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^[[#4429]] ^[[Ans 8/27/24]] [[stamped]] AUG 13 1924 [[/stamped]] "For Prize Contest." Burpee's Seeds have made money for me as well as giving me a healthful and pleasant occupation. Burpee's Annual was the deciding factor that caused me to give up teaching school and become a professional gardener, whereby I not only became independent but regained my lost health. Fordhook Celery made me famous as a gardener in Western Iowa and even spread my fame as a grower of the most wonderful Celery in the world to large cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and the state of California.