We've pulled the first carrots from the veggie gardens at Struan Farm, and guess what, they're a beautiful purple!
The first carrots I've ever grown, King's Seeds Carrot Purple Dragon, a 1,000 year old heirloom variety. According to Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson, purple varieties of carrot are by far the most nutritious, with higher levels of phytonutrients. Orange carrots were created by cross breeding four hundred or so years ago to honour the Dutch House of Orange.
I highly recommend this book. It's a facinating read, advising how best to choose and prepare the most nutritious varieties of fruits and vegetables. Interesting to learn that the colours of produce commonly sold in our supermarkets don't come close to the nutritional and healing properties of their purple and red hued predecessors.
So always choose purple.
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