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9— This was Bill Perkin’s first visit to the country, and tlie young gentleman was being shown round by an equally youthful country cousin Molly. lie expressed enormous joy at all the new tilings they saw, and marvelled much at the wonderful knowledge displayed by liis guide. lie was doomed to disappointment, for he caught her tripping very badly. “These things are tomatoes," sain slic, pointing at the round forms dangling from tlicir stems. “No; tomatoes don’t grow like that!" “They do! Can’t you sec' ’em?" “Yes. I can sec them. But they ain’t tomatoes! ’’ ‘ ‘ They are—i hey- a re! " “It isn’t polite to cont’adict a lady. But. tomatoes don’t grow on weeds. They grow in tins! ”
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 7 May 1919, Page 4
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119WELL INFORMED Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 7 May 1919, Page 4
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