[Sca-cooks] Carrots in period
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Fri Jan 21 14:12:57 PST 2011
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
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