Every year I grow Royal Chantenay carrots as the soil in my

garden is very heavy clay. Composted horse manure (free at stable) has helped keep it loose and well drained but the soil is shallow. My yard is basically a terrace as the lot

is carved out of a hillside. Luckily the lot is near the top of the slope as water drains downhill.

This year I tried growing Hercules Hybrid carrot instead.

The flavor is excellent and the short stumpy carrots fit my

soil profile well. The color of the roots is a nice bright

orange. It is much improved in flavor and color over Royal

Chantenay.

The only bad news is that the carrot tops are super short!

I have never seen carrots with such short tops. I feed the tops (and some of the roots too) to my pet rabbit. This year she didnot get many tops.

I commend the the plant breeder who

introduced this hybrid carrot but will switch back to Royal

Chantenay for the future as I really need the tall tops.