Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-08

IN OUR
VALLEY
THE cats out Of the bag.

Il Now we know the real reason TO
the popularity of dandelion green's il
the north.
Dandelion, or the flower thereof, ha'
within its tiny petals criminal poss
Utilities 1t is, in fact, after under
going certain processes, violator of tht
Volstead law. In more simple words
they make a very excellent grade Of
wine from the dandelion flower May
be that accounts for its popularity, tc
some extent.
Colonel Ralph Buell., editor of the
Mercedes Tribune, would have US believe
that this wine is made from the root OF
the dandelion Not so. It's from the
flower.
Hadn't the writer Of this column ex-
pressed himself as surprised that dande
lion greens were popular in some parts
Of the country, the dandelion might have
gone unsung. AS it is, various news
papers have commented on it.
Says Colonel Buell. in the Tribune:
I'VE are beginning to feel rather
proud Of ourselves in this column. 1t is
not often that country weekly can tell
anything to city daily, especially to a
city daily which has at its head man
with the varied newspaper experien ce
of our friend Stein of The Brownsville
Herald.
Twice we have been able to score
on Stein in the past few months. Once
when we were able to inform him Of the
existence of blacksmith shops, and again
last week we opened his eyes to the edi-
bility of dandelion greens. As further
information we desire to inform friend
Stein that green's from this pest are con-
silered by many epicures as far sur
passing spinach or other varieties OF
greens. and furthermore that we under
stand that the plant is quite the craze
in the north at this time due to the
fact that a peculiarly tasteful wine can
be made from the roots there"
Now that Colonel Buell. has establish
ed himself as an expert on things dande-
lion, we hope he'll tell US all about the
oyster plant; what it's good for, how
it is cultivated, where it is eaten and
why; how many acres Of it there are
near Mercedes, the state of the market.
and the future possibilities of the plant.
We want to know.
In addition to The Tribune, the Cor
pus Christi Caller hastens TO inform us
of the popularity of dandelion green's in
the following editorial:
The Brownsville Herald, after scru-
tinzing an article in the Mercedes
Tribune to the effect that two carloads
of dandelion greens had been shipped
to easter1 markets, starts musing on
the possibility that people do eat dande
lion greens.
For the information of the Herald,
we hasten to corroborate the fact that
dandelions, in certain sections Of the
country far removed from the effete
East. so-called, are regarded not only
as an excellent food, but as the first
harbinger of spring. ranking above the
robin in the latter respect. When
dandelions peep above the soil,
and the leaves are young and
tender, spring has come. People
kO Oul OUlO tUciT ldWHS dIIlcu Will
some sort of knife and obliterate two
birds with one stone, as it were-they
get food product that would make the
gods hurry down from Olympus, and at
the same time give less hardy vegeta-
tion a chance to grow where dande-
lions grew before.
But when dandelions are carefully
nurtured, raised from seed and cher
ished and nourished, then cut down in
their prime and shipped in carload lots
far from home, we imagine that they
would sort of lose their kick. 1t would
be something like moving into green
house and trying to kid yourself into
thinking summer was here.
"Dandelion greens mean, besides Q
food, the end of winter. Perhaps that
is why people enjoy them so. If the
Valley has missed the delight Of eating
dandelons, it has missed something
very real. Maybe after all, it hasn't q
lease on all the good things of this life.
The Austin American rises to remark
that. reports to the contrary nothwith
standing, Austin does eat Valley grape
fruit. Says The American:
Austin eats Valley oranges, grape
fruit and a great deal Of Magic Vale!
truck. Early Wilson says. The state
ment is made following one printed il
an out of-town paper that Valley citru
nroducts could not be purchased here.
Since December 5000 boxes of Magi
Valley stuff has been consumed in Aus
tin and only 100 boxes of Florida frul
was handled here. California citrus ha
not been sold in Austin for thre
months"
Many of those Legislators and thos
who accompanied them to the vale
would like to live in the Valley. PEI
hans some Of them will, and that soof