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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1930

Frank McMillan 1930 Diary 18.pdf

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Sept 15th warm with a few showers shipped 41 tomatoes 4 peppers 2 cauliflowers 36 plums north. Scott 15 red peppers 3 cauliflowers, Davidson 81 Grand Duke plums and shipped To Torono 66x11 red sweet peppers

Sept 16 Showery picked about 150 lohts Smith still drunk have not seen him since Sunday.

Sept 17 finished grand dukes plimes (148) and picked 17 plums 7 cauliflowers 158

Sept 18th picked Howell pears for Davidson 73 bushes at $100 per bush and 55 more red peppers for Toronto 35 at 60ht, 20 at 50 th

Sept 19th picked 134 lohts peppers today sold greens at 30, reds 50 and very warm

Sept 20 no orders today

Sept 21 Sunday went down to the beach

Sept 22 fine and warm no orders North, sold Scott 35 peppers and 5 cauliflowers 35 shipped 110 Cauliflowers 10 red peppes to Toronto

Sept 23 Not many rder sold Scott our peaches 63 lohts at 50th

Sept 24 sold Davidson 68 cucmbers 20th 13 dills 40 shipping a laod of peppers and cauliflowers to Toronto.

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