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Fresh Market
Carrot Variety Trial 2005
Cornell Cooperative Extension's South Central NY
Agriculture Team- Molly Shaw with
Organic Seed Partnership- Elizabeth Dyke
Hosted By StarFlower Farm- Andy Leed and Liza White, Candor, NY
A comparison of 27 different varieties grown under organic management conditions
Carrot trial at the StarFlower Farm
2005
Bolero No 1 - Favorite carrot in the Taste test
Red Core Chantenay 2nd favorite carrot
in the Taste test
Sweet flavor, blocky not very pretty
Ithaca third favorite carrot
in the Taste test
Pretty shape and hard to pull
Nevis fourth favorite carrot in the Taste test
Healthy, leafy tops
Other varieties:
Top Weight
- as the name promises, it does yield
Strong healthy tops in the field
Atlanta
Danvers- solid old standard, has been popular this long for a reason
Magnum- dark orange, strong tops and solid yielding 
Minicor-
called mini for a reason!
Mokum- weak tops
Nates Fancy
Navarino
Nates Tip Top- weak tops in the field
Purple Haze- interesting color and orange lenticels
Cosmic Purple- good strong tops and inside is bright orange
Red Core
Cornell Commercial Vegetable Production
Comments or questions? Contact:
Anusuya
Rangarajan
Statewide specialist for
Fresh Market Vegetable Production
ar47@cornell.edu
Department of Horticulture
121 Plant Science Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-1780; Fax: (607) 255-9998
Betsy Ingall
Research Technician
bai1@cornell.edu
Department of Horticulture
158 Plant Science Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 254-8943; Fax: (607) 255-9998
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