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Carrots &parsnips


Carrots


Miami F1 A versatile, consistent and reliable variety with vigorous early growth. Very healthy upright foliage with strong, high quality cylindrical roots.Miami is suitable for a long production period and has attractive roots with excellent flavour. Miami is a commercially proven organic variety in all production areas of the UK.


Yaya F1 Very earlymaturing, suitable for the earliest polythene covered sowings. Can be harvested frommid June. Attractive roots with a good flavour.


Carrot maturity guide


Variety Yaya F1 Napoli F1


Miami F1 Nipomo F1 White Satin F1 Yellowstone Chantenay Red Cored – NCT


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Napoli F1 Earlymaturing variety, Napoli is versatile as it can be sown fromvery early until late, for a wide production period. Strong healthy tops with good root to top ratio.


Nipomo F1 Extremely healthy, vigorous with an upright foliage. Attractive, smooth, bright and uniform roots. Performs best on peat/black soils and bodied sands.


White Satin F1 Produces long, cylindrical and slender white roots with a very sweet flavour and juicy texture.


Elsoms have the best range of carrot varieties available in the UK. Here you can view our organic range, but please do not hesitate to contact us for further information about our varieties and availabilities.


Yellowstone Open pollinated. Produces long, slender and cylindrical roots. Attractive, bright yellow roots.


Chantenay Red Cored – NCT Widely used and standard open-pollinated stock. Baby Chantenay production can be achieved by using high-density sowings of approximately 3.75million seeds per acre; lower densities will produce larger roots.


Miami F1


Possible extension of harvest period by field (straw covered) storage Sowing


Harvesting


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