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[[circled]] ^[[3805]] [[/circled]]
[[stamped]] July 31 1924 [[/stamped]]

Mrs. E.S. Neal,
Garrison, No. Dak.
July 21-

"WHAT BURPEE'S SEEDS HAVE DONE FOR ME."

In the year I am recalling, May had been hot and dry. Our gardens as was usual under conditions, looked lifeless and discouraged. We had cultivated and hoed. We had carried water in pails. We had hauled water in barrels, with small results.

One day we rode far afield and passed a log house with a garden of luxuriant growth. After miles of hot monotonous prairie, unbroken by tree or hill, how refreshing it was to tired eyes. The corn, head high rustled in the breeze with the sound of whispering leaves in the woods. The peas a dense hedge of green, carried a heavy load of fruit, and the vines were reaching out to cover the bare, brown earth. We went in and asked them the secret. "Burpee's seeds." That could mean only one thing. Those seeds grown under the most favorable conditions, carried within themselves the vitality and sturdiness necessary to bear the young growing things through the trying time of the early summer. So that year saw our last failure in gardening. For more than thirty-five years, my husband's fame as a gardener has spread abroard.  His advise is often asked. It is freely given and is always the same -- "Use Burpee's seeds and a hoe."

[[signature]] Nellie Bigelow Neal [[/signature]]

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