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Wassailing Apple TreesIn Devon and Somerset, apple growers wassail orchards on 17 January, with songs and a bucket of hot cider; a tree is lightly sprinkled, then the wassailers drink the rest
Leek Show winnersTwo prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes
Small growers selling their cotton, St Vincent, Caribbean Date: early 1900s
Small growers selling their cotton in St Vincent early 1900s Date: early 1900s
Advert, Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, ScotlandAdvert for Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland. 1905
Nutmeg plantation 1868Island of Penang, in the Indian Ocean by the Strait of Malacca, consisted of a vast plantation of fruit trees of which the nutmeg was run by an English enterprise
Label design, Crown Jewel citrus fruit, Florida, USALabel design, Crown Jewel citrus fruit, Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, USA, Citrus Growers Association. circa early 20th century
Label design, Prince of Wales Citrus Fruit, Lake Wales Citrus Growers Association, Florida, USA. early 20th century
French / German ChampagneWhile French saboteurs destroy vineyards, German growers sell fake champagne for huge profits. Date: 1911
Great hop-pickers demonstration 1908Dense crowds in Trafalgar square, demonstrating against a threatened industry of foreign hop imports, large crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, estimated forthy to fifty thousand people
The flower farmers of Britain 1938Picking the blooms at Rosenvale, Penzance, where the early spring flowers are grown extensively in greenhouses. Most of the Scilly Isles are employed in the flower industry
Vine Growers QueenMademoiselle Emile Langlor, the Queen of the Charente vine growing district, in her striking, enormous, lace hat! Date: 1930s
Samos - Tobacco GrowersTobacco Growers sew leaves together for drying
Saving Vines BeaujolaisFrench wine-growers in the Beaujolais area bombard menacing clouds with a mortar, to cause premature precipitation of rain before it freezes into hail
Wine Workers Riot 1907French wine growers riot at Beziers against doctored wine
Kaffirs shoot at StormKaffirs fire their arrows at storm clouds in hope of saving their crops : French wine growers try similar methods