General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

11

Total Parts

62

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black, red 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

10.0 cm

Width

8.9 cm

Height

1.3 cm

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 Blood Red Turnip" variety beet seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"BEET/ EARLY BLOOD RED TURNIP./ 5 c./ FROM A.L. FISHER,/ BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on package front; "EARLY BLOOD RED TURNIP BEET."/ A very early and popular variety, wherever grown ;/ roots dark red, smooth and free from fibres, sweet and/ tender. Keeps well through winter and spring. Are/ good for both early and late use./ CULTURE. - Sow as soon as the ground can be worked/ for early, and up to the middle of June for winter use./ A light, warm, rich loam is best, use fine, well com-/ posted manure ; sow in drills 20 inches apart, and thin/ the plants to six inches in the rows./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 F1" 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, red and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Illustration of whole red beet with greenery decorates package front.