General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

46

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

9.4 cm

Width

6.2 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 "Extra Early Russian" variety cucumber seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CUCUMBER/ EXTRA EARLY RUSSIAN.", "( Concombre.)", "PRICE 5 CENTS." and "From A.L. FISHER,/ Brockville, - - - Ont." printed on package front; "EXTRA EARLY RUSSIAN/ CUCUMBER./ The earliest sort cultivated ; v[ery]/ productive, yields through the ent[ire]/ season. Excellent for cutting fr[esh]/ for the table, and also for pickli[ng.]/ It grows of small size, but its ea[si]/ ness and productiveness render i[t a]/ favourite./ CULTURE. - Plant after the gro[und]/ is settled and warm, in hills thre[e or]/ four feet apart. When all da[nger]/ from bugs and worms is past, [illegible]/ the plants, leaving three or f[our]/ to a hill. Remove the cucum[bers]/ from the vine as soon as they ar[e a]/ suitable size ; when left to ripen t[illegible]/ prevent new fruit forming./ FROM A. L. FISHER,/ The Dominion Seed Garden/ BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.71.160.170 S1" 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 cucumbers.