[Sca-cooks] Carrots in period

[Terry Decker]

I've emntioned it before.  These are five (possibly seven) different orange 
varietals that form the basic stock for our commercial carrots.  Somewhere 
amongst my accumulated papers, I have a list of some of the names and a 
reference to some of the original botanical descriptions.

Bear

> Huh? Okay, where'd you get the bit about the five strains of Dutch carrot 
> documented in the 17th C.? I don't remember seeing that before. Are these 
> five strains of orange carrots? Or one strain or orange carrot bred with 
> four other strains of carrots, possibly of different colors?
>
> Every time someone brings up this subject, it seems more, different, 
> information turns up. :-)
>
> Stefan