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- ID
- cx142
- Title
- "Tulips — Or Turnips?"
- Genre
- Essay
- Page Count
- 3
- Word Count
- 500
- Publisher
- Housewife
- Publication Year
- 1940
- Document Types
- Full-text Online
- Eads, Additions to
- Social Commentary
- Topics
- Rural Living, Gardening
Bates counters the "misguided idea that in time of war it is more nobel, useful and patriotic for the citizen to grow potatoes instead of peonies, and turnips instead of tulips."
In the Housewife (March 1940, pp. 52-54, attached).
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