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^[[#4401]]
^[[Ans 8/12/24]]
^[[Rec'd 8/13/24 AP]]

[underlined] PRIZE CONTEST LETTER [/underlined]  

August 12, 1924

Mr. W. Atlee Burpee,
Philadelphia,  Pa.

Dear Sir:-

This is a little story of the immeasurable profit derived from an investment of two dollars eight years ago when I was trying to get back my courage and ambition after a long illness.   The investment was in Burpee's seeds.

Working in the soil gave me appetite, the first step to health. Watching for the seeds to come up gave me an incentive to rise early.

The beauty and peace and joy of early morning crept into my consciousness and gave me a fresh zest for life.

Watching the tender little green things grow became an absorbing occupation. I learned to find beauty everywhere. After experiencing many of the tragedies of the gardener and exulting in the joy of overcoming his obstacles, my view point has changed - vegetables are no longer commonplace. 

My Garden is larger now and a refuge when tired or perplexed. An hour spent there never fails to refresh me. Besides the pleasure and health derived from my investment, there is financial profit. I have an abundance of fresh vegetables. 

Sowing good seeds pays, so I buy the best. For each Burpee seed sown I reap a plant. 

Yours Truly,
[[signature]] Alice Nice  [[/signature]]
   
From:-
Mrs. Gale Nice,
222 North Washington St.,
Herkimer, N. Y.