General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

12

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

8.4 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 "American Gathering" variety lettuce seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"LETTUCE,/ AMERICAN G[A]THERING/ REDISH BROWN FDG [?] and "PRICE FIVE CENTS." printed on package face; "AMERICAN GATHERING/ LETTUCE./ Red[i]sh or brown edged, is one/ of the very best Lettuce, is very/ tender and nice even after full/ grown./ CULTURE.- Sow early in hot-/ beds and transplant to open/ ground as soon as the earth can/ be worked, setting the plants/ one foot apart ; or sow in open/ ground the last of April or first/ of May in drills fifteen inches/ apart./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.160.170 F2" 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 head of lettuce decorates package front.