General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

44

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

9.0 cm

Width

6.3 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 "Early Long Scarlet" variety radish seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"RADISH/ EARLY LONG SCARLET.", "FROM A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." and "PRICE 5 CENTS" printed on package front; "EARLY LONG SCARLET/ RADISH./ A standard sort, with long bright/ scarlet slender root, and very small/ top ; flesh white, transparent, crisp/ and of a delicate flavor. Grows quick./ CULTURE. - Sow in common hot-/ bed for early use ; the pla[n]ts are/ hardy and withstand cold. May/ be grown in same frame with lettuce./ Sow in open ground as soon as it/ can be worked ; the be[s]t Radishes/ are secured by rapid growth, and/ require light warm soil, very rich/ and plenty of moisture./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.71.160.170 R2" 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 bunch of carrot-like radishes.