General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

28

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

6.5 cm

Width

8.8 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 "Extra Early Mayflower" variety tomato seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"TOMATO./ EX. EARLY MAYFLOWER." and "PRICE 5 CENTS./ FROM A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "EX. EARLY MAYFLOWER/ TOMATO./ This is the earliest Tomato I have/ yet found, fruit of large size and/ quite smooth, of a bright glossy red/ color, and bears abundantly ; vines/ very short./ CULTURE. - Sow the seed in hot/ beds the first of April, and trans-/ plant to 6 inches apart, when 4 inches/ high, in another hot bed, and to/ open ground the first of June, set-/ ting plants 3 1/2 feet apart each way./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 I" 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.