A Macomber turnip is a local legend in Massachusetts.

According to an honorary plaque on Main Road in Westport, Massachusetts, Aiden and Elihu Macomber returned from the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876 with a prized turnip seed in their pockets, which they planted in the fertile fields of their home town. The fruit of these seeds produced Pure Bristol White turnips that were descended from Swedish and Russian rutabagas and soon became famous from Boston to Providence.

To this day, the turnip remains a symbol of local pride.