Here are two vintage French garden seed labels. The first label includes an illustration of a fully-ripe green head of cabbage. The label reads: Laitue Chou de Naples. An online translation gives the result: Naples Cabbage Lettuce. The second of the vintage French garden seed labels is for long turnips. It includes an illustration of…
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Vintage French Seed Labels
Here are two vintage French seed labels. The first label includes an illustration of a perfectly ripe green head of cabbage. The label reads: Chou Cabus couer de boeuf gros. An online translation gives the result: Cabbage Cabus large beef heart. The second vintage French seed label is for cauliflower. It includes an illustration of…
Vintage French Seed Packet Flower Labels
Here are two vintage French flower seed labels. The first label is titled Coreopsis Elegant Varie. Coreopsis is a flower of the daisy family. The second label is titled Myosotis des Alpes Varie. The flowers are forget-me-nots. These types of vintage seed labels would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds…
Card Seed Co Vintage Onion Seed Packet
Here is a vintage seed packet for White Bermuda Onions. The illustration on the front of the packet includes three of the onions. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back of the package includes directions for planting the seeds. Click on images to enlarge.
French Seed Label Zinnia Free Clip Art
Here is a French vintage seed label for zinnias. The label includes an illustration of four pretty flowering zinnias, each a different color. The description on the label is Zinnia Elegant Double, Nain, Varie. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale….
Free Vintage Clip Art Larkspur Seed Packet
Here is a vintage clip art seed packet for Regal Finest Mixed Larkspur seeds. The front of the packet includes an illustration of three stalks of blossoming larkspur flowers and a price mark of 15 cents. The package was printed for F. Lagomarsino & Sons of Sacramento, California. The back of the package includes directions…
Free Vintage Clip Art Larkspur Seed Packet
Here is a vintage clip art seed packet for Regal Lilac Larkspur seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes an illustration of two stalks of blossoming lilac-colored larkspur flowers and a price mark of 15 cents. The package was printed for F. Lagomarsino & Sons of Sacramento, California. The back of the…
Free Vintage Clip Art Squash Seed Packet
Here is a vintage clip art seed packet for Summer Squash seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes a ripe golden yellow colored squash on the vine. An abstract sketch of a garden is in the background. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back…
Free Vintage Clip Art Tomato Seed Packet
Here is a vintage seed packet for Livingston’s Beauty Pomedoro Grosso Tomato seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes two ripe red tomatoes with a garden and a farmhouse in the background. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back of the package includes directions…
Ferry’s Seeds Advertisement
This vintage magazine advertisement for Ferry’s Seeds claims that “If you buy Ferry’s Seeds your garden may be a collection of finest specimens” for the seeds were thoroughbred, “true to type and of tested vitality and productiveness”. The ad includes a lovely illustration of a Victorian lady, on a cobblestone path in her garden, carrying…
Vintage Floral French Seed Label
This beautiful vintage French seed label features an illustration of four colorful flowers. The description on the label is Belle de Nuit Variee which, according to an online translation, is Beautiful Night Variee in English although I’m guessing Variee can further be translated to Variety. When researching the name of this flower, I was fascinated to learn that some flowers…
French Seed Label Carnation
Here are two beautiful French vintage seed labels for carnations. The first label includes an illustration of four carnations, each a different color. The description on the label is Oillet de Fleuristes Double, nain, hatif, varie. The second label features a single white carnation. The description on the label is Oillet Double Blanc. This type…
