Yes, those big waxed ones are hard as rocks. You can buy baby turnips with their greens attached, but they tend to cost a bomb. I think the big ones were "traditional" chiefly because they're root vegetables that store well in cold weather. Nowadays we have much more variety, what with fresh veggies shipped in from warmer locales.
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