General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CARDBOARD WITH ACETATE WINDOW

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.0 cm

Width

15.3 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Apiculture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Jones

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Bedford

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

TYPE OF RETAIL CONTAINER USED BY CANADIAN BEEKEEPERS FOR COMB HONEY

Function

PACKAGING FOR COMB HONEY

Technical

USED SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY TO PACK COMB HONEY BUT DID NOT HAVE THE CELLOPHANE WINDOW TO VIEW THE COMB. THIS FORM APPEARED IN THE 1930'S AND IS STILL IN USE TODAY. FOR TIN CONTAINERS, THE COLOR BLUE WAS USED FOR LIGHT HONEY, WHICH IS SPRING-EARLY SUMMER HONEY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Front of the box reads: "[large print] COMB/ HONEY/ "Nature's Most Delicious Sweet""/ Right side of box reads: "[large print] COMB/ HONEY/ [small print] Comb Honey for ages has been/ recognized as a pure and de-/ licious natural sweet and many/ references to "the sweetness of/ the honey comb" is to be found/ in ancient literature. Honey is a/ wholesome, healthful, delicious/ and easily digested natural/ sweet. Comb honey takes its/ taste or flavour from the kind/ of flowers that the bees gather/ the honey from, for instance/ honey gathered from clover/ blossoms will taste like smell of/ the clover fields when it bloom,/ that from the basswood takes/ the odor of the basswood/ blossoms and that from buck-/wheat the aroma of the buck-/ wheat fields. At times also the/ bees will gather honey from/ several different kinds of flowers/ at the same time in which case/ no special flavor will be par-/ticularly noticed."/ Left side of box reads: "[large print] HONEY/ IN THE/ COMB [drawing of flowers]"/ Back of box reads: [drawing of flowers; in banner reads] "PURE COMB HONEY/ This honey comb is entirely the product of the bee hives./ The beekeeper furnished the wood frame or section as it is/ called and placed a very thin sheet of wax, known as founda-/ tion in the centre, after which the bees constructed the wax/ cells in which the honey is stored. The honey has been gathered/ from the flowers, deposited in the cells and sealed up entirely/ by the bees. Actually the honey has never been touched by/ hand and is as pure and clean as it possibly can be."/ Next paragraph reads: "Should the honey in the comb show granules it indicates age/ and not adulteration. Most honey will granulate after it/ reaches a certain age, but this does not spoil its food value."/ Below in bold reads: "Du Rucher de,/ From the Apiary of,"/ Top tab reads: "WHERE TO KEEP/ Note - This honey should be kept in a warm, dry place./ Never store in cellar or refrigerator."/ In french text reads: "OU LE GARDER"/ Avis - Ce miel doit etre garde dans un endroit sec et chaud./ Ne le conservez jamais dans une cave ni dans un refrigerateur." Bottom tab has manufacturer's stamp reading: "F.W. Jones & Son, LTD./ Bedford, Que./ MANUFACTURERS/ OF BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES/ SIZE H-4".

Missing

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Finish

BACKGROUND COLOR IS CREAM/ FRONT OF CARTON IS GREEN AND RED/ SIDES AND BACK HAS GREEN.

Decoration

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