A Nigel Harvey history documenting the introduction of this crop to another nation is partly titled The Coming of the Swede. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this crop that was promoted by Secretary of State Charles Townshend, who was married to Dorothy Walpole. During a 1926 winter named for this crop, sailors revolted and caused the trial of the Socialist Wilhelm Dittmann.
ANSWER: turnip [or white turnip; or rutabaga; or Brassica napus; or Swedish turnip; or neep; accept Turnip Winter or Stechrubenwinter; accept Charles “Turnip” Townshend, Second Viscount Townshend]
[10e] Townshend’s promotion of the Norfolk four-course system involved growing turnips, wheat, barley, and clover as part of this agricultural practice in which different plants take turns being grown in the same area.
ANSWER: crop rotation
[10m] This Berkshire (“BARK-shur”) agronomist and rival of Stephen Switzer ended the need for manual broadcasting and harrowing by developing a turnip seed drill that could mitigate damage from the turnip fly.
ANSWER: Jethro Tull
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