Purple dragon

Yesterday we picked our first "Purple Dragon" carrot, seed sown on 24th April:

The outside of the carrot has a pink/purple blush to it and the inside is orange:

Only a few of the seeds germinated but those that did produced enormous carrots. We didn't weigh this one but it was probably around 300 to 400g. I cut the carrot into batons and we tried some raw:

It is quite woody and dry inside and not particularly juicy. However, it does have a very strong carroty taste and we found the batons perfect for grating for carrot muffins courtesy BBC Good Food website:

The remaining few carrots of this variety look even bigger but appear to have split. I wonder if this is a consequence of the dry weather?