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in factory had to depend ^[[on]] my daughter age thirteen to sell beans. but they bore such an abundant crop that in spite of corn being in market we realized $58.62 in cash canned 36 quarts for winter.  All we wanted for table use for our family of eight not


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counting what we gave away. An investment of $2.50 speaks well for Burpees seeds. Then the pleasure of growing such a crop. long after they were gone the women folks of Derby Conn would stops us and ask have you any more of those tender beans, this letter may not