Carrot - Autumn king, botanical illustration

Carrot - Autumn king

Daucus carota

Root vegetables Vital Seeds
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About

An award-winning maincrop variety, also ideal for storage over the winter months. How could we not include Autumn King in our catalogue?! This is one of our favourite varieties, and certainly lives up to its name. It is an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner and is a firm favourite amongst both home and market gardeners. It produces conical roots up to 30cm long and with a deep organgey-red colour. It is sweet-tasting and delicious both raw and cooked. Autumn King is a great carrot for storage over the winter. To store the roots place them in containers in single layers in moist (but not wet) sand making sure they do not touch each other. Keep them in a cool but frost free and dark place and check the roots periodically for mould or rotting. (Approximate seed count - 400)

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Botany

Latin nameDaucus carota
FamilyApiaceae
GenusDaucus

Producer

Vital Seeds

Organic and biodynamic open-pollinated seeds, Devon UK

Country: UK

Website: https://vitalseeds.co.uk

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