This vintage magazine clipping features an article on bush Lima beans. The article states that there are three distinct types of Lima beans, the most widely known and cultivated of which is the large white Lima. It goes on to say, “The others are the small white Lima (Sieva) and the potato Lima or Dreer’s…
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Vintage Gourds Clip Art
This vintage catalog listing includes a brief description of, and pricing for, a variety of gourds, including: mixed gourd, nest egg gourd, dishcloth gourd, dipper gourd, mock orange, calabash or pipe gourd and heavenly blue ipomea. The packets, for any variety, were priced at 5 cents each. The ad includes an illustration of a variety…
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.
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…
Cabbage Clip Art
This vintage catalog listing includes a description of, and pricing for, a Drumhead Savoy cabbage. The ad states that this cabbage was specially adapted to be grown in the fall and when allowed to be touched by frost, was one of the most delicious of all vegetables. Here is a black and white clip art…
Harvest Display of Wheat, Fruit and Vegetables
This wonderful vintage fall display features a sheaf of wheat standing tall and centered between groupings of harvested fruits and vegetables. The display of wheat, fruit, and vegetables is nestled in a valley between small hills while a large barn, or perhaps a manufacturing plant, is in the distant background. Here is a black and white…
Early Rose Globe Radish
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of an Early Rose Globe Radish. I scanned the original image from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a cleaner black and white version of the radish. Click on images to enlarge
Variety of Gourds
This antique book page features a description for, and an illustration of, each of the following types of gourds: Crown or Custard Gourd, Large Yellow Gourd, Naples Gourd, Nutmeg Gourd of Marseilles and a Patagonian Gourd. Here is a black and white clip art version of each gourd illustration from the page. The page is from…
Onions Clip Art
Here are black and white clip art illustrations of two varieties of onions. The first illustration features a single Naples Giant Rocca Onion and the second illustration features two Queen Onions. The images are from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on images to enlarge.
Seven Varieties of Mushrooms
Here are seven wonderful vintage clip art illustrations of mushrooms. The names of the types of mushrooms included here are: Fig. 1. Common Mushrooms;Fig. 2. St. George’s Mushrooms;Fig. 3. Champignon Mushroom;Fig. 4. Hedgehog Mushroom;Fig. 5. Edible Boletus Mushrooms;Fig. 6. Spring Morel Mushroom; andFig. 7. Parasol Mushroom. The illustrations are from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III,…
Three Varieties of Onions
Here are black and white clip art illustrations of three varieties of onions. The first illustration features three Deep Blood-Red Onions. The second illustration features a bunch of Early White Naples Onions and the third illustration features a single James’s Keeping Onion. The images are from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of…
