Product Description

Absolutely unique, purple-skinned carrots with deep orange flesh. They look amazing in salads or as a steamed vegetable. Roots have a high antioxidant and vitamin content, so are best eaten raw and are perfect for making carrot juice.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #237 in Lawn & Patio
• Brand: Hirts: Seed; Vegetable

Features

• Absolutely unique
• Purple-skinned carrots with deep orange flesh
• Roots have a high antioxidant and vitamin content, so are best eaten raw and are perfect for making carrot juice.
• 350 Seeds

Customer Reviews

great teaching surprise
I ordered these seeds for a class of young elementary children about dragons and fantasy literature. The order arrived very quickly and the seeds sprouted well. The dramatic color of purple carrots were a great hit! Even picky eaters who regularly turn their noses up at vegetables thought these were very cool! The lesson turned out to be a fantastic way to combine science, literature, with following written directions!

Way off but still enjoyable..
First off, nothing I have purchased from Hirts has produced anything like the pictures, I'm positive they turn the saturation way up on the photos for showmanship. Despite my carrots not looking very much like the photo they were not a disappointment & the seeds came with instructions good enough for a novice planter. I did dock a star or two since what I saw in the photo and what I got were the most different of anything Ive gotten from this seller. In fact I wonder if my pack had atomic red carrots by mistake.

In the Rocky Mountain region around 30% of my seeds sprouted but this was my first time planting carrots. The carrots that resulted were more of a beet red than a purple, making them look like long bright beets. The colored flesh is only a millimeter deep, meaning only a scratch reveals the orange inside. The shape of the carrot was rather normal instead of tubular like online. The flavor was more earthy than a commercial carrot. I still recommend them, the shock value is there and they were great for coloring up sushi, salads, and steaming them takes out any bitterness.