When will carrots be introduced into China?

Carrot is a kind of crisp, delicious, nutritious home vegetables, also known as carrots, sweet asparagus, etc., is a variety of wild carrots in Umbelliferae, rich in nutrients, rich in sugars, fats, volatile oils, carotenes, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, anthocyanins, calcium, iron and other ingredients. Let's take a look at when carrots were introduced into China.

When will carrots be introduced into China?

As soon as the carrot is surnamed "Hu", we can know that it is definitely not a Central Plains crop. It is native to southwest Asia. Its ancestor is the purple carrot of Afghanistan, which has been cultivated for more than 2000 years. Around the 10th century AD, wild carrots were domesticated into a vegetable carrot, and then domesticated carrots began to travel around the world. After arriving in China in the 13th century, he soon did as the Romans did, and gradually became the Chinese carrot with long roots.

The spreading history of carrots

1. Carrots are native to the southwest of Asia, with Afghanistan as the earliest evolution center.

2. Carrots were introduced to the European continent from Iran in the 10th century.

3. Carrots were introduced into China from Iran in the 13th century and developed into a Chinese ecotype.

4. Carrots were introduced into England in the 15th century and developed into European ecotype.

5. Carrots were introduced into the United States in the 16th century.

6. Carrots were introduced into Japan from China in the 16th century.

Cultivated varieties of carrots

1. Hongying No. 2: Hongying No. 2 is introduced from the first generation of early-maturing hybrid carrots in Japan. It can be harvested 95 days after sowing. It has strong bolting resistance and is suitable for film-mulching sowing in early spring. It has strong growth, fast fleshy root hypertrophy, strong forming and color forming ability at low temperature, three red skin, meat and core, neat root shape, good ending and good shape.

2, Super Red Core: Super Red Core is a super variety with late bolting, early ending, high three red rate, strong growth potential, strong heat tolerance, strong disease resistance, good root ending, long cylinder, root length 18cm 22cm, single root weight 250kg 300g, good coloring, fast hypertrophy, high commodity rate, growth period of about 100days, yield of about 5000 kg per mu.

3. Seoul six-inch: Seoul six-inch growth speed, strong growth potential, not easy to bolting, uniform root shape, good commodity, growth period of about 100 days, long cylindrical root type, root length 18cm 23cm, single root weight 250g, root diameter 4.04.6cm, strong disease resistance, high yield varieties, yield more than 5000 kg per mu.

4. French Aya: French Aya is a large early-maturing and high-yielding variety with outstanding early maturity, good root type and good heart color. It was harvested 90 days after sowing. The root length is 1920cm, the shoulder width is 5.5cm, the root shape is good, the end is tapering, the root skin is orange, the heat resistance is good, and it is resistant to atrophy and leaf spot.

5. Hongxin No. 6: Hongxin No. 6 is a hybrid, the aboveground part is strong but not prosperous, the leaf color is thick green, the growth period is 105-110 days, the bolting resistance is extremely strong, the fleshy root is smooth and neat, the skin, flesh and heart are bright red, the heart column is thin, the taste is good, the fleshy root is 22 cm long, the single root weighs about 200g, and the yield per mu is about 4000 kg.

6. Chunhong No. 2: the growth period of Chunhong No. 2 is about 90 days. It is an early-maturing variety with a neat columnar root shape and a smooth appearance. The skin, flesh and heart are bright red roots with a length of 18 cm, a diameter of 5 cm and a yield of about 3 500 to 4000 kg per mu. It is suitable for spring sowing and cultivation in most parts of China.