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out of the hole.

Well to make my story short we decided to grow vegetables and some flowers, and sell them to sporting camps, and nearby hotels, so we selected and planted seeds from W Atlee Burpee Co Philadelphia they responded to our care and gave us a wonderful crop, and in that [[underline] one season [[/underline]] we sold enough flowers and vegetables to [[underline]] clear our debts 

[[/underline]] Thats what [[underline]] Burpee's did [[/underline]] for me.

William P. Baker Box 92
Bingham Maine

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