Carrot , Early Nantes (French Touchon) Fine, Med long & Stubby End

Daucus carota v. sativus, Fine, medium long & stubby end - Heirloom, A rare and time honoured French Nantes sort, esteemed in old potagers for its obliging nature and handsome constancy. An early variety of notably brief season, it may be sown in gentle succession from spring into the height of summer, yielding a continual procession of crisp, fragrant roots. Each stout, cigar formed carrot, glowing a deep orange, reaches near 12 cm and ends in a tidy blunt tip. Sweet, aromatic, almost without core, and charmingly brittle, it recalls the refined table roots once favoured by French kitchen gardeners. Too tender for modern machinery and thus seldom met in trade, yet it freezes admirably, stores faithfully, and is best enjoyed in the old manner — pulled fresh and eaten at once from the soil, Seed Count Approx - 400 avg 

  SOWING - Sow thinly early spring till mid summer, direct into finely raked, warm, weed-free soil at about 30cm apart. Carefully thin seedlings. Grows best in sunny position in soil which has not recently been manured, Lift in from 50 days onwards