Swede Turnip Tops

The Navew or Field Cabbage is sometimes found on the borders of fields and riversides in England but is probably a naturalized plant. Varieties of it have long been cultivated for their seeds or roots. The most valuable of these to the British farmer is called the Swedish turnip. It was first cultivated in England about 1781. It is a very good vegetable for the table when boiled being by some persons regarded as superior to the white kind. The green tops form a far better vegetable than those of the common turnip and are indeed superior in flavour and delicacy to any variety of the cabbage. If earthed up in the spring, they become blanched and in that state furnish the best substitute for seakale.