Swedes........

[Thelma Sanders]

I prefer swedes too

Tall, blond and muscular?

[Martin H]

[Snadger]

Swedes are similar in taste, colour and texture to Golden Ball Turnip.They are both pale orange fleshed (Similar to ABBA) which richens when cooked.
Snowball and Purple Top Milans are white fleshed and similar in taste and colour and texture to Mooli!

[sparrow100]

Swedes are similar in taste, colour and texture to Golden Ball Turnip.They are both pale orange fleshed (Similar to ABBA) which richens when cooked.
Snowball and Purple Top Milans are white fleshed and similar in taste and colour and texture to Mooli!

Just to add to the confusion, there's a Gilfeather Turnip which is a cross between the two - tastes like a combination of the two and is white-fleshed. Very nice.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Wild Garden Seed: Organic Gilfeather Turnip (Rutabaga) Seeds some info about the Gilfeather via that link

[Thelma Sanders]

2014 was the worst year for swede I ever had, when I grew those!
Never even got big enough to taste properly (A friend took pity on me and gave me a few of hers now and again - so not the weather to blame.)

So try them by all means, they may be great for you - but not instead of your normal swede until you know for sure.

[Snadger]

Just to add to the confusion, there's a Gilfeather Turnip which is a cross between the two - tastes like a combination of the two and is white-fleshed. Very nice.

That's a new one on me sparrow. As long as its not an F1 I'll have to hunt it out!

Ah, I've just read AP's post and they are open pollinated so may give it a try!

[sparrow100]

I really like them - I was hoping to grow them for seed this year but we've eaten too many. I only have 5 left and Real Seeds (who also sell them) say you need 20 as a minimum.

Turnip Seeds to buy in the UK from The Real Seed Catalogue

[snakeshack]

swede is originally a contraction of "Swedish turnip" and were first produced as a cross between a turnip and another brassica several hundred years ago.they are fabulous boiled & mixed 50/50 with carrots and a knob of butter.
Having said that I have consistently failed to get any big enough to eat in the last 5 years & the space and time required to grow them considered against the cost means I'm not going to bother this year.

[sparrow100]

I meant to add this with the link. This is what mine look like. (I am quietly bursting with pride!) They are much bigger than the Ruby swede I also grew, and no slug has touched the root. (they are all having a party in my turnips instead...)

https://mudandgluts.files.wordpress....ilfeathers.jpg

[planetologist]

I really like them - I was hoping to grow them for seed this year but we've eaten too many. I only have 5 left and Real Seeds (who also sell them) say you need 20 as a minimum.

But that's if you're going to do that year in year out. For 1 year I would think it's fine. Or you could leave one of the Ruby swedes as well. That should leave you with more than enough genetic variability to select from in future years. I've been growing mixed varieties of parsnips and broad beans for a few years with good results. See the broad beans with 4 different flower colors below.

[sparrow100]

Might give it a go then, depending on how many are left...

[janzbro]

your from the north - they are turnips, baby turnips, man!

[bussinspain]

I have had the best year for swedes. One of my swedes weighed 800 grams when trimmed of tops and root. And it tasted delish! I will try sowing some early in pots this year as advised previously in this post. And my swedes haven't really had any frost to sweeten them further.

[bussinspain]

Also, over here in sunny Spain, both swedes and turnips are labelled as "nabos" (turnips) The pictures on the front depict the difference.