Leaving To One Side The Saying,

'carrots help you see in the dark',

it is amazing to see how many different coloured carrots there are, looking at this image made by the Agricultural Research Service, a division of the US Department of Agriculture in 2004, it is strange to think that it is considered that Carrots were originally purple or white with a thin root, then a mutant occurred which removed the purple pigmentation resulting in a new race of yellow carrots, from which orange carrots were developed, also that the carrot has been around for some time, as the presence of carrot seed at prehistoric human habitations was found in settlements 4000 to 5000 years ago, ( Newiler, 1931), it is speculated that wild carrot seed was used medicinally or as a spice ( Andrews, 1949 ; Brothwell and Brothwell, 1969), 


for a really fascinating read have a look at the World Carrot Museum and do carrots help you see in the dark? here is the answer, for the technical, fossil pollen from the Eocene period (55 to 34 million years ago) has been identified as belonging to the Apiaceae (the carrot family), carrots are root vegetables and most carrot cultivators are about 88% water, 7% sugar, 1% protein, 1% fibre, 1% ash, and 0.2% fat, I am looking for forward to a salad and a Sunday lunch already!