Carrot
Carrot ‘Colmar à cœur rouge’
Carrot ‘Colmar à cœur rouge’: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Carrot 'de Colmar à cœur rouge' is a cultivated carrot cultivar, Daucus carota, in the parsley family. It is associated with the vegetable heritage of eastern France. The selection ‘de Colmar à cœur rouge 2’ belongs to this group. Its traditional appeal concerns large roots and suitability for storage rather than an invariably very early harvest.Roots are long, fairly large and orange, with flesh whose centre is described as red or reddish orange. The name à cœur rouge does not imply a carrot that is entirely purple or dark red. The root may be conical to cylindrical depending on the selection. Selection and conditions can produce different outlines. Presenting one shape as perfectly identical in every root would therefore be too rigid.Above ground, green, finely divided foliage forms a tuft. The root stores the plant's reserves below the crown. Its flesh is known for a sweet flavour; texture and intensity…
