Incredibly, more than 50% of the UKs carrots now come from Nairobi. Not so incredibly, they taste rather watery and bland. If you want to enjoy the delicious taste of home grown carrots, you'll love Autumn King. It's an old fashioned English variety that's packed with flavour. It.s slower maturing than chantenay red cored and can be left in the ground/stored right through the winter.