15 Must Have Carrot Varieties [Slideshow]

Posted by Lauren María Alexander|November 24, 2014

Scarlet Wonder

Scarlet Wonder is a Kintoki-type carrot whose skin and core are bright scarlet. It is very sweet and tender, maturing 120 days after sowing. Scarlet Wonder is between 12 and 14 inches in length and approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Recommended harvest season is fall to winter. Available from American Takii.

Royal Cross

Royal Cross is a very productive hybrid Kuroda-type with attractive smooth skin. Vivid reddish-orange both inside and out, with a small core. Matures 110 days after sowing, good for fall to early spring harvest. Intermediate resistance to Alertnaria leaf blight. Available from American Takii.

Fire Wedge

Fire Wedge is a very high yielding hybrid Kuroda-type. Its excellent color, both internal and external, makes it ideal for both fresh and processing markets. Matures 120 days after sowing, good for fall to early spring harvest. Intermediate resistance to Alternaria leaf blight, resists cracking. Available from American Takii.

Goldfinger

This early Nantes type carrot has an orange color and a sweet flavor. It features strong and upright tops, uniform roots with improved quality, early maturity and a high yield potential. Available from Harris Moran.

Moonraker

This high yielding processor dicing carrot has a rich dark orange color with good internal color uniformity, good top health and excellent strength for mechanical harvest. Available from Harris Moran.

Adelaide Carrot

Adelaide is a true baby carrot. Unlike most “baby carrots” harvested at an immature stage before properly filling out, Adelaide has an early maturity and forms a blunt root tip at 3 to 4 inches long. It features short, moderately healthy tops for an early maturing carrot. Great for bunching and marketing as a true baby carrot. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Yellow Sun

Yellow Sun features beautiful, 6 to 7 inch yellow roots with broad shoulders, a well-filled, blunt tip, and medium-tall tops. Its complex flavor is best when cooked. Note: Spring sown carrots are susceptible to bolting during cold weather periods. Plant in summer for fall or winter harvest in areas where variable spring weather is a factor. Available in unsized seed. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Samantha

Samantha is a Berlicum/Imperator-type hybrid. It has mid-early maturity and medium-orange color with sweet flavor. This variety has medium to strong top attachment, with roots that are smooth. Samantha’s yield is very good with good field-holding ability and strong tops. Available from Rispens Seeds.

Berlin

Berlin produces large, bulky and cylindrical roots that are excellent for early cellos or harvested later as jumbos. Dark orange roots are well suited to slicing or sticks. Matures in 90 days. Available from Seedway.

Canberra

An early maturing Chantenay that is well suited to dicing. Roots are wedge-shaped with excellent root length with strong 18” - 20” tops. Growers can look forward to a high tonnage potential! Matures in 96 days. Available from Seedway.

86S SV2384DL

86S SV2384DL matures in 68 days. It has high quality 12 inch long, thick cylindrical roots for mineral or muck soils, with strong 15 inch tops. Its roots have semi-blunt tips with small cores. Darker orange color on mineral, and muck soils. 86S SV2384DL can be uses for cellos or slicers. Available from Stokes Seeds.

Cosmic Purple

Carrot Cosmic Purple has purple skin and a solid orange to orange-yellow to bright yellow interior, with sweet, spicy orange flesh. Cosmic Purple is great for the fresh market, baby and cooked. Available from Seeds By Design.

Atomic Red

Atomic Red is 8 inches by 1.5 inches long with tapered bright red roots. It is high in Lypocene, a precursor to beta carotene, which is said to be a preventative of several types of cancer. It has crispy roots that taste wonderful cooked, and the color tends to be more intense when cooked, but is slightly washed out when raw. Available from Seeds By Design.

Solar Yellow

Solar Yellow features 6 to 7 inch roots, and is a completely yellow carrot. It has a very refreshing sweet flavor, and is extra crunchy and juicy. Available from Seeds By Design.

Lunar White

Lunar White features vigorous plants, offers a heavy crop, and grows totally under ground. It is almost completely coreless, and has a very mild, and delicious flavor. Available from Seeds By Design.

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