General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

33

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

9.0 cm

Width

6.6 cm

Height

N/A

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 "St. Denis Drumhead" variety cabbage seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CABBAGE./ ST. DENIS DRUMHEAD", "5/ CENTS" and "FROM/ A.L. FISHER./ BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on package front; "ST. DENIS DRUMHEAD/ CABBAGE./ A fine standard fall and winter/ sort ; heads very large and solid./ For early use, sow in hotbed/ or cold frames ; for winter use,/ sow in open ground in May ;/ when six inches high, transplant./ A moist deep rich soil produces/ the best heads. A dressing of/ salt and ashes mixed and ap-/ plied during growth is bene-/ ficial. To avoid the black fly,/ sow in boxes of earth raised/ three feet above the surface./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X71.160.170 P" 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 head of cabbage.