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Jaune du Doubs Main Season Carrot

Jaune du Doubs
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(78 days) Open-pollinated. CR likes this 19th-century French heirloom best of all the yellow carrots. Holli Cederholm, another admirer, called it “a mainstay in [her] open-pollinated rainbow carrot bunches,” and reported it performed beautifully on her heavy and rocky new ground—with fewer culls than Danvers or Dragon. Not everyone agrees. Some are put off by its sometimes rough unrefined appearance and variable taste and texture. We advise working your seed bed well before sowing to avoid forked or shallow roots. The plants have the kind of dense rampant wildness that has been tamed out of the newer hybrids, so thin them more rigorously than other varieties. Well-grown they produce smooth conical 5–8" yellow roots, showing slight green shoulders and good core color. Better flavor cooked than raw and retains good color. Cederholm reported the roots stayed crisp and crunchy in storage for tri-colored carrot slaw all winter. ②


2078 Jaune du Doubs
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A: 1/8oz for $2.60  
B: 1/2oz for $8.00  
C: 1oz for $10.00  
D: 4oz for $32.00  
E: 1lb for $120.00   ($114.00)
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Carrots

Daucus carota

⅛ oz packet sows 35 ft; 1 oz, 280 ft. 1 gram packet has more than 600 seeds and sows about 10 ft. Carrots average 18,000 seeds/oz with significant variations among varieties.

Culture: Very hardy. Early carrots can be sown by late April. Can take up to 3 weeks to germinate; keep rows from drying out for faster emergence. Sow carrots for winter storage in mid-late June. Thinning is critical: At 3" high thin to ½" apart, at 6" thin again to 1" apart. Minimal germination temperature 40°, optimal range 60–85°.

Diseases:

  • ALTS: Alternaria Leaf Spot
  • CLS: Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • P: Pythium

ALTS shows up first on the oldest foliage as brown-black spots edged with yellow. Foliage blackens and shrivels as it develops and spreads. Maintaining a good crop rotation is the best preventive.