From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Wilson wrote:   
      
   > We had a store-bought yellow waxed Rutabaga that sat on the shelf long   
   > enough to sprout. So we cut the top off, rooted it in some water and planted   
   > it in the garden.   
   >   
   > Today, I cut the seeded tops off (new growth has begun to bloom again) and   
   > took seeds from the pods. I'm very curious to see what grew underground.   
   > Has anybody else done this and do they grow true or are they hybrids? Does   
   > anyone know what variety the store-bought ones are?   
      
     i've not ever seen any other name than rutabaga or swede   
   but i also admit i've not looked.   
      
      
   > I've been eating what I thought were turnips for years until I found out   
   > they are Rutabagas and that the white purple-topped turnips, I don't really   
   > like. They are bitter.   
      
     i think they'll remain true enough but it would also   
   depend upon what other brassicas you grow around them as   
   then you may get some odd crosses happening.   
      
     different people have different taste buds as i do not   
   find the purple topped turnips bitter any more than a   
   cabbage, broccoli, or ...   
      
     i've grown both and found i liked either, but the   
   purple topped did better.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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