General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

23

Total Parts

62

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

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

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

8.3 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 "The Acme" variety tomato seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"TOMATO/ THE ACME." and "FROM/ A.L. FISHER,/ BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on package front; "THE ACME TOMATO./ A valuable new variety ; very/ early, of good size, solid throughout ;/ of handsome color, ripens evenly,/ leaving no green around the stem./ It has been pronounced the best, in/ competitive trial with all the lead-/ ing varieties./ CULTURE. - Sow in hot-bed or/ cold-frame, or in boxes in the house,/ early ; transplant to garden about/ the middle of May ; water freely and/ shade from the sun for a few days./ Manure in the hill with well rotted,/ fine compost. After fruit is well/ formed, pinch off the top shoots./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.71.160.170 K" 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, green and red illustration and text.

Decoration

Illustration of whole tomato decorates package front.