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#4253 Ans 8/24/24 FOR PRIZE CONTEST WHAT BURPEE'S SEEDS HAVE DONE FOR ME R. R. 2 Grand Junction, Colorado August 4, 1924 W. Atlee Burpee Company Philadelphia,,Pennsylvania Dear Sirs, Just twenty-five years ago this spring I first heard of the house of Burpee. In the attic of our new home the former owner had left a Burpee catalog. That catalog introduced Burpee's seeds to me. As a child I grew flowers from seeds purchased at the grocery store. Work put upon them was not justi- fied by results. The quality of the flowers was so or- dinary I lost all interest. But that Burpee catalog was a revelation. If, with the same amount of work I had done before, I could have lettuce and sweet peas like those! But Mother con- sidered it all "catalog talk". Nevertheless, I could never forget that catalog. After several years I sent an order. Those sweet peas were the finest I had ever seen, and Mother herself still exceeds the catalog in praise of Burpee vegetables. My garden interest dates from that time. It has been my chief and unfailing delight ever sign. Once it brought me out of nervous prostration. Now I am studying garden design and considering gardening as a vocation. It was Burpee quality in seeds that made me a gardener. Yours truly, [signature of Ethel L. Mattack]