The carrot variety 'Red Arrow' is a new super-early, high-yielding hybrid of the Nantes type with cylindrical or slightly conical roots. The roots are 16-19 cm long, 2-3 cm in diameter, and weigh between 97 and 186 g, featuring a very small dark orange core and orange-red flesh. The flesh is tender, juicy, and sweet, making this variety particularly attractive for fresh consumption, processing, canning, storage, and preparing baby food purees and juices. Sugar and carotene content in the roots is high, reaching up to 15.7 mg of carotene per 100 g of raw material, ensuring high nutritional value and beneficial properties.
The variety is characterized by high marketable yield, ranging from 326 to 523 c/ha, with maximum indicators up to 840 c/ha in the Moscow region. The marketable output is 72-90%, indicating high cultivation efficiency. Taste qualities are rated as good to excellent, and dry matter content ranges from 11.5-13.6%. Due to its earliness, the period from germination to root maturity is 75-85 days, allowing for harvest even in summer.
For successful cultivation of 'Red Arrow' carrots, sowing is recommended at the end of April - May at a depth of 2-2.5 cm with row spacing of 15-20 cm, as well as in autumn when temperatures drop to 5°C, at a depth of 1-2 cm with peat mulching. The soil should be fertile, loamy, or clay-loam. The best predecessors for this variety are tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, onions, and legumes. Care includes weeding, deep loosening, watering, and fertilization, as well as thinning the plants twice: two weeks after germination and when the root diameter reaches 1 cm, leaving 5-6 cm between plants. This complex of agrotechnical measures ensures a high and quality harvest.
