Red Cored Chantenay Carrot
Red Cored Chantenay 70 days — 'Red Cored Chantenay' plants are large, reaching about twenty inches tall, and produce roots that are five to 5½ inches in length, bright orange in color, stump-rooted in shape, and are tender and sweet tasting.Chantenay-type carrots were developed and originally introduced in France in the 1830s. 'Red Cored Chantenay' is the result of continued selection by C. C. Morse & Company for "red" (dark-orange) colored roots and was introduced in 1930.[1] Here is what they had to say in their 1931 seed catalog:"The first time you pull this new carrot you will want to eat it then and there. The deep orange-red color and smooth symmetrical shape are combined with just the right size to make it irresistibly appetizing. Its beauty is not merely skin deep; it goes clear through to the very center and the interior is even more tempting than the outside. The yellow ring which is usually found around the core of carrots has been bred out of Red Cored Chantenay and