Chantenay Red Core Carrot is both beautiful and delicious! Nutritiously dense and packed with vitamins, Chantenay Red Core is easy to grow and features a crisp, crunchy, fine grained texture and tasty, old fashioned sweet flavor. You can expect golden orange, shorter, relatively thick roots averaging 5.5" inches long that taper to a blunt shaped end. Introduced in 1929, this tried and true producer is an excellent choice for home gardeners and market producers alike as it thrives in sandy or heavy soils. 65 days. Packet: approx. 500 seeds.