Asian salad turnips have tender roots that can be eaten raw or cooked. European storage turnips are the most common turnips in grocery stores and frequently are cooked, but may be eaten raw. Turnip ...

Early-crop turnips are in season from April to July; main-crop turnips from August to March. Look for turnips with smooth, undamaged skin and without brown spots, holes or spongey patches.

Turnips were initially grown millennia ago by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Overtime, the vegetable's popularity grew throughout Europe and was eventually brought to the new world by colonists.