General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

51

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CARDBOARD WITH ACETATE WINDOW

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.8 cm

Width

14.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Apiculture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

TYPE OF RETAIL CONTAINER USED BY CANADIAN BEEKEEPERS FOR COMB HONEY.

Function

PACKAGING FOR COMB HONEY.

Technical

USED SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY TO PACK COMB HONEY BUT DID NOT HAVE THE CELLOPHANE WINDOW TO VIEW THE COMB. THIS FORM APPEARED IN THE 1930'S AND IS STILL IN USE TODAY. FOR TIN CONTAINERS, THE COLOR BLUE WAS USED FOR LIGHT HONEY, WHICH IS SPRING-EARLY SUMMER HONEY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Front of the box reads:"[large print] COMB/ HONEY/ "Nature's Most Delicious Sweet""/ Right side of box reads: "[large print] COMB/ HONEY/ [small print] Comb Honey for ages/ has been recognized as/ a pure and delicious/ natural sweet and/ many references to/ "the sweetness of the/ honey comb" is to be/ found in ancient lit/ erature. Honey is a/ wholesome, healthful,/ delicious and easily di-/ gested natural sweet./ Comb honey takes its/ taste or flavour from/ the kind of flowers/ that the bees gather/ the honey from, for/ instance honey gather-/ ed from clover blos-/ soms will taste like/ smell of the clover/ fields when it bloom,/ that from the bass-/ wood takes the odor of/ the basswood blossoms/ and similarly that from/ buckwheat fields. At/ times also the bees will/ gather honey from/ several different kinds/ of flowers at the same/ time in which case no/ special flavor will be/ particularly noticed."/ Left side of box reads: "[large print] COMB/ HONEY"/ Back of box reads: " PURE COMB HONEY/ This honey comb is entirely the product of the/ bee hives./ The beekeeper furnished the wood frame/ or section as it is called and placed a very thin/ sheet of wax, known as foundation in the centre,/ after which the bees constructed the wax cells in/ which the honey is stored. /The honey has been/ gathered from the flowers, deposited in the cells/ and sealed up entirely by the bees. Actually the/ honey has never been touched by hand and is as/ pure and clean as it possibly can be."/ Next paragraph reads: "Should the honey in the comb show granules/ it indicates age and not adulteration. Most honey/ will granulate after it reaches a certain age, but/ this does not spoil its food value."/ Below in bold reads: "From the Apiary of: - Du RUCHER DE:"/ Top tab reads: "WHERE TO KEEP/ Note - This honey should be kept in a warm, dry place./ Never store in cellar or refrigerator."/ In french text reads: "OU LE GARDER"/ Avis - Ce miel doit etre garde dans un endroit sec et chaud./ Ne le conservez jamais dans une cave ni dans un refrigerateur."/

Missing

None.

Finish

FRONT OF BOX IS LIGHT BLUE AND MEDIUM BLUE / SIDES AND BACK OF BOX HAVE A WHITE BACKGROUND WITH BLUE PRINT

Decoration

FLORAL DESIGN OF CLOVERS ON BOTH SIDES OF WINDOW