The current criteria, in both the RHS and NVS judges guides, clearly state that a dish of carrots stump rooted or other than long should have a decided stump root. In other words the bottom end of the carrot should be fully developed being nice and rounded from which the intact tap root should protrude.
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Medwyn Williams
Hello. I'm Medwyn Williams – eleven times Gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show, Past Chairman of the Royal Horticultural Society Fruit Vegetable and Herb Committee and President of the National Vegetable Society.