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Harvest at Southern Vermont Orchards Draws Jamaicans and Locals
After a month of labor at Southern Vermont Orchards, 38 Jamaicans celebrate in dormitories with local workers. Wages run 35 cents per bushel plus 5 cent quality bonus, with many earning by picking up to 80 bushels daily. The harvest, though below estimates, wraps earlier than usual as foreign labor backs the crop. The piece covers labor, pay, living conditions, and cross culture at the 1950s orchard scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Woolmington
Pownal Woods
Vermont
Judith Dimock
Orchard
Miami
Everett Dimot
Dimock
Woodford
Bennington
Florida
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Labor Department
Paul W. Bohne III
Harwood Hill
Bohne
Donald Rice
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Maine
Rice
Oklahoma
Thomas Rose
Watervliet Arsenal
Anthony
Rose
Southern