One of the most interesting and unusual new vegetables is a carrot called Nutri-Red.' Though shaped like traditional carrots - about 20cm long, tapering to a blunt tip - their color is far from ordinary. In fact, when you dig up these carrots, they're a washed out, reddish pink. Cooking improves colour and texture whilst retaining a strong carroty flavour. A perfect addition to stews and vegetable dishes.
After cooking, their color darkens to a deep "blood" red, and both flavor and texture are appealing.

The real breakthrough associated with this extraordinary color is the concentration of the anti-oxidant lycopene, rather than carotene, in these carrots. They contain as much lycopene, pound for pound, as tomatoes, the chief source of lycopene in most peoples' diet. Nutritional studies suggest that eating at least one serving of a lycopene-rich food daily is believed to help prevent prostrate cancer and other cancers.

Nutri-Red' carrots grow vigorously and will be ready to harvest roughly seventy-six days after you've planted the seed.

Despite their strange appearance and enhanced nutrient content, these carrots are not the product of genetic engineering, but were developed the conventional way, through cross-pollination.

At least 100 seeds with instructions included.

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