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It's been a while since I've posted a riddle of any kind, and I figure I'll post an easy one. As always, good luck to all of you and I hope you enjoy it! Oh, and happy holidays!

Jasmin, or juniper, the suffix is one.

Obscured and unseen, until we are done.

Next is the prefix, for summer's flowers.

Exactly; eight chunks, of ninety-three hours.

Summer the best time, in fact, just July; together made history, a season in time.

The correct answer will:

  • Explain the acrostic.
  • Explain each line but the second.
  • Correctly answer the Riley.
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I think the answer is

Mayflower

Jasmin, or juniper, the suffix is one.
Obscured and unseen, until we are done.

Flower

Next is the prefix, for summer's flowers.
Exactly; eight chunks, of ninety-three hours.

May - the length of the month is 744 hours

Summer the best time, in fact, just July; together made history, a season in time.

The ship embarked in July 1620, transporting Pilgrims to the New World.

Acrostic

The owner of the ship was Christopher JONES

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    $\begingroup$ For the "summer's flowers" line, I suspect that this has something to do with another famous rhyming line! $\endgroup$
    – feelinferrety
    Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 19:47

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