General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

10

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

9.0 cm

Width

6.5 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 "Hardy or Winter" variety onion seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"HARDY OR WINTER/ ONION", "Price 5 Cents" and "From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "HARDY OR WINTER ONION./ These seeds do not grow an onion,/ only a stalk for ea[r]ly Spring use,/ which are used green for table and/ market purposes./ Theseed [sic] may be planted in Spring,/ in drills fifteen inches apart ; keep/ free from weeds, and let the on[i]ons/ remain in the ground over w[i]nter,/ and in the Spring as soon as the snow/ is gone they are ready for use as soon/ as tall enough, but they do not grow/ a bulb./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER,/ BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.71.160.170 E2" 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 bundle of green onions decorates package front.