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Autumn King
B tier
Autumn King is a large British maincrop carrot—heavy, long-conical, built for autumn lifting and winter storage rather than fancy bunching. Flavour is proper sweet-earthy after cold weather; size suits family cooking and livestock historically. Cores are substantial in oversized roots. Lift late, store in sand or clamps, roast in chunks, and grate for cakes. A gardener's winter workhorse name in the UK. Not the tenderest baby raw carrot when fully bulked. Shoppers meeting Autumn King for the first time should taste it plain before masking it; the Storage profile is easier to remember that way.
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Autumn King was introduced as a heavy UK maincrop storage carrot.
British allotments standardised on Autumn King for winter roots.
Seed catalogues still led with Autumn King among maincrops.
Autumn King remained a default large storage carrot for home growers.