Carrots Used to Be Purple Before the 17th Century

[fayt]

The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.  Before this, pretty much all carrots were purple with mutated versions occasionally popping up including yellow and white carrots.  These were rarely cultivated and lacked the purple pigment anthocyanin.
It is thought that the modern day orange carrot was developed by crossing the mutated yellow and white rooted carrots as well as varieties of wild carrots, which are quite distinct from cultivated varieties.
Some think that the reason the orange carrot became so popular in the Netherlands was in tribute to the emblem of the House of Orange and the struggle for Dutch independence.  This could be, but it also might just be that the orange carrots that the Dutch developed were sweeter tasting and more fleshy than their purple counterparts, thus providing more food per plant and being better tasting.

Read more at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/04/carrots-used-to-be-purple-before-the-17th-century/#pYfEIdEfQgHF1tfc.99

[Cathrina]

Wow purple pala ang carrots dati..sana  meron pang ganung kulay ngayon..

[fayt]

Hehehe... Sa amazon nag bebenta pa ng violet na seeds ng carrots.. di ko nga lang alam kung meron pa hehe

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[Zurca]

buti nalang naging orange ang carrots, parang hindi kasi magandang tignan pag violet haha

[dere'k ™]

oo nga parang hindi siya magandang tignan, ang sagwa cguro isama nyan sa spag haha

[fayt]

buti nalang naging orange ang carrots, parang hindi kasi magandang tignan pag violet haha

Hehehe.. saka baka maabuso na naman to ng kababaihan hehe

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[fayt]

oo nga parang hindi siya magandang tignan, ang sagwa cguro isama nyan sa spag haha

Uu sagwa nga yan sa mga rekado may carrot dahil sanay na tayo sa orange na kulay..

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[caligula]

Sinabi rin doon sa article that if you eat excessive amount of carrot, your skin can turn a shade of orange.

[¿m☺ÿ]

Sinabi rin doon sa article that if you eat excessive amount of carrot, your skin can turn a shade of orange.

wow, ganun pala yun.... thank you sa info sir. +karma sa iyo

[¿m☺ÿ]

thank you sir fayt for the info... nice article... di na kita mabigyan ng karma kasi nabigyan na kita sa ibang board... thanks again.

[fayt]

thank you sir fayt for the info... nice article... di na kita mabigyan ng karma kasi nabigyan na kita sa ibang board... thanks again.

Oh... Okay lang po kahit walang karma hehe... Salamat po sa pagbisita

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