Loves standing out in my field with my few thousand relatives.
About me:
I am a garden vegetable of the same genus of the family Cruciferae (mustard family) as the cabbage; native to Europe, where it has been long cultivated. My two principal kinds are the white (Brassica rapa) and the yellow (B. napobrassica), which is known as the rutabaga, the Swedish turnip, or the swede.
Rutabaga is grown extensively only in Europe, where it is believed to have originated during the Middle Ages as a cross between the white turnip and the cabbage.
Appearance:
I am one of the root crops used as a stock feed as well as for human food. My green leaves (greens) are often cooked like spinach. I'm a biennial cool-weather crop, grown mostly in cool climates. My worst pests are the root maggot and the flea beetle; it is also attacked by clubroot fungus. But my main pest is Tribalitess.
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