Carrot Yaroslavna: description, photos, reviews

Content

1 Carrots for the princely table
2 What is the genus and what is the care
3 Reviews from gardeners

The variety producer, having named one of the carrot varieties “Yaroslavna”, seemed to have endowed it with strictly defined qualities in advance. And I was not mistaken - yes, she is exactly what the real Yaroslavna was, the wife of the Novgorod prince Igor.

She is slim, beautiful, thin-skinned and extremely desirable. Those who have dealt with the Yaroslavna carrot variety are convinced that it is difficult to think of a better carrot variety for Russian conditions.

Carrots for the princely table

There are many different varieties. Each of them has its own variety with specific characteristics and consumer qualities. “Yaroslavna” is intended for real gourmets and refined tables.

Carrots “Yaroslavna” belong to the Nantes variety and have inherited all its best characteristics:

carrots of this variety belong to the varieties of the middle growing season. It will take only 100 days from germination to full maturity;
like the entire Nantes variety, it has smooth, strictly cylindrical, blunt-nosed root crops;
the length of such a fruit can reach 220 mm;
“Yaroslavna” has a great taste, tender and juicy pulp of a pleasant, reddish-orange color;
the yield of carrots of the Yaroslavna variety reaches 3700 g/m²;

Important! This carrot is a real gourmet, as true representatives of a princely family should be. It does not tolerate heavy clay and even loamy soils.

She likes light loam or sandy loam soil, well seasoned with humus. Such soil should contain a lot of humus and be permeable.

What is the genus and what is the care

Heavy loamy soils form a surface crust when they dry out. Such a crust does its best to prevent not only the germination of seeds, but the development of the entire plant. Root crops in such a bed lose their natural beauty and varietal qualities. They become twisted and branchy. Yaroslavna carrots also have an extremely negative attitude towards podzolic soils with high acidity. Although its water requirements are underestimated, it is very difficult to tolerate any drying out of its native bed. It requires watering and fertilizing regularly.

Besides:

This carrot variety, although not very disease resistant, is extremely resistant to cracking;
when sowing in mid-May, the harvest can be expected by mid-September, and planting should be done according to the 300*50 mm pattern;
yields with proper agricultural technology can reach more than 3 kg/m². This is not the greatest harvest, but multiplied by its excellent quality, it will leave no chance for another harvest;
the high carotene content and versatility of use will not leave people indifferent to this truly princely variety.

Important! When planting in May, when the carrot fly is rampant in vegetable gardens, it is necessary to use all means of protection against it.

Reviews from gardeners

Olga, 49 years old, Tambov

I have been planting Yaroslavna carrots for the 3rd year now. I practically don’t use it in preparations. For this there are varieties with a large harvest. Yaroslavna is all eaten up by her children and husband. I have never met a tastier variety of carrots, although I regularly purchase seeds of new varieties.

Nikolay Ivanovich, 67 years old, Kazan

Last year, my granddaughter bought me seeds of the Yaroslavna variety at a sale. I bought it because it was inexpensive. How did she guess? I don’t particularly chase a big harvest - I don’t need it. But Yaroslavna made me happy. My wife even made jam from it. But the fly spoiled the harvest a little - I couldn’t keep track of it. I recommend it to all gardeners.

Maria, 38, Novgorod

I have been growing Yaroslavna carrots for three years. I liked the variety both for its yield - I collected almost 3 kg from a meter-long garden bed - and for its taste. Carrots are juicy and very sweet. The children are delighted - if you just gape a little, they will thin everything out. In my gardening practice, this is the best variety. I recommended it to all my neighbors.