the carrot is a popular vegetable in many countries and it is that from its raw consumption, to its role in many salads and typical dishes, it is difficult to find a country in which its existence is unknown. Among its main characteristics, we can highlight its typical orange color, its cylinder shape that makes it be pointed and its cap of green leaves.
It's taste it's something sweet, not an excessive sweet taste, its texture is hard on the outside, but somewhat softer on the inside. Its properties are used to medicinal-tropical purposes, that is, its consumption is largely motivated by balanced diets, nutritious food, etc. Nevertheless, the carrot as we know it today it will not be the focus of this article. Mainly, we will talk about the purple carrot, its characteristics, its history and its cultivation, we will also comment on some information about its origin.
Origin of purple carrots
It will be impressive for many to know that the carrot was originally purple, in fact, this tone is actually its original shape and color. Since the beginning of time, the carrot was known to Europeans under a purple tone, therefore, if the reader could consult a person belonging to the XNUMXth century, he would answer that yes, that carrots were purple.
The purple carrot has existed for about 3000 years BC, but despite this, its properties are largely indistinguishable from today's carrot, therefore, aspects such as its flavor and contributions do not have great differencesIn fact, the main and few differences that we can discriminate at first glance between the purple carrot and the orange carrot is their size and color and yet the purple carrot is orange insidetherefore, the differences between them are reduced.
The purple carrot comes into the world as the work of the Dutch, as part of an experiment in which, the main objective was to give the tone of the Dutch royal house, apart from the fact that purple carrots are recognized for their great nutritional contributions, being its main component, anthocyanin, being also responsible for each of the benefits that this vegetable offers to the body, among which, we can mention:
At the cardiovascular level, it maintains the clean blood vessels and purifies the blood, keeping the consumer active during high physical performance activities.
Good contribution in fiber, which allows the consumer the possibility of generate healthy diets to lose weight, as well as maintaining balanced diets.
At the immunological level, eliminate toxins that can be found strained in some foods. They also provide nutrients that lead to the development of the immune system.
Its cultivation should be carried out under the following recommendations:
Must be saved a distance of 10 x 10cm of any other plant, in this sense, we must locate a clear place to sow the seed.
Next, a humid place must be chosen in which the seed is 1 cm below the compost, being it is advisable to sow a large quantity of seeds, since it can be difficult for the seeds to hatch and be effective, harvest will begin in 3-4 months the seeds have been sown.
One of the advantages offered by the purple carrot, is that it can tolerate the most hostile climates, in such a way that its sowing can be carried out during any season of the year itself. Thus, the user would be able to sow at the time he deems appropriate, without responding to climatic conditions in which the state of this seed as such could be compromised.
As we can conclude, the purple carrot It is the first carrot specimen that ever existed.
Ironically, their current productions show extremely low levels, which has led to vigorous production measures, which They seek to keep this type of carrot aliveFor both nutritional and ethical reasons.