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 'Adonis F1'

Carrot 'Adonis F1'

Sweet flavoured nantes x variety with very uniform, smooth cylindrical roots produced over a long season. Good winter hardiness and tolerance to scab, cavity spot and splitting. Harvest August to April. Protect carrots left in the ground over...

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 'Artemis F1'

Carrot 'Artemis F1'

An incredibly versatile long season nantes variety which can be picked young and with its winter hardiness will hold in the ground until April. Good sweet flavour. Harvest young carrots from mid July, relatively mature carrots from August to...

Daucus carota 'Autumn King 2'

Carrot 'Autumn King 2'

Good-sized, cylindrical, red-cored roots of extra fine quality. Larger than the Nantes type, and good for storing.

Sow March to July and store maincrop roots in dry sand or soil until ready to use.

Daucus carota 'Bangor F1'

Carrot 'Bangor F1'

An excellent, heavy yielding Nantes/Berlicum hybrid. medium, early maturing roots, smooth skinned, cylindrical and uniform in colour. Stores well. Resistant to Greentop and cracking. RHS award.

Sow March to July and store maincrop roots...

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 'Danvers Half Long'

Carrot 'Danvers Half Long'

A broad shouldered, almost coreless, carrot with an outstanding good taste and a rich orange colour. Introduced in 1871, it was one of the favourite varieties on the market producing very high yields, even in clay soil.

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 'Early Nantes 2'

Carrot 'Early Nantes 2'

An excellent variety for early and successional crops producing uniform blunt-ended roots. The flavour is outstanding.

Daucus carota 'Early Nantes 5'

Carrot 'Early Nantes 5'

Excellent for successional sowing, or in frames or under cloches for early roots.

Sow March to July and store maincrop roots in dry sand or soil until ready to use.

Daucus carota 'Early Scarlet Horn'

Carrot 'Early Scarlet Horn'

An extremely reliable early variety which produces medium-sized, stump-rooted carrots. Very tasty, and ideal for deep-freezing.

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...