The saga of the Macomber Turnip began on Main Road when Aiden and Elihu Macomber returned to Westport from the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876 with exposition turnip seed. Planted in these fertile fields, the crop developed over the years and became famous from Boston to Providence. Westport farmers still take pride in growing their pure Bristol Whites, descended from Swedish and Russian rutabagas, with seed passed down from that trip to Philadelphia. The Macomber Turnip is Westport's own, a symbol of pride and a treasure of mildness and sweetness that comes from the soil.