Janet Wilder wrote:
>RichD wrote:
>> I've performed a scientific survey the last few weeks,
>> in the produce section of a local grocery: nobody
>> can tell the difference between a turnip and a rutabaga.
>>
>> The cosmic significance of this, I leave in the eye
>> of the beholder -
>
>There is a significant difference. The easiest way to tell a turnip
>from a rutabaga is that the rutabaga, most times, is waxed. Turnips are
>never waxed.

There are many varieties of turnip and several of rutabagga... but
essentially:
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Rutabaga_vs_Turnip
http://www.differencebetween.net/obj...-and-rutabaga/