General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

20

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

8.2 cm

Width

6.5 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 Frame" variety cucumber seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CUCUMBER,/ EARLY FRAME." and "(Concombre.)/ PRICE 5 CENTS./ From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "[EARLY FRAM]E CUCUMBER./ This is amongst the earliest/ varieties and is much used both/ for pickles and cutting up for/ table use./ CULTURE - Plant the seed the/ very last of May or first of June/ in hills four or five feet apart,/ manure in the hill, put in plenty/ of seed as flies and bugs eat the/ young plants, thin the plants/ to three or four in a hill./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER'" printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. X.71.160.170 I2" printed by hand in pencil in upper left corner of package back [NB: number applied upside down].

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

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

Decoration

Illustration of whole cucumber with greenery decorates package front.