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Rev. G.R. Crockett, W. Pawlet, Vt.

[[underlined]] 270 words [[/underlined]]

"What Burpee's Seeds Have Done For Me."

Woe is the man with a subject so great, when he is limited to two hundred words!  First let me say, I cannot claim the accumulation of vast wealth, or the building of a costly palace with moneys received from the use of these seeds.  I am not a farmer, neither am I a market-gardener, but a professional man, and my garden has been my recreation.  For many years I have used Burpee's Seeds and have planted them in five different States in Our Union.  Beginning years ago, in the State of Maine, then New York, No. Dakota, South Dakota and now in Vermont.  I feel that with this experience of over twenty five years, and this range of territory, I may speak with some authority. ^[[130]]  I have, many times, planted Burpees Seeds, of the same variety side by side with seeds of other firms and invarieably, have received better