General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

59

Total Parts

62

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black, red 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

1.1 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 "Early Half Long Scarlet Nantes" variety carrot seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CARROT,/ Early Half Long Scarlet Nantes.", "(Carotte rouge demi-longue obtuse.)" and "PRICE 5 CENTS." printed on package front; "EARLY HALF LONG NANTES/ CARROT./ An intermediate sort, between the early horned and long orange/ very sweet, good for table use,/ grows wel[l] in shallow ground ; is of good size./ CULTURE. - Sow as early in/ spring as the ground can be/ worked, in drills fifteen inches/ apart, and thin to four or five/ inches apart in the row. PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package back. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 X2" 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, red and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Package front bears illustration of carrot with greenery.