General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

8

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

8.5 cm

Width

5.9 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 "Grand Rapids" variety lettuce seeds.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"LETTUCE/ GRAND RAPIDS.", "PRICE 5 CENTS" and "From A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on package front; "GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE./ Quite curled, crisp and tender/ among the earliest and best./ Seed may be sewn early in hot/ bed, and transplanted to open/ ground when four inches high,/ setting plants one foot apart, or/ may be sown in open ground as/ early as it can be worked, in/ drills ten inches apart. Lettuce/ is quite hardy, and will stand/ considerable cold weather./ PUT UP BY/ A.L. FISHER, Brockville, Ont." printed on reverse. Parks Canada catalogue no. "x.71.160.170 E" 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

Illustration of stylized lettuce head decorates package front.