‘Jaune Obtuse de Doubs’

Most people don’t realise that orange carrots are a modern invention. Carrots naturally come in a range of colours – white and yellow from Europe, and purple from the Middle East where agriculture originated about 11,000 years ago. (Orange ones are actually a recent thing in the past couple hundred years. ) So, yellow is a perfectly sensible colour for a carrot! This old traditional French variety has yellow roots with blunt (“obtuse”) tips that are easy to dig up with no risk of snapping, and a good strong (but sweet) carrot taste.

Yellow carrots look great sliced or grated in salads, and they stay yellow when cooked.