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Charles Mason Hovey letter

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Description
Letter dated July 4, 1882, from Charles M. Hovey, American horticulturalist, cultivator of fruit and ornamental plants. This letter, written from Boston, discusses his variety of strawberry, "Hovey's Seedling," and compares it to another famous variety of strawberry in detail. The clipping is an obituary of Charles Mason Hovey (1887).
Type
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Production date
1882, July 4.
Call number
mssHM 83473
Creator
Hovey, C. M (1810-1887)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Americana, August 2018. Dealer got letter "from an an ABAA colleague."
Dimensions
21 cm :
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