Cape Market Carrot (Prices From)
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| Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
| Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Product details
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