General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

51

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

13.3 cm

Width

9.8 cm

Height

1.8 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 "Bay View Musk" variety melon seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"MELON./ BAY VIEW MUSK.", "(Melon), "PRICE 5 CENTS." and "From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "BAY VIEW MUSK MELON./ One of the very best Mus[k]/ Melon grown ; good size ; ova[l]/ shaped ; flesh very thick ; of/ greenish color ; is quite earl[y]/ and is quite a favorite whereve[r]/ grown./ CULTURE. - Plant in sprin[g]/ after danger from frost is pa[st]/ in hills six feet apart ; manur[e]/ in the hill and mix in well wit[h]/ the earth ; thin the plants t[o]/ three in a hill./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.71.160.170 U" 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 large melon.