File #35338: "Frank McMillan 1923 Diary 28.pdf"

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they sure had some crowds and a wild time Aug 10 Picked 100 bskts tomatoes sold at 75¢ north Finished Rasps had 2 crates picked a few plums & apples Aug 11 nothing doing only working Hoeing etc. put horses out to pasture. Aug 12 Sunday Fine had Stan Blair over for tea Aug 13. Picked about 140 bskts tomatoes sold at 60¢ north Aug 14th. Tomatoes 40¢ today sold as low as 25 in Toronto plums 75¢ for Abundance Cutting a few Cauliflowers at $1.50 a dozen. picking from 5 to 7 crates Lawtons each day selling north at 20¢ very small, dried up Aug 15 Tomatoes 35¢ north today. picked only about 80 bskts. sold as low as 12 cents in Toronto. Aug 16 Tomatoes 30¢ today picked only 50 bskts. Aug 17 Picked 132 tomatoes shipped north 30¢ 25 Abundance plums 60¢ 4 cauliflowers in orange crate $200 {$2.00} crate. cool but very dry. Aug 18th. Picked 33 peppers for Ross Hart at 50¢ and 60 Abundance plums at 55¢, very warm & dry starting raining in the evening. Aug 19 Sunday Rained nearly all last night fine & cool today. Dave McC arrived last night
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