Navew

Navew (Fr. navette), a garden vegetable much cultivated in France and other parts of the continent of Europe, although little used in Britain. It is by some botanists regarded as a cultivated variety of Brassica napus, or Rape (q.v.), whilst others refer it to B. campestris, sometimes called Wild Navew, the species which is also supposed to be the original of the Swedish Turnip (q.v.). The part used is the swollen root, which is rather like a carrot in shape. Its colour is white. Its flavour is much stronger than that of the turnip. It succeeds best in a dry, light soil. The seed is sown in spring, and the plants thinned out to 5 inches apart. Wild Navew is extensively cultivated in the north of France and Holland for the sake of its seed, which yields Colza oil.