General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

15

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

8.6 cm

Width

6.4 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 leek seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"LEEK./ PRICE 5 CENTS./ FROM A.L. FISHER, BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on package front; "LONDON BROAD FLAG/ LEEK./ A large and strong growing/ plant with long necks./ CULTURE - The Leek is very/ hardy and easy to cultivate./ Sow the seed as early in spring/ as possible in a light well en-/ riched soil, in rows one foot/ apart ; when the plants are 8/ inches high they may be trans-/ planted to 10 inches apart, as/ deep as possible, so that the/ necks may be covered so as to/ bleach./ Put up by A.L. FISHER,/ BROCKVILLE, - - ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 G2" 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 whole leek with greenery decorates package front.