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[[circled]] 3767 [[/circled]]
[[stamped]] JUL 29 1924 [[/stamped]] 

Portland, Jamaica B.W.I.
Fairy Hill P.O. Greendale
July 21[[superscript]]st[[/superscript]] 1924.

[[underline]] "For Prize Contest" [[/underline]]
Messrs W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Philadelphia Pa. 

Gentlemen, with pleasure I express with great satisfaction what your genuine seeds have done for me. Four years ago I started cultivating vegetables. Our seeds were obtained from another source. The failure which attented myself and other [[strikethrough]] 's [[/strikethrough]] friends were many but chiefly the lack of vitallity in the seeds hence small quantity germinated after a large sowing.  Hunting for better seeds I got certain information from the pages of An Old Worlds Almanac I at once applied for catalogue; after an order: and at trial found [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] them to be "The Seeds."
As far better results, I observed their lustier [[strikethrough]] g [[/strikethrough]] and quicker growth, and a [[strikethrough]] result [[/strikethrough]] far better yield [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] of crops. Thus comparing latter yield from your seeds and former yield from th other seeds, this ammounted to a profit of from 100 to 200% greater. [[strikethrough]] These were [[/strikethrough]] With exception of certain ^[[insertion]] undesirable [[/insertion]] season, the direction on each packet of wether cabbage, turnip, Tomato, peas etc. applies equally to our tropical climate, with marked results.
These facts can be ascertained not only ^[[insertion]] by me but [[/insertion]] by other individuals who alike have noticed [[strikethrough]] es [[/strikethough]] and can give affir- 

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