General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

31

Total Parts

62

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black 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

9.6 cm

Height

1.0 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 "American Wonder" variety pea seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"AMERICAN WONDER./ PEAS./ VERY DWARF./ PRICE 5 CENTS." printed on package front; "AMERICAN WONDER PEAS./ Grows about ten or twelve inches high,/ with long large well-filled pods, and is the/ earliest wrinkled pea grown. Is very/ sweet, and of the best dwarf Peas in/ cultivation./ Sow as early in spring as the ground/ can be easily worked, in drill one foot/ apart and two to three inches apart in/ the row. These Peas require no poles./ GROWN AND PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, - BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on package back. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 M1" printed by hand in pencil on package back.

Missing

Package and contents appear complete.

Finish

Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Package front bears illustration of peas and pods, with greenery.