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^[[#4478]]
^[[Ans 8/27/24]]
^[[stamped]]AUG 13 1924[[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest

Dayton, O. 8-10-24

W. Atlee Burpee and Co.
Philadelphia Pa

Gentlemen:_

Burpee's Seeds have been bringing pleasure and profit to our family since 1884.

Discussion of the merits of the different varieties of vegetables and flowers produced the previous year have occupied many pleasant evenings before the "Annual" makes it's appearance.

Planning the garden and selecting the varieties best adapted to our soil and climate, ordering the seed, preparing the window boxes, planting seed, anxiously waiting for the first plants to appear, noticing the peculiar characteristics of the different varieties as they develop leaves produce flowers and fruits, all provide pleasure and instruction