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sults - hard work and a very poor garden - In fact we were utterly discouraged.

But this year we mailed you our order for our years requirements and planted our first planting very early. The seeds withstood the backward, cold spring and each successive planting has cheered us on.

Whereas we were always buying food in town, this year we have had our oversupply to sell and as they were earlier than others, we received a much higher price.

We planted the corners and around the fence in

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