Looking for a good storage carrot

The Shepherd's Fold · 11-06-2009, 02:37 PM

I found a source last year for a storage carrot, meant to be kept in a root cellar all winter, but now I can't find it, and I don't remember what it was called !

I know it's not oxheart, as it was more uniform top to bottom. It was also about 2 inches across, and orange to red (I think). I believe it came from somewhere in Europe, I want to say France but I'm not sure. We just built a root cellar so I wanted to try it... anyone out there know its name? Thanks!

darwinslair · 11-15-2009, 12:30 AM

http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/p...t.html#Carrots

Check out the one on top. Fits your description, but they don't have it this year. Check the SSE Yearbook for it if it seems to be what you were looking for.

Tom

The Shepherd's Fold · 11-15-2009, 09:42 AM

That's it!! Thank you so much.

You just made my week, I'll look in the Yearbook for it.

carosello · 11-17-2009, 02:56 PM

SSE has the seeds of several European fodder carrots which I donated. These are surely good storage carrots, with big roots but suitable for human as well as animal consumption. My source was USDA--I am an ARS cooperator. The Daucus collection is held in Ames, Iowa. The curator of vegetable crops is Dr. Kathleen Reitsma, email kreitsma@iastate.edu. She is a friend of SSE, as are other scientists there, e.g. Mark Widrlechner,Mark Millard and David Brenner, who was at the 2008 Campout.

11-06-2009, 02:37 PM	#1
The Shepherd's Fold Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	Looking for a good storage carrot I found a source last year for a storage carrot, meant to be kept in a root cellar all winter, but now I can't find it, and I don't remember what it was called ! I know it's not oxheart, as it was more uniform top to bottom. It was also about 2 inches across, and orange to red (I think). I believe it came from somewhere in Europe, I want to say France but I'm not sure. We just built a root cellar so I wanted to try it... anyone out there know its name? Thanks!

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11-15-2009, 12:30 AM	#2
darwinslair hunter/gatherer/gardener Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Middle of Lake Minnetonka with a nice micro-climate, tomatoes in by tax day Posts: 168	http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/p...t.html#Carrots Check out the one on top. Fits your description, but they don't have it this year. Check the SSE Yearbook for it if it seems to be what you were looking for. Tom

11-15-2009, 09:42 AM	#3
The Shepherd's Fold Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	That's it!! Thank you so much. You just made my week, I'll look in the Yearbook for it.

11-17-2009, 02:56 PM	#4
carosello Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8	SSE has the seeds of several European fodder carrots which I donated. These are surely good storage carrots, with big roots but suitable for human as well as animal consumption. My source was USDA--I am an ARS cooperator. The Daucus collection is held in Ames, Iowa. The curator of vegetable crops is Dr. Kathleen Reitsma, email kreitsma@iastate.edu. She is a friend of SSE, as are other scientists there, e.g. Mark Widrlechner,Mark Millard and David Brenner, who was at the 2008 Campout.