General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

45

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

8.5 cm

Width

6.5 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 "Peerless White Spine" variety cucumber seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CUCUMBER/ PEERLESS WHITE SPINE.", "PRICE 5 CENTS." and "FROM A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "PEERLESS WHITE SPI[NE]/ CUCUMBER./ One of the best for table [illegible]/ large and thick, and retains its [illegible]/ green color for a long time./ Plant the seed the last of Ma[y]/ first of June in a light, warm,/ soil in beds six feet apart each w[ay]/ Manure in the hill well mixed w[ith]/ earth. When danger from the stri[illegible]/ fly is past thin the plant to 3 or [illegible]/ the hill. Remove the cucumb[ers]/ from the vine when large enou[gh]/ for if left on wi[l]l prevent new o[nes] forming./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 S" 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 and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Package front bears illustration of whole cucumber and greenery.