From: nowhere@nearyou.com   
      
   On 8/18/2023 9:29 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > 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   
   Thanks. I have no other brassicas. It was just an experiment and next year   
   I'll have more answers to my questions.   
   But, in truth, I probably only use them once a year in my St. Patrick's Day   
   boiled dinner!   
      
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