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Earl L. Eldridge
Portville, N.Y.
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#4254
August 7, 1924.
W. Atlee Burpee Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Gentlemen:
  I am enclosing a few pictures I took of my garden the seed of which came from you, with a few exceptions.
  Please notice that there are no weeds in sight. The only place that weeds exist is on the edge of the garden or on the other fellows line.
  In picture #3 and row #9 regarding the Lima Beans, I am not finding fault, because it was the weather. It stayed so cold so long that the seed rotted in the ground before they could get up.
  We had cucumbers for the first time tonight and they were lovely.
  The length of the rows are fifty four feet and the distance between them varies.
  The celery and tomato plants came from the greenhouse. If I was asked what I had the best luck with it would be dificult for me to answer as everything is most wonderful. This is the best garden that I have ever had and the first time that I ever had seeds from your house.
  There are from one to five people coming every night to look at my garden and of course they ask where I got my seed and then is my chance to recommend your house. There were four people here tonight.
  I do all my work in the garden from daylight in the morning to about seven o'clock in the A.M. and then again at night from about six P.M. to dusk. Right now things are coming along so nicely that all I do is to sit around and watch it grow and eat.
  The reason for enclosing the pictures is that you might want to see just How other people get along with your seeds. especially amateurs. Expecting your fall catalog of flowers, I remain
Truly yours,
Earl L. Eldridge
P.S. I have about three pounds of G. B. Corn left also a lot of small seeds that I did not use all up. Will they be good another year? Where should I keep them and what should I put them in?
Aus 8/25/24
[[stamped]] AUG 11 1924 [[/stamped]]