Package, seed
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0043.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Fisher, A.L.
- MODEL
- Beet: Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip
- LOCATION
- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 62
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black, red and green illustration and text.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.1 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 1.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Horticulture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Fisher
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Brockville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1890; possibly also used later.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
General: Used to identify, contain and promote contents. Specific: This package used to contain "Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip" variety beet seeds. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "BEET/ DEWING'S IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP.", "Betterave rouge fonci" and "PRCIE [sic] 5 CENTS./ From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front.; "DEWING'S IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD RED/ TURNIP BEET./ A very early and popular variety, wherever/ grown ; roots red, smooth and free from fibres,/ sweet and tender. Keeps well through winter/ and spring. Is for both early and late use./ CULTURE - Sow as soon as the ground can be/ worked for early, and up to the middle of June/ for winter use. A light warm rich loam is best,/ use fine well composted manure sow in drills,/ 20 inches apart, and thin the plants to 6 inches/ in the rows. Pull for use before fully grown,/ as then they are more tender and sweet./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, - Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 B1" printed by hand in pencil in lower right corner of package back.
- Missing
- Package and contents appear complete.
- Finish
- Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black, red and green illustration and text.
- Decoration
- Illustration of whole red beet and greenery decorates package front.
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Fisher, A.L., Package, seed, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2013.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0043.004/
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