This vintage clipping provides some brief information about pumpkins and an illustration of a pumpkin placed on its side. Along with other details, the article states that young pumpkins can be used as a vegetable and when ripe they form a valuable esculent for soups and pumpkin pies. My original scan is from Beeton’s New Dictionary…
Garden
Fresh Garden Vegetables ~ Free Vintage Image
This beautiful vintage image features a colorful display of fresh garden vegetables. Included in the display are two ears of white corn, two ripe red tomatoes and three varieties of radishes. The image is from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything for the Garden Manual, 1898. Click on image to enlarge.
Turnip French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage French seed label features a wonderful illustration of a two golden yellow turnips. The description on the label is Navet Jaune Boule D’or. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
Tomato French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage French seed label features a beautiful illustration of a ripe red tomato. The description on the label is Tomate Merveille du Marche. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage French seed label that features a lovely illustration of white, purple and pink flowers. I did an online translation of the text on the label, Belle de Jour Ordinaire, and came up with beautiful ordinary day. I’m not great at identifying flowers and that translation doesn’t help much. All I know for…
Kate Greenaway Strawberries ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a pretty illustration of three strawberries with vines and leaves attached. The image is from the Victorian children’s storybook A Day in a Child’s Life by Kate Greenaway, circa 1881. Click on image to enlarge.
Peony French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage French seed label that features a beautiful illustration of pink, purple and yellow flowers. I believe they are Queen Daisy Peonies. The description on the label is: Reine Marguerite Pyramidale Pivoine Variee. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for…
Garden Carrots ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here are two black and white illustrations of carrots with their ferny leaves attached. Fig. 373 is a short carrot; Fig. 374 is a long carrot. The images are from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on images to enlarge.
English Pansy French Seed Packet Label ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage French seed label that features a lovely illustration of purple and yellow pansies. The description on the label is: Pensee Anglaise a Grande Fleur Variee. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Kale Seed Packet ~ Free Digital Graphics
Here is a vintage seed packet for Kale. The front of the package includes an illustration of a head of kale with a field of kale in the background. This vintage envelope for kale seeds was printed for the Card Seed Co. The back of the The back of the packet gives suggestions for planting and care of…
Vintage Roses Garden Catalogue Page and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
This vintage garden catalogue page includes descriptions and prices for a variety of roses, such as: The Yellow Rambler, Climbing Wootton, Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, Madame Abel Chatenay (hybrid tea) and Belle Siebrecht. Illustrations of the The Yellow Rambler and Belle Siebrecht are included on the page. I scanned the original page from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything…
Bowker Fertilizer Ad Potatoes Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Bowker Fertilizer Co. The ad claims their product, Stockbridge Manures, wins over all other fertilizers, producing a yield larger than any other grown upon fertilizer or manure, either alone or combined. The ad includes an image of potatoes spilling out from a basket that has been turned on…
