What kinds of roots do a Rutabaga, Beet, and Irish Potato have?
The short answer is that the plants of the rutabaga, beet, and irish potato (Brassica napobrassica, Beta vulgaris, and Solanum tuberosum) have edible roots – that is, the rutabaga, beet, and potato are roots themselves. In general, the roots are edible (with a few exceptions of wild potatoes that are poisonous) and full of various nutrients. Shapes for each consist of one or more large roots (the vegetable part) plus stringy bits that extend outward and downward. Other info (that you may not need but is interesting): 1. The European Cultivated Potato Database lists 5 specific kinds of Irish Potatoes – Irish Chieftain, Irish Cobbler, Irish Peace, Irish Queen, and Irish Whites. 2. Potato and tomato plants can be combined using grafting, producing a plant that can yield both tomatoes and potatoes, but some regular potato plants can also produce fruit that look like green tomatoes on their own (but the fruit of the regular potato is NOT tasty). 3. Scottish people hollow out rutabagas for j
