Aug 27. Had a big day picked 284 tomatoes at 35¢ 100 plums at 60¢ and 70¢ 5 peppers Green at 50¢ Red 125 {$1.25} 14 bags Cabb 2 doz in each $100 {$1.00} doz 10 crates Cabb $125 {$1.25} 4 crates Cauiflowers $200 {$2.00} 3 crates Lawtons at 20¢ box, done at 9.30 p.m.

Aug 28th Raining this morning shipped 66 toms 23 pears Clapps at 60¢ 27 plums some Cabb. Caul & Peppers.

Aug 29th Fine & cool. only picked 152 toms, 40 plums, 24 peppers at 45¢. Cabbages $1.00 dozen

Aug 30. Very cool tomatoes not ripening. finished picking Clapps Favorite pears only had 50 bskts.

Aug 31st Warmer tomatoes better picked 258 bskts. at 35¢ 100 bskts plums at 50¢ & 60¢ mostly 60¢. Cabbages 125 {$1.25} crate Cauliflower 8 crates $2.00 4 Red peppers $1.25. Finished Burbank plums & started Cabot.

Sept 1 Fine & warm picked 50 plums at 50¢ 15 doz Cabbages 90¢ for Hart.

Sept 2 Sunday Fine. Charlotte & Doris both sick again.

Sept 3. Busy today. raining but worked all day. 312 bskts tomatoes 35¢ 13 sacks Cabb 1.00 doz. 12 crates Cauliflowers

Sept 4th. picked all day again sold some toms at 30¢

Sept 5th. Very busy 460 toms 20 peppers 60 plums 10 doz cabb. Sold mostly at Barrie

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