Charles M Hovey
Charles Mason Hovey
American
Charles M Hovey was a notable fruit breeder, nurseryman and author in Cambridge, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
Charles M Hovey was a notable fruit breeder, nurseryman and author in Cambridge, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1810/10/26 | Sarah Stone Hovey, wife of Phineas Brown Hovey, gives birth to a son, Charles Mason Hovey, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. | Born | |||||
| 1832/00/00 | Brothers, Phineas and Charles Hovey establish a seed store and nursery offering twelve varieties of strawberries in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Horticulturalist | Strawberry | ||||
| 1834/00/00 | Phineas and Charles Hovey feature fifty varieties of strawberries at their Cambridge, Massachusetts, nursery. | Horticulturalist | |||||
| 1837/00/00 | Charles Hovey develops the 'Hovey' strawberry, an ancestor of most modern varieties, in Cambridge. The first American strawberry bred from a planned cross, he is unsure of the parentage as his labels were mixed up. The fruit is of one of six crosses. | Horticulturalist | Cambridge, MA | Massachusetts | Strawberry | ||
| 1840/00/00 | Charles Hovey buys 40-acres near his house on Broadway. The extensive nurseries (Hovey Ave and Cambridge St) "embracing upwards of 30 acres of land, the whole of which will be devoted to Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Grape Vines," | Horticulturalist | Mid-Cambridge, MA | ||||
| 1845/00/00 | Phineas Hovey and his brother Charles Hovey operate "Hovey and Co, a Horticultural Seed Store near Faneuil Hall in Boston. | Horticulturalist | |||||
| 1847/00/00 | Volume one of "The Fruits of America" by Charles Hovey is published, Hovey and Co, Boston and D Appleton and Co, NY. The complete 2 volume work will feature 93 fruit trees (53 pear, 20 apple, 7 cherry, 7 peach and 6 plum) and 3 strawberry varieties. | Horticulturalist | Pear | ||||
| 1848/00/00 | A great keeper, and of good size - regarded as among the most valuable apples cultivated on the Ohio River.... It is stated to have been brought from New Jersey. - C M Hovey, The Magazine of Horticulture | Horticulturalist | Willow Twig Apple | ||||
| 1848/00/00 | "Descriptive Catalogue of a Choice Collection of Flower Seeds" is issued by Hovey and Co. Boston, Massachusetts. | Horticulturalist | |||||
| 1848/07/13 | Hovey and Co specializes in growing camellias "the whole neighborhood is scented with their odor, and an array of smaller flowering plants beautifully arranged the greenhouses and outdoors." - Cambridge Chronicle | Horticulturalist | Mid-Cambridge, MA | ||||
| 1849/00/00 | Hovey and Co Cambridge of Massachusetts publish "A Descriptive Catalogue of Pears, Embracing Many New and Choice Varieties". | Horticulturalist | Pear | ||||
| 1887/09/01 | Charles Mason Hovey dies in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Died | |||||
| 1887/09/04 | Charles Mason Hovey is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts. | In Memoriam | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge | Cambridge, MA |
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