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(Best months for growing Rutabaga in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)
Related to turnips. Round root vegetable with creamy white flesh and reddish purple leaves.
They take about 3 to 4 months to grow.
Grow where beans or peas have been grown the year before.
Use when about the size of a tennis ball.
The leaves can be cooked like cabbage when young.
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