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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: neilep on 27/10/2009 12:35:34

Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: neilep on 27/10/2009 12:35:34

Dearest "whatsupdoc"-ologists..

As a sheepy I of course luff carrots..I especially luff carrot juice...and carrot cake is not so bad ....

Now take a look at all these carrots !...


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These Are Carrots

Nice eh ?..being delivered and laced with dynamite to make a firework next Tuesday !


Notice how non orange a lot of them are ?

What's that all about ?..Have ewe ever tried a non orange carrot ?..Is Orange not the natural colour of a carrot ?...are these genuine bona fide varieties or are they dyed versions ?...do they taste different ?  I've never seen them inreal life..have ewe ?


whajafink ?


hugs & shmishes


mwah mwah mwah



neil
Carrot Colour Cordinator
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Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: Don_1 on 27/10/2009 13:18:12
The carrot coloured carrot ((https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fclueless%2F1.gif&hash=ba6e884e2ac18d739c0e89967c82862b) OK, orange then) is not the natural colour of the carrot. It must be around 100 - 300 yrs ago that a new less bitter carrot was bred. Originally (and naturally) the carrot has a rather bitter taste and is white. Through hybridisation the far more tasty carrot we know and love today came about.

I'm not sure if the change of colour was pure accident or intentional. Whichever the case, David Dickenson and Judith Chalmers may have had something to do with it.
Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: RD on 27/10/2009 16:19:04
Pink (http://www.jaspercarrott.com/)
Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: JimBob on 28/10/2009 14:27:30
If white was the original color, then  what is the difference between a carrot and a parsnip????? 
Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: Don_1 on 28/10/2009 16:51:32
They are of the same family Apiaceae. The carrot is of the genus Daucus and the parsnip is Pastinaca.

Also in the family are parsley and fennel.
Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/10/2009 19:11:33
Quote from: JimBob on 28/10/2009 14:27:30
If white was the original color, then  what is the difference between a carrot and a parsnip????? 
At a well known on-line supermaket the difference is £1.56/Kg - £0.68/Kg.

Hemlock and giant hogweed are part of this family (also know as umbrelliferae) too.
Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: Don_1 on 29/10/2009 09:27:45
Carrot Museum!!!!!!

I bet they get a lot of visitors.

I wonder what bright spark thought of that?


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Title: What Is The Natural Colour Of A Carrot ?
Post by: RD on 29/10/2009 09:49:42
Quote from: Don_1 on 29/10/2009 09:27:45
Carrot Museum!!!!!!

I bet they get a lot of visitors.

I wonder what bright spark thought of that?

The same kinda guy who thought up the pencil museum (http://www.pencilmuseum.co.uk/) and the penis museum (http://www.ismennt.is/not/phallus/ens.htm).