An excellent, heavy yielding Nantes/Berlicum hybrid. Medium early maturing roots, smooth skinned, cylindrical and uniform in colour. Stores well. Resistant to Green top and cracking. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 75 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).
Sowing Information
Sow thinly direct into finely raked, moist, warm, weed-free soil at a depth of 13mm ( 1?2″) in rows about 15cm (6″) apart. Germination 15-20 days. Thin by degrees, using the small carrots for salad use.
For larger roots carefully thin to 50-75mm (2-3″) between plants.
Lift roots for storage in September/October in sand or soil.
Carrots grow best in a sunny position in well cultivated soil which has not recently been manured.
Sowing ➞ Cropping – 16-24 weeks.
