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^[[ Ans 8/25/24 ]] 
[[stamped]] AUG 11 1924 [[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest.

R. #4 McKenzie, Tenn.
Aug, 5 - 1924.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co.

Gentlemen: - A real green spot in my morning is my first melon patch.  It was grown from Burpee's Seeds in 1882, Huge good old fashioned melons, Cuban Queens, Ice Creams and Bay Views I was only a boy, but I have always known that no patch ever produced more genuine pleasure and delight.  Well, this my first package of mail and first melon patch converted me to Burpee's Seeds.  I have planted them continually for forty two years.

I can't tell all that Burpee's Seeds have done for me, but they have furnished me the richest vegetables and the sweetest flowers that grow for forty two years.  They have increased my love for the things that grow and feed the world.  They have strengthened my faith in     ^[[my]] fellow men, seeing they have ideals which stand above the