General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

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

8.5 cm

Width

5.9 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 "Early Winningstadt" variety cabbage seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CABBAGE/ EARLY WINNINGSTADT.", "Chou Winningstadt qui vant bonne heure." and 'PRICE 5 CENTS." printed on package front; "EARLY WINNINGSTADT CABBAGE./ For both early and late. Nearly/ every plant makes a good, firm close/ head, broad at base, tapering to a/ point; k[e]eps fresh until late in win-/ ter./ CULTURE. For early use, sow early/ in hot bed or cold frame ; for winter/ use, sow in open ground in May./ When five inches high, transplant to/ 2 feet apart each way ; a moist, deep,/ rich soil produces the best heads,/ To avoid the black fly, sow in boxes/ of earth raised three feet above the/ surface./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 C2" 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

Illustration of stylized whole cabbage decorates package front.