Carrots

Early Nantes type.

An early maincrop variety virtually coreless with good texture, colour and flavour. Grown now for two seasons with reasonable success but tend to be small when we have dry hot summers (no water available on the land to spray). Drilled 1/2 inch (1.27cm) deep with rows 6 inches (15 cm) apart.

Notice the two stage growth in the picture (Right) due to the hot dry summer and then the wet autumn.

Paris Market Baron

Very early variety with superb colour and small almost round roots. Try this variety for a nice presentation on the table

Cooking. Apart from the usual slicing and cooking in boiling water

Carrot Cake

Ingredients

200g / 7 oz wholemeal SR flour

1 heaped tspn mixed spice

170g / 6 oz soft margarine

170g / 6 oz soft brown sugar

110g / 4 oz sultanas

170g / 6 oz grated carrot

3 medium eggs

1 tbspn milk.

Method - Grease and line an 8inch round tin. Peel and grate the carrots. Sift the flour and spice into a bowl, then add the remaining ingredients. Mix to a soft dropping consistency. Pour into the prepared tin, smoothing so that the surface is level and bake in the centre of a 180C / 350F / Mark 4 oven for about an hour or until firm to touch in the centre. Leave to cool for a while before turning onto a wire rack.

Facts

Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds, and the richest vegetable source of the pro-vitamin A carotenes. Carrot antioxidant compounds help protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Sow between March -July and harvest between August - December.

Seed count 8500 per 10gm. (1.5 kilogram per acre )

From Kings Seeds at www.kingsseeds.com