Believe it or not, there is still time to plant and harvest certain variety of carrots before the long winter months set in! Here are three heirloom carrots, with their time to maturity, that I have traced back to the 1800s! Below you will find a link to a Landreths' Seeds Company catalog that you can flip through, and see how much these seeds would have cost our ancestors. This is a page from the catalog containing the three carrots I will highlight.
Chantenay: 65 days to maturity. A blocky, broad shouldered carrot with a blunt tip, 5½" long and 2½" at the shoulder with a deep orange interior. Adaptable to clay and a wide range of soils.
Nantes: 70 days to maturity. Has fine texture, mild flavor, and very small core. Cylindrical roots 6½" long, 1-1½" at the shoulder. Best flavor is from carrots grown in the spring, but they can be grown for winter storage.
Danvers: 75 days to maturity. Productive and heat tolerant. Dark orange roots 6-7" long, 2" at the shoulder, tapering to a blunt point. Great for growing in clay soil, and the strong tops make them east to pull. They store very well.
You can find these seeds through many online seed companies. Order your seeds quick, and get them in the ground! Now, go grow something good!
