Root Down: The Scarlet Queen turnips shine at the Waldo Farmers’ Market
“These are so fresh, they could walk up here,” jokes Rodger Kube, who co-owns Stony Crest Urban Farm with his wife, Diane Hershberger.
Their Scarlet Queen turnip (a bunch costs $3.50) is slightly bigger than a golf ball and comes in miniature-golf-ready bright white and pink. (The varieties due in the fall, he says, pack more spice and are bigger.) Kube admits that he hated turnips while growing up on a farm in Nebraska, but he loves them now. He and Hershberger fry or sauté them in olive oil and garlic.
