Top Carrot Varieties for 2019
Vegetable seed breeders share their top carrot picks for this year.
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Bolero from Vilmorin and Stokes Seeds, Inc.
Type: Nantes, fresh market or storage
Length: 7 to 8 inches
Disease package: PM and Alternaria leaf spot
Days to maturity: 55 to 56
Regions: Northeast and Midwest
Other: Smooth, bright orange. Slicing or dicing. Holds well in field. Strong for mechanical harvest. - 2 of 8
Cosmic Purple from Seeds by Design
Type: Danvers
Length: 7 to 8 inches
Days to maturity: 90
Other: Lovely colored O.P. carrot - 3 of 8
Hercules from Sakata Seed America and Rupp Seeds
Type: Chatenay
Length: 7 to 7.5 inches
Days to maturity: Mid late
Other: An early-maturing, extremely smooth Chantenay-Kuroda type hybrid. A high yielder, it is an excellent juicing carrot. The medium-orange roots are about 1.5 inches in diameter and about 7 to 7.5 inches long. The roots have good flavor, with Brix averaging 8.5 to 9. - 4 of 8
Jerada RZ from Rijk Zwaan
Type: Nantes
Length: 10 to 12 inches by 1-inch diameter
Days to maturity: 70 to 90
Regions: Broad adaptability
Other: Nantes bunching hybrid with excellent uniformity, flavor, color and high yields. - 5 of 8
Little Finger from Terra Organics
Type: Nantes
Length: 5 to 6 inches
Days to maturity: 55 - 6 of 8
Musico from Vilmorin and Rupp Seeds
Types: Nantes
Length: 7 to 8 inches
Days to maturity: Early
Other: A uniform cylindrical root with well-rounded tips at maturity. Strong attachment for harvest by lifting or bunching. Very good internal quality. A good replacement for 'Primo.' - 7 of 8
Orangeblaze from Seminis
Type: Cello
Length: 9 to 10 inches
Disease package: Intermediate resistance to Xhc, Ad, Cc, Eh
Regions: Northeast
Other: 'Orangeblaze' provides smooth, cylindrical high quality roots and contains a strong top with intermediate Alternaria blight resistance. In addition, this variety is easy to harvest and features high yield potential. - 8 of 8
Purple Elite from Hild and Johnny's Selected Seeds
Type: Purple imperator
Length: 7 to 9 inches
Days to maturity: 75
Other: Deep purple skin with bright-yellow core. Slender, tapered root. Strong tops.
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Bolero from Vilmorin and Stokes Seeds, Inc.
Cosmic Purple from Seeds by Design
Hercules from Sakata Seed America and Rupp Seeds
Jerada RZ from Rijk Zwaan
Little Finger from Terra Organics
Musico from Vilmorin and Rupp Seeds
Orangeblaze from Seminis
Purple Elite from Hild and Johnny's Selected Seeds
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Carol Miller is Editor of American Vegetable Grower. See all author stories here.
