General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

34

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

8.3 cm

Width

6.6 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 "Boston Pickling" variety cucumber seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CUCUMBER,/ BOSTON PICKLING.", "Concombre.", "PRICE 5 CENTS," AND "- FROM -/ A.L. FISHER, - BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed on package front; "BO[STON PICKLING CUCUMBER]/ The best variety for pickles ,/ yields well. Is also excellent/ for cutting fresh. Its good/ shape, color, and great produc-/ tiveness render it one of the/ most desirable sorts for the/ garden./ CULTURE - Plant after the/ ground is settled and warm, in/ hills five or six feet apart./ When all danger from bugs/ and worms is past, thin the/ plants, leaving three or four/ to a hill. Remove the cucum-/ bers from the vine as soon as/ they are of suitable size, as if/ left to ripen they prevent new/ fruit forming./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. [FISHER " printed on reverse. [Bracketed text is obscured by package form.] Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 Q1" 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

Package front bears illustration of cucumbers and greenery.