Cape Market Carrot (Prices From)

Cape Market Carrot (Prices From)OUTSTANDING QUALITIES LATE SPRING AND LATE SUMMER TO EARLY AUTUMN SOWING GOOD EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL QUALITIES STRONG LEAF ATTACHMENT WIDELY ADAPTED Cape Market is a medium maturing, widely adapted, open pollinated carrot variety, ideal for the home garden and bunched market. Cape Market has a vigorous foliage and produces cylindrical shaped roots with a blunt to semi blunt slightly tapered tip. In addition, the roots have a good external and internal

OUTSTANDING QUALITIES

• LATE SPRING AND LATE SUMMER TO EARLY AUTUMN SOWING
• GOOD EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL QUALITIES
• STRONG LEAF ATTACHMENT
• WIDELY ADAPTED

Cape Market is a medium maturing, widely adapted, open-pollinated carrot variety, ideal for the home garden and bunched market.  Cape Market has a vigorous foliage and produces cylindrical shaped roots with a blunt to semi-blunt/slightly tapered tip.  In addition, the roots have a good external and internal colour, sweet taste and strong leaf attachment – perfect for the bunched carrot market.

SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS

• Best suited for late spring to early autumn sowings, can be produced throughout the year in frost-free areas.
• Contact a Sakata area representative for a local carrot sowing guide.

DESCRIPTION

VARIETY NAME: CAPE MARKET
KIND: Open pollinated carrot (Daucus carota L.)
TYPE: Nantes
SOWING SEASON: Late spring and early autumn
MATURITY: Medium: Warm season (spring sowing): 100 – 115 days from sowing. Cool season (autumn sowing): 125 – 140 days from sowing
ROOT DIMENSIONS: Length: 18 – 25 cm. Diameter at the top (shoulder):  3.0 – 4.0 cm. Note: Root size is influenced by the plant population
ROOT SHAPE AND TIP: Cylindrical with a blunt to semi-blunt/slightly tapered tip
ROOT UNIFORMITY (SHAPE AND SIZE): Average
EXTERNAL ROOT COLOUR: Light to medium orange
INTERNAL ROOT COLOUR: Orange
ROOT CORE COLOUR AND SIZE: Orange and average sized
ROOT SKIN SMOOTHNESS: Average
ROOT TASTE/BRIX (SUGAR CONTENT): Sweet, average BRIX
TOP/FOLIAGE HEALTH AND HABIT: Vigorous with erect foliage
TOP/FOLIAGE HEIGHT: Medium to high, 30 – 35 cm
TOP/FOLIAGE COLOUR: Medium green
LEAF ATTACHMENT: Strong
BOLTING REACTION: Average bolting tolerance
DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC): None claimed
FIELD HOLDING ABILITY: Average
YIELD POTENTIAL: Good
SUGGESTED SOWING DENSITY: Density depends on the season, size requirement of the roots and the target market/uses of the final product, however, we suggest: 1 200 000 to 2 000 000 seeds per hectare or alternatively 2 to 3.5 kg of seed per hectare
MARKET USES: Home garden and bunched market
SPECIAL FEATURES: Vigorous grower, widely adapted, good external and internal qualities, semi-sweet taste and strong leaf attachment