Babette: 3–4 inches, 70 days, a mini-carrot selected from a Nantes type; typical sweet carrot flavor.
Danvers: Improved heirloom, 7-inch root, 65–75 days, tolerates heavier soils, stores well.
Mokum: 5–6 inches, 48 days, slender, sweet carrot, can plant two to three crops depending on the season.
Oxheart: Heirloom, 5–6 inch heart-shaped root, 90 days, can grow to one pound each.
Red Cored Chantenay: Heirloom, 5–7 inches, 70 days, sweet and stores well, tolerates heavier soils.
Scarlet Nantes: 6–8 inch root, 65–74 days, my first carrot variety, what a carrot should taste like.
St. Valery: Heirloom, 10–12 inches, 70 days, sweet red-orange roots, rare.
(contains xanthophyll, which is similar to beta carotene)
Amarillo: 8 inches, 75 days, crunchy and sweet.
Jaune du Doubs: Heirloom, 8–10 inches, 60–70 days, requires well-worked soil or the roots will fork, when young it is better cooked than raw, cellars well.
Yellowstone: 7–8 inches, 72 days, very crisp texture, tolerate of heavier soils.
(contains lycopene)
Atomic Red: 8 inches, 75 days, mild when eaten raw, flavor develops with cooking, retains its color.
Red Samurai: Open pollinated, 11 inches, 75 days, tasty when raw and cooked, retains its color when cooked.
(contains anthocyanins, which are antioxidants; most have a slight spicy flavor; some seed may produce orange carrots instead of purple)
Dragon: 6 inches, 65–90 days, deep purple outside with a golden core, sweet but can have a bitter edge.
Cosmic Purple: 7–8 inches, 58 days, sweet, spicy flavor, size can vary, can be harvested at 58 days or later.
Purple Haze: 10–12 inches, 70 days, 2006 AAS (All America Selections) winner, flavor develops with cooking.
Purple Sun: 8–10 inches, 90 days, purple throughout, can be harvested as a young carrot or full-size.
(tend to have a very mild flavor but is a lovely contrast to the colorful carrots)
Snow White: 7–8 inches, 75 days, crisp and mild.
White Satin: 8–9 inches, 70 days, Fedco says it is the best white carrot for flavor and growing, sweet when raw and cooked, develops green shoulders when ripe.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Cook’s Garden, Fedco, Renee’s Garden, Seeds of Change, Seed Savers Exchange, and Territorial Seeds.
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