City folk ( was Re: Indoor Mildew/Standing Water Remedy?)

[Anthony Nelson-Smith]

The BBC Radio 4 'Today' news programme is currently getting excited about
purple carrots.  Anchorman John Humphreys discovered that it's only the
outer skin which is purple, but is still flabbergasted by this novelty.  Has
he never seen the top of a turnip or swede (rutabaga)? Tony N-S.