Aug 29 Picked pears. had tea at Johns. with Mrs & L.M. B.

Aug 30. Showery this morning picking pears. wrote SW Marchment price on 12 cars manure.

Aug 31st (Sunday). Sons of England held there Decoration Day. motored down to the beach and too church in Hamilton

Sept 1st Labor Day. Picked pears and Tomatoes. Tomatoes cheap and hard to get orders up north.

Sept 2. Picked Bartlett pears and a few Tomatoes.

Sept 3 Warm today. picking pears. will be done Bartletts in about another day.

Sept 4 Went to Toronto Ex. with L.M.B. had a good time men picked Bartlett Pears for the Harvest Co. Had 906 baskets. and about 100 baskets small ones.

Sept 5 Picked 9 barrels of Colvert & Holland Pippin apples sold at $5.50 a barrel.

Sept 6 Fine and warm. picked 125 bskts tomatoes for Ross Hart. only 25¢ bskt.

Sept 7 Had Cammie Bell & family over for dinner, very warm today. Motored up to Hamilton in the evening

Aug Sept 8. Very warm. Picked Tomatoes and starting our Howell pears selling a few up north at 90¢

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