Wisconsin OSC Purple Carrot

Quantity

~75 days. Purple skinned carrots with good flavor. This carrot is a cross of 5 different purple carrots - developed by Claire Luby & Irwin Goldman of U of Wisconsin, Madison with the goal of resilient, delicious, nutritious, open-source (non-patented) carrots for the future. Adapted for organic growing conditions right here in the upper Midwest! This is a "composite population" which means that the carrots will have natural variation but most will have purple skin with orange interior with a small % of roots with white or pink skin and/or white or purple interiors. We are really impressed by the carrot's vigor and strong tops which means that they compete better with weeds and are easier to harvest. Similar, yet earlier, than Dragon in size, shape, and color - wide at the top and tapered. The purple skins contain anthocyanins, which are thought to have many health benefits. Our seeds come from Clint Freund & Cass McKinnon, of Cultivating the Commons, who grew them out and selected for good flavor and purple skins. Wisconsin-OSC Purple was released under the Open Source Seed Initiative.