Carrot
Touchon carrot
Touchon carrot: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
'Touchon' is a traditional French cultivar of Daucus carota, the carrot, in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is valued particularly for early crops and a tender root. Its name identifies a garden carrot selection rather than a separate species from carrots of other colours and shapes. This selection is non-hybrid.The root is orange, medium-long and generally cylindrical, with a fairly smooth surface. It may reach around twenty centimetres under favourable conditions, but length varies with soil and the stage of growth. The flesh is orange, fine-textured and crisp. Its central core is inconspicuous, explaining its coreless name. The centre is not botanically absent, and the term describes its eating qualities rather than missing root structure.Above ground, green, finely divided leaves form a leafy clump. The foliage gives a light outline that contrasts with the compact root beneath the soil. A carrot stores reserves in that root during its first growth…
