Carrots get their very distinctive colour of bright orange from B Caratene, Caratene can be synthesized by plants but cannot be made by animals.
In California there is a city called Holtville. They call themselves the CARROT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Annualy they hold a large festival purely devoted to the carrot.
Carrots originated in Afghanistan. Originally and still partially to this day the carrots there are not orange. Because of the PH levels in the soil. They were mainly purple and they have often branched roots.
In Alaska, the worlds largest carrot has grown in 1988. It weighed 8.9 Kg.
Carrots are very easy to grow and as a result they exist in abundance.
In California there is a city called Holtville. They call themselves the CARROT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Annualy they hold a large festival purely devoted to the carrot.
Carrots originated in Afghanistan. Originally and still partially to this day the carrots there are not orange. Because of the PH levels in the soil. They were mainly purple and they have often branched roots.
In Alaska, the worlds largest carrot has grown in 1988. It weighed 8.9 Kg.
Carrots are very easy to grow and as a result they exist in abundance.
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