweet flavour, good colour and texture over a long season.

Daucus carota 'Atlas'

Carrot, Baby Round 'Atlas'

Baby round carrots, deliciously sweet and crunchy and with rich orange, coreless flesh. Just wash under the tap, eat as a raw snack, add to salads or use as a steamed vegetable.

Daucus carota 'Berlicum'

Carrot 'Berlicum'

Late maincrop type with long, up to 23cm, conical shape roots of deep red/orange.

Daucus carota 'Chantenay'

Carrot 'Chantenay'

Ideal for the production of baby carrots. Seed may be broadcast to provide up to 45 plants per 30cm square. Develops fast. Rich coloured with little core and great flavour.

Daucus carota 'Crème de Lite F1'

Carrot 'Crème de Lite F1'

Stunning, creamy skinned, tapering roots with creamy, juicy sweet flesh. Delicious raw and full of nutrients and vitamins, but also very tasty as a cooked vegetable. Just lift and wash under the tap, no need to peel!

Daucus carota 'Early Market'

Carrot 'Early Market'

Shorter stump rooted variety for good but not wonderful soil depth. Colour and flavour is good. Can be sown early and late in the season

Daucus carota 'Early Nantes'

Carrot 'Early Nantes'

An early maincrop variety with beautiful colour and little core. Can be sown successionally for use as small whole roots.

Carrot fly is attracted by thinning, so try to avoid thinning at all. If plants are overcrowded, carefully pull...

Daucus carota 'Eskimo F1'

Carrot 'Eskimo F1'

The carrot to overwinter! Eskimo has a high cold tolerance and is also easy to grow with an excellent flavour. Lift roots for storage in September/October or leave in well-drained soil until February or March.

Grows well in an open...

Daucus carota 'Flyaway F1'

Carrot 'Flyaway F1'

75 days. After 15 years of European breeding, Flyaway is the first carrot to combine some resistance to the carrot rust fly while retaining the sweet, crisp flavour of the best Nantes varieties. Moderately long, with a small core. In our 'kid'...

Daucus carota 'Ingot F1'

Carrot 'Ingot F1'

Long stump rooted variety, benefits from hybrid vigour. Excellent choice for heavy soils. Good texture and flavour

Daucus carota 'James Scarlet Intermediate'

Carrot 'James Scarlet Intermediate'

An old traditional maincrop variety often used for exhibition purposes. Broad shouldered with long tapering roots of deep orange colouring - wonderful flavour.

Daucus carota 'Jeanette F1 Organic'

Carrot 'Jeanette F1 Organic'

An early maturing ‘Nantes’ variety with exceptionally smooth and good-coloured, cylindrical roots. The vigorous foliage also makes harvesting the carrots much easier. A great carrot for fresh salads due to its intense core colour. Late sowings...

Daucus carota 'Kingston F1'

Carrot 'Kingston F1'

A new hybrid of high calibre, producing heavy, cylindrical, well-coloured roots with impeccable flavour. With storng tops, meaning easier lifting, 'Kingston' also boasts good storage qualities, and is ideal for winter stews, casseroles and as...

Daucus carota 'Mezza Lunga Nantese'

Carrot/Carota/Carotte 'Mezza Lunga Nantese'

Sow outdoors as soon as the ground can be worked. Soil temperature should be at least 5C (41F) before seeding. They like deep loose sandy loam in a sheltered location. The soil should be deeply spaded and raked before seeding and must be kept...

Daucus carota 'Mignon'

Carrot, Baby Finger 'Mignon'

Specialty selection for 'baby roots' or 'little finger' carrots. Quick maturing, about 12 weeks from sowing and idealf or succession sowings in containers, outdoors or early sowings in frames or the greenhouse. Smooth, rich orange roots, tender...