Carrots 'Touchon'

Franchi - Carrots 'Touchon'

Carrot 'Touchon' Seeds: The Sweet, French Gourmet Standard

A beloved French heirloom, 'Touchon' is the gold standard for a consistently high-quality, early maincrop carrot. It produces perfectly straight, beautifully cylindrical roots with blunt tips, a deep orange colour, and an exceptionally sweet, coreless interior. Highly valued for its uniformity and tender texture, 'Touchon' is dependable, rarely suffers from splitting, and is ideal for both gourmet fresh eating and short-term storage. If you want a dependable, sweet, and aesthetically pleasing carrot, 'Touchon' is the answer.

• Coreless and Tender: The flesh is tender and sweet throughout, making it perfect for raw eating, juicing, or light cooking.

• Early Maincrop Timing: Matures faster than true maincrop varieties, offering a high-quality harvest from mid-summer onwards.

• Excellent Flavour Profile: Highly sought after for its rich, sweet taste and crisp, appealing texture.

• Reliable Performer: A hardy, adaptable variety that performs well in light to medium soils and is known for resisting greening at the shoulder.

Gardener's Tip for Smooth Roots

Deep Raking for Perfection! Before sowing 'Touchon,' dedicate time to raking your bed deeply and thoroughly to remove all stones, lumps, or hard obstacles in the top $15\text{cm}$ of soil. Because this variety grows so straight and uniformly, even small stones can cause unsightly forking or deformities. A fine, crumbly seedbed ensures the flawless roots this variety is known for.

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