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Category: Cultivated Rural

Alfred and Annie Lodge, Winfield

Alfred and Annie Lodge, Winfield

Alfred and Annie Lodge at Hanthorpe Ranch, Winfield, 1919. Alfred has just returned from the war.
Seaton packinghouse

Seaton packinghouse

Jack Seaton opened his first packinghouse in 1919. It was located near his orchard on Camp Road.
Dorothea Allison, 1912

Dorothea Allison, 1912

My job at present is apple-packing. I rush over the cooking washing etc in the morning — have one of the pickers in to dinner, wash up and […]
Square dancing party near the Woodsdale packinghouse, 1950s

Square dancing party near the Woodsdale packinghouse, 1950s

The packinghouses fostered this camaraderie by holding dances each harvest season for the workers and their families, and in later years, dinners.
Packing in the orchard

Packing in the orchard

Robert Allison packing apples in his orchard in Oyama, 1925.
Duck Lake Fruit Ranch, 1911

Duck Lake Fruit Ranch, 1911

The Duck Lake Fruit Ranch planted one of the first orchards in Winfield. The early apple varieties were Spitsenburg, crab-apple, Macintosh, and Jonathan.