Package, seed

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0043.035

MANUFACTURER: Fisher, A.L.
MODEL: Radish: Early White Turnip
LOCATION: Brockville, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 35
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: 9.3 cm
Width: 7.0 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 White Turnip" variety radish seeds.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "RADISH/ EARLY WHITE TURNIP.","( [illegible] )/ PRICE 5 CENTS." printed on package front, and visible through overwrap.; printed text on package back is visible, but illegible. "broken packet" and "170. Q2" printed by hand on overwrap.
Missing: Package and contents appear complete. NB: Package is broken: overwrapped in opaque paper.
Finish: Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black and green illustration and text.
Decoration: Package front bears illustration of radishes and greenery.

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Fisher, A.L., Package, seed, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2013.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0043.035/

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