Marjorie Bond interviewed by Karen George in the Apples and pears oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4739690
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bond, Marjorie, 1916-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2009
- 1 sound file (51 min.)
- Series:
- Apples and pears oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Majorie Bond talks about her childhood; her parents; planting apples and raspberries with irrigation from the creek; picking and selling raspberries; growing a variety of apples; not having irrigation for the apples; spraying for pests using horse drawn pump; apple wrapping; managing the packing shed; the numbers of apples grown on the properties; packing apples; labelling of cases; exporting to England, Germany and Switzerland; popularity of different varieties; making apple pies and apple jelly; spraying for pests, cultivation and mowing; hand hoeing of weeds; meeting her husband and how he learned the trade; what makes a good orchardist; her marriage in (1941); her husband's military service in Darwin; buying the orchard from her father; growing cherries; the labour during war years; the relationship between father and son; running the grader; working at night and the impact of electricity; tourists coming from Hobart for apple blossom season; the good years on the property with her son; running cattle on the land; Apple festival at Franklin; the apple growing community; involvement in the Progress Association; Tidy Town competition; making a living from the land; her concern for the future; working in the packing shed until the age of 80; her retirement; enjoying meeting tourists and working during the cherry season; transporting cherries to Hobart; her happy memories of working in the apple industry.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 2 December 2009 at Judbury, Tas.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Fruit growers
- Other authors/contributors:
- George, Karen, 1962-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Apples and pears oral history project.
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- Until 2079 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2009
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