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Seed Packet, Musk Melon
Object/Artifact
Paper Improved Canteloupe Musk Melon Seed Packet. Illustration of melon in green. From Hiram Sibley & Co.
70.146.4
Hiram Sibley (1807-1888), one of the founders of Western Union Telegraph Company and at one time the richest man in Rochester, began to take an interest in plants after his retirement in 1869. He quickly built up a seed empire with warehouses in Rochester and Chicago and farms in five different states.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
1880 - 1889
Rochester
New York
United States of America
North America
Hiram Sibley & Co. Rochester, N.Y. & Chicago, ILLs.
4 in
2-5/8 in
Paper