General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

49

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

8.7 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 "Early Cluster" variety cucumber seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CUCUMBER/ EARLY CLUSTER.", "Concombre croissant de bonne heure et en/ groups.", "PRICE 5 CENTS." and "From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "EARLY CLUSTER CUCUMBER,/ A favorite early variety, pro-/ ducing its fruit in clusters ; yields abundantly, and is one of/ the best for cutting up for table/use./ CULTURE. - Plant after the/ ground is settled and warm, in/ hills five feet apart. When all/ danger from bugs and worms is/ past, thin the plants, leaving/ three or four plants to a hill./ Remove the cucumbers from the/ vine as soon as they are of suit-/ able size, for if left to ripen they/ prevent new fruit forming./ Put up by A.L. FISHER,/ Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.77 [sic].160.170 T1" 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.