The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . capture and at the risk of theirlives in case of detection. The accompanying cut shows the home ofC. G. Davis, built on the old homestead, from the roof of which canbe seen three thousand acres of fruit trees, also of Thaddeus Ghent,Esq., of Burlington. Mr. C. G. Davis, was born (February, 1858) where he now resides,on the south-eastern portion of the land transferred by deed bearingthe date 13th September, 1806, from Joseph Brant to Asal Davis,grandfather of the above. His father, Mr. Gilbert Davis, died 1872, leaving the farm to hiso


The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . capture and at the risk of theirlives in case of detection. The accompanying cut shows the home ofC. G. Davis, built on the old homestead, from the roof of which canbe seen three thousand acres of fruit trees, also of Thaddeus Ghent,Esq., of Burlington. Mr. C. G. Davis, was born (February, 1858) where he now resides,on the south-eastern portion of the land transferred by deed bearingthe date 13th September, 1806, from Joseph Brant to Asal Davis,grandfather of the above. His father, Mr. Gilbert Davis, died 1872, leaving the farm to hisonly son, Mr. C. G. Davis, who followed the occupation of farminguntil the year 1900, when he sold the larger portion of the farm withstock, etc., retaining the old homestead with fifteen acres of land,upon which he now grows apples and small fruits, which he, withothers, is largely interested in exporting to other countries. • S ,.iii- j|,. r--^ ^^By^ ^^- ^ m lifeL ^,. ? J ?^^?tt^^^ :i||B^: Faiknouk, Hksidknck uf T. Ghent, Esy., BuKUN( ?< < t * a 1^ «• Old Apple Trees Planted tii Ghents One Hundred Years Ago.


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