General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

18

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

8.2 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 "Volunteer" variety tomato seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"TOMATO./ VOLUNTEER" and "PRICE 5 CENTS./ From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "THE VOLUNTEER/ TOMATO./ This new Tomato grows very/ large size, is also among the very/ earliest to ripen ; the Tomatoes are/ produced in clusters, very smooth ;/ color bright red, very handsome ; the/ foliage is very dark green. Great/ favorite./ CULTURE. - Sow the seed in a hot/ bed the last of March or first of/ April, and transplant to open ground/ the first of June, 3 1/2 feet apart each/ way. Tomatoes do best in a warm,/ light, dry loam./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 L" printed by hand in pencil in lower right corner of package back.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Light brown paper envelope-style package bears black, red and green illustration and text.

Decoration

Illustration of whole tomato with greenery decorates package front.