What root crop was cultivated in Europe?

Of all the root crops, it was in Europe that rutabaga was domesticated, also called turnip. It was this turnip or turnip that the old man with his family tried to pull out of the ground in the fairy tale of the same name. In fact, a turnip never grows to this size, and rarely grows larger than an adult’s fist. The fact that turnip yielded primacy to root crops brought from other countries is due to the fact that after being dug out of the ground, it is very poorly stored, and therefore it is almost impossible to make reserves for the winter with its help.