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'Purple Rain' Carrots

Sub-Category:	Specialty/Other

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid specialty carrot. Plants with strong tops produce 7- to 8-inch, dark purple, tapered roots with white cores or purple cores with white rings. (Some will have orange cores or rings.)
Days To Maturity:	73
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Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 05/22/2009 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Purple Rain grows vigorously here. A good carrot but best for its novelty effect. This one is a purple carrot, not an orange carrot with a purple skin like Purple Haze.

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