General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

40

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

10.9 cm

Width

8.9 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 "Mammoth Russian" variety helianthus (sunflower) seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"HELIANTHUS,/ OR, SUNFLOWER MAMMOTH RUSSIAN" and "PRICE 5 CENTS" printed on package front; "MAMMOTH/ RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER./ Grows five or six feet high with very large heads,/ some growing twelve or fifteen inches across them./ They are grown for arbors or trellises. The seeds/ are very beneficial to feed fowl./ CULTURE. - Sow the seed as early in Spring as the/ ground can be easily worked, in rows 2 1/2 feet apart, leaving plants 2 feet apart in the row./ Put up by A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 P1" 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 and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Package front bears illustration of blooming plant and single large sunflower head.