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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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