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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(...)

Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)

Date4/29/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Holland Marsh Greening up; Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoes lettuce he planted week ago on his 25 acres. It'll take 58 days to harvest; last week's cold did no harm.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106520F
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
7/31/1974
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
6/12/1989
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(...)
7/16/1978
The Battle of Holland Marsh, the frantic race to reclaim rich market garden land before early winter freeze-ups, is being waged 24 hours a day and, wi(...)
The Battle of Holland Marsh, the frantic race to reclaim rich market garden land before early winter freeze-ups, is being waged 24 hours a day and, wi(...)
10/30/1954
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
9/30/1986
Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
10/18/1954
Canada - Ontario - Holland Marsh
Canada - Ontario - Holland Marsh
6/18/1996
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(...)
7/11/1974
School is in the back part of this fine church built by the Holland Marsh settlers
School is in the back part of this fine church built by the Holland Marsh settlers
11/6/1953
Thirty years ago you could shoot wild ducks in the heart of the Holland Marsh, south of Bradford, and nobody would hear your shots
Thirty years ago you could shoot wild ducks in the heart of the Holland Marsh, south of Bradford, and nobody would hear your shots
11/11/1958
Holland Marsh Christian School, Principal Henry Lise
Holland Marsh Christian School, Principal Henry Lise
5/29/1996
Holland Marsh Christian School, Students watch principal eat a cooked worm
Holland Marsh Christian School, Students watch principal eat a cooked worm
5/29/1996