Package, seed
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0043.046
- MANUFACTURER
- Fisher, A.L.
- MODEL
- Cucumber: Extra Early Russian
- LOCATION
- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 46
- 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
- 9.4 cm
- Width
- 6.2 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 "Extra Early Russian" variety cucumber seeds. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "CUCUMBER/ EXTRA EARLY RUSSIAN.", "( Concombre.)", "PRICE 5 CENTS." and "From A.L. FISHER,/ Brockville, - - - Ont." printed on package front; "EXTRA EARLY RUSSIAN/ CUCUMBER./ The earliest sort cultivated ; v[ery]/ productive, yields through the ent[ire]/ season. Excellent for cutting fr[esh]/ for the table, and also for pickli[ng.]/ It grows of small size, but its ea[si]/ ness and productiveness render i[t a]/ favourite./ CULTURE. - Plant after the gro[und]/ is settled and warm, in hills thre[e or]/ four feet apart. When all da[nger]/ from bugs and worms is past, [illegible]/ the plants, leaving three or f[our]/ to a hill. Remove the cucum[bers]/ from the vine as soon as they ar[e a]/ suitable size ; when left to ripen t[illegible]/ prevent new fruit forming./ FROM A. L. FISHER,/ The Dominion Seed Garden/ BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.71.160.170 S1" 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 whole cucumbers.
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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/2013.0043.046/
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