O, Dry Those Tears

New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 428, 5 September 1947, Page 17

O, Dry Those Tears

An almost tearless onion, California hybrid red No, 1, has been produced by plant breeders at the University of California College of Agriculture, at Davis.. ‘It’s not completely tearless,"’ says Dr, Glen N. Davis, assistant professor of truck crops, who produced the new variety, "but it’s much less irritating to the eyes than other onions.’ It is exceedingly mild, has an extraordinarily sweet flavour, and is especially good for eating raw in salads."--News Item, é) HAPPY DAY, the Tearless Onion's ’ Here, A Crop Professor's found a New Variety; Wo longer will the busy Cook’s Career Be Blighted by Expressions of Impiety ‘As, in the mirror she surveys her Nose And Eyes, and finds them Lachrymose. T is Exceeding Mild, and its Sweet _ Savour They tell us, makes it Tempting, taken Neat; And Specially in Salads will its Flavour Appeal to Those who Fancy it with : Meat. But ‘How much Better if They had Invented A System whereby It could be Descented! 7] As may be but the Thin end of the Wedge, And on this Point the Prof. from Call, is Mute; He has not told us if the Lowly Veg., Will Change, in Time, into a Juicy Fruit, So that, instead of Frying with the Steak — It Takes on All the Attributes of Cake. But, Meantime, from the Cooking point ‘of View He's done a Service fo the Kitchen Hacks; @ Wonder if he could make Tearless, too, The Cheque with which I wer my ~~ Income-T ax! . /

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