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[[circled]] 3940 [[/circled]]
[[stamped]] AUG -6 1924 [[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest

What Burpee Seeds have done for me

The benefits I received from Burpees Seeds are manifold. I first desired good results, so Burpees Seeds were chosen, and my backyard became a "buried treasure", mine for the digging. In digging I gained health and luxury. No the chief advantage in gardening is not the luxury of fresh vegetables altho desirable, and everyone knows that the joy of eating fresh vegetables repays for the labor. The flower seeds were joy to my home, even my little girl learned to cover the baby seeds and watch them wake up - delighted when the rain-man gave them a drink. But the chief gain was the Mysteries which I learned. Everyone knows instinctively that plants grow best for those who love them. Burpee Seeds produce vigorous plants, and like children will grow in spite of neglect, but I applied the ancient saying "the Masters foot is the best manure,"

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TC wants circled no. and date stamp transcribed separately from letter text.