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Garden enthusiasts can carry on their hobby all winter if they grow their flowers and vegetables under fluorescent lights in their homes. Prices of ne(...)
Garden enthusiasts can carry on their hobby all winter if they grow their flowers and vegetables under fluorescent lights in their homes. Prices of ne(...)

Garden enthusiasts can carry on their hobby all winter if they grow their flowers and vegetables under fluorescent lights in their homes. Prices of ne(...)

Date5/7/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Garden enthusiasts can carry on their hobby all winter if they grow their flowers and vegetables under fluorescent lights in their homes. Prices of new lighting fixtures run from $10 to about $30 but can be bought second-hand.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0057059F
      Standing at a fruit and vegetable stand covered by a large fringed umbrella, a man in plaid pan…
      In the middle of the night Mario Grecco [i.e. Greco], owner of Greenview Fruit Market at Pape and Danforth, offers a bite of watermelon to Joe Mancini, who's on his way home from an evening of cards. Three markets in the area are open all night selling appeals to cab drivers, gourmet fruits and vegetables to hostesses who'll be busy during the day, and flowers to love
      Bull, Ron
      5/29/1974
      Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables, and their value for cultivation in this climate
      Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables, and their value for cultivation in this climate
      Beadle, Delos W. (Delos White), 1823-1905
      1872
      A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, and flowers : extracted from the most considerable writers of natural history and adapted to the use of all capacities, but more particularly for the entertainment of youth : being a supplement to A description of three hundred animals
      A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, and flowers : extracted from the most considerable writers of natural history and adapted to the use of all capacities, but more particularly for the entertainment of youth : being a supplement to A description of three hundred animals
      Boreman, Thomas, 18th century
      1744
      Gardening fever has struck the vegetable growing enthusiasts around Metro and although they can't get out and work their backyard plots yet they are g(...)
      Gardening fever has struck the vegetable growing enthusiasts around Metro and although they can't get out and work their backyard plots yet they are g(...)
      Combs, Erin
      4/9/1975
      Designer Harold Babcock decorates his home for Christmas with fresh holly and natural wreaths with flowers added. He also uses great swags of fresh-smelling greenery decorated with clear lights
      Designer Harold Babcock decorates his home for Christmas with fresh holly and natural wreaths with flowers added. He also uses great swags of fresh-smelling greenery decorated with clear lights
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/7/1983
      Luge and Ski Runs in Etobicoke's Centennial Park are attracting winter sports enthusiasts by hundreds every weekend
      Luge and Ski Runs in Etobicoke's Centennial Park are attracting winter sports enthusiasts by hundreds every weekend
      Spremo, Boris
      2/20/1977
      Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.
      Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.
      Mahler, John
      9/15/1976
      The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
      The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
      Darrell, Dick
      10/11/1972
      6,000 Trucks crowd the 45 acres of the Ontario Food Terminal early every morning but Sunday to carry away most of the fruits and vegetables that are e(...)
      6,000 Trucks crowd the 45 acres of the Ontario Food Terminal early every morning but Sunday to carry away most of the fruits and vegetables that are e(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      7/23/1971
      The 11th annual Festival of Lights at Cullen Gardens is a magical winter display sure to delight children of all ages
      The 11th annual Festival of Lights at Cullen Gardens is a magical winter display sure to delight children of all ages
      Faught, Ken
      12/19/1991
      It's a small, small world for Margaret Everett, president of the Miniature Enthusiasts
      It's a small, small world for Margaret Everett, president of the Miniature Enthusiasts
      Combs, Erin
      11/4/1977
      Enthusiasts in one of Ontario's most popular and fastest growing sports, scuba diving, attach air tanks and check over mouth pieces before setting out(...)
      Enthusiasts in one of Ontario's most popular and fastest growing sports, scuba diving, attach air tanks and check over mouth pieces before setting out(...)
      Loek, Dick
      5/1/1975