1927

Season 1927

{April} 1st & 8th trees. should have been grafted. instead of the ones that were done

April 3rd. arrived home from San Diego at 8 oclock this morning. Alan sick with the measles all the way home. weather cold & cloudy.

April 4th. still cloudy. got Truck fixed up and got our trunks. still cloudy.

April 5th. Raining today. Alan still very sick. Went to Hamilton got motor License's Truck $36 Car $9 Speed Limit on Highways increased today from 25 miles before now 35 miles per hour.

April 6th. Have Victor Russell Rossell 25 Devonport st grafting plum trees transplanting peppers and finished tomatoes. weather turning colder.

April 7th. Finished transplanting 1st Time 72 sashes tomatoes 60 sashes cabbages 70 sashes peppers.

Apil 8th. Gathering brush and digging out old trees men finished grafting 760 grafts at 54 each $38.00. weather very cold & cloudy. Owen Sound wins Junior 61 Canadian Hockey and Varsity senior. Champions of Canada

April 9th. Cool north winds more trouble find my big drain blocked & smashed the water running on top of the ground.

April 10th. Sunday clear & cold.

April 11th, Tried to fix drain but no results. too much water. after dinner we watered hotbeds.

April 12th . Pruning sweet cherries last years budding a failure very few grew. dug 20 more dead trees out makes about 50 in all.

April 13th Finished pruning and gathering up pear brush. weather fair & cool.

April 14th. went to Hamilton this morning bought a horse. 9 years old $142.50 unloading car {railway car} of manure tried new horse drawing manure - draws good but seems very slow

April 15th Finished unloading manure. Good Friday, cold with Easterly winds

April 16th. Finishing brush & wood out of the orchard.

April 17th. Easter Sunday Fine & mild had Bells for supper.

April 18th. Started un-covering strawberries three men started work at noon. John sick in bed again

Apr. 19th. unloaded another car of manure. very warm. 80 in the shade.

April 20th. uncovering strawberries they look green. but rows light also very weedy.

April 21st. uncovering strawberries. cool & cloudy with rain about 430 p.m.

April 22nd very cold some snow flurries. still uncovering strawberries

April 23rd Very cold & a few Snow flurries finished uncovering strawberries & started on 5th car of manure. (the last one.) raised Smith's wags {wages} to $18 00

April 24th. Just as cold as ever. froze nearly an inch of ice last night.

April 25th. cold & windy had Oakes with pump. fixing drain.

April 26th. cool & cloudy finished fixing drain rained in the morning

April 27th. made a few more hotbeds & planted Cucumbers. (6 ozs of perfection) in 8 sashes.

April 28th. Still cool & windy planted 48 trees. refilling dead ones Cost $33 15 at E. D. Smiths, Winona. started transplanting tomatoes 36 sashes First & Best done

April 29th, Weeding peppers and planted two bags Cobbler Potatoes cost $450 {$4.50}

April 30th. started putting out Cabbages. got. 10 000 out today. weather fair but cool.

May 1st. still cool & cloudy had Grandma Boniface & Harry out for the day.

May 2nd. Fine but a cool wind finished Cabbages at noon 15 000 in all. also planted 18 Rows Beans (15 lbs Davis White Wax.) 1 lb Peas in one Row. and transplanted tomatoes rest of day.

May 3rd. Transplanted tomatoes had a shower at noon went to Mr. La Patourel's Funeral. weather very cold.

May 4th. showery all morning finished transplanting tomatoes 150 sashes. half John Baer & half First & Best 100 plants to the sash. also planted 2 sash - 4 ozs seed Vegetable Marrows.

May 5th. Planting strawberries weather cool. ground in good shape. but the plants are poor

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The whole bunch {down?} with Depentery on {illegible}- Alan was the worst. Aunt Chrissie had a stroke about 5 oclock tonight and is very low.

Oct 11 sold some more pepper to the peddlers at 75 to 100 a bushel. Aunt Chrissie very low will not last long. (at 12 noon)

Oct 12, Aunt Chrissie died at 330 this morning 'had a thunder shower about 6am, and has been raining all day.

Oct 15 Cool this morning first heavy white first of the season.

Oct 22. Pulling and hauling carts all week. Weather pretty good a couple of days cold but lost no time all week - sold 500 bus {bushels} to Stevens + Solomon at 37½ and 200 to Stevenson Fruit Co at 409 and a couple of small orders. have 555 delivered the rest to take first of week. Got new Chev {Chevrolet?} car tonight. Paid 8700 and old car.

Oct 24 The finished drawing carts had 754 bushels!

Oct 25th went to market weather fine got 50+ {illegible} for marrows 50 to 100 {illegible} for pumpkin 75 + 100 {illegible} for cauliflower.

Oct 26 Husking corn.

Oct 27 Market again home at noon. Weather all week Just like summer was 73 today.

Oct 28th. Finished husking corn had about 80 bushels. weather very warm