"Nick Maclaren"wrote
I grew two fancy carrots this year, in addition to a fairly standard
'fly-resistant' Nantes type.

Spanish Black bolted faster than a CD-ROM of personal data from a
government department. We got one meal's worth from three sowings.

Kinbi (supposed to be well flavoured) tasted of almost nothing, and
didn't root up at all well.

Both did seem to be a bit more fly-resistant than the 'fly-resistant'
one, but there wasn't enough of either to be certain.

Give the old "Chertsey" or "Long Red Surrey Carrot" a try Nick, grows well
for us and we have been keeping our own seed for years. Mind you, we are
near Chertsey which is why we tried it in the first place. :-)
Not fly resistant though so a 2ft tall barrier around the crop is essential.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK