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Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season
Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season

Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season

Date6/12/1989
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  • Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133120F
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      Farmer Jose Flores says only his sprinkler system is saving his celery and lettuce crops on his 10-acre holding in Holland Marsh. Despite daily irriga(...)
      Farmer Jose Flores says only his sprinkler system is saving his celery and lettuce crops on his 10-acre holding in Holland Marsh. Despite daily irriga(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      7/16/1978
      And that's a lot of Lettuce, Young lettuce for the salad bowls of Metro is tilled by Chip Rupke, of Chip's Gardens in the Holland Marsh, riding his tr(...)
      And that's a lot of Lettuce, Young lettuce for the salad bowls of Metro is tilled by Chip Rupke, of Chip's Gardens in the Holland Marsh, riding his tr(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      7/11/1974
      To market, To market. Farm workers Andrew Raddler (left) and Edward Hoekstra unload bunches of carrots from wagon at farm in Holland Marsh. The vegetables will be sent to market
      To market, To market. Farm workers Andrew Raddler (left) and Edward Hoekstra unload bunches of carrots from wagon at farm in Holland Marsh. The vegetables will be sent to market
      Beaty, Keith
      7/31/1974
      Dr. Anthony Graham, supervised by his celery-chewing son Mark, 3, prepares to stuff a salmon with spinach
      Dr. Anthony Graham, supervised by his celery-chewing son Mark, 3, prepares to stuff a salmon with spinach
      Slaughter, Mike
      2/10/1978
      Planting Celery Plants
      Planting Celery Plants
      Dexter, Brian
      5/3/1995
      Paine's celery compound
      Paine's celery compound
      Wells, Richardson & Company
      1890 circa
      Colour trade card advertisement depicting an illustration of a child inside a stock of lettuce. ...
      Paine's Celery Compound
      Wells & Richardson Co.
      approx 1872-1900
      Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls
      Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls
      Cooper, David
      9/30/1986
      Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
      Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/29/1976
      Tweed-suited Hees hops fences to shake hands with the farmers: He has the manly art of profanity to impress the workers
      Tweed-suited Hees hops fences to shake hands with the farmers: He has the manly art of profanity to impress the workers
      Hees, George
      10/21/1965
      His company is for sale, with a price tag of $1,500,000, but publisher Jack McClelland hopes it won't go into foreign hands. He says it is in sound fi(...)
      His company is for sale, with a price tag of $1,500,000, but publisher Jack McClelland hopes it won't go into foreign hands. He says it is in sound fi(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/19/1971
      Don head farms changes hands. Old Colonial in design, this is the residence of the late J.D. Patterson at Don Head Farms, a 514-acre country estate we(...)
      Don head farms changes hands. Old Colonial in design, this is the residence of the late J.D. Patterson at Don Head Farms, a 514-acre country estate we(...)
      Smith, Strathy
      7/8/1940