General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

19

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

11.1 cm

Width

8.7 cm

Height

1.3 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 "Dark Red Egyptian Turnip" variety beet seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"BEET./ DARK RED EGYPTIAN TURNIP./', "From A.L. FISHER,/ Brockville, - Ont./ PRICE 5 CENTS." printed on package front; "DARK RED EGYPTIAN TURNIP BEET./ A new, early and superior variety, very deep/ red, tender and delicious ; in form like the Flat/ Dutch Turnip ; ten days earlier than any others ;/ a most valuable market variety./ CULTURE.- Sow as soon as the ground can be/ worked, for early, and up to the first of June/ for winter use. A light, warm, rich loam is best ;/ use fine well composted manure ; sow in drills/ 20 inches apart, and thin the plants to 5 inches/ in the rows. Pull for use as soon as large/ enough, as then they are more tender and/ sweet./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, - Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 I1" printed in pencil in lower right back corner of package.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black, red and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Illustration of whole turnip with greenery decorates package front.