Excerpt adapted with permission from Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes by Shirleyan English and Bonnie Sitter
My sister, Helen, and I had heard about the government-sponsored Farmerettes program at school and decided we wanted to take part. It meant we would be away all summer, helping farmers in the Niagara Region harvest their fruit crops. I had completed Grade 9 and my two best friends, Catherine Jefferson and Winnie James, wanted to sign up too. Helen was 2 years older (Grade 11) and several of the
