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For Prize Contest
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[[underline]]To.[[/underline]] W.A. Burpee Co.

Sir:

  May I  tell you of the almost unbelievable strength + quality of your edible peas, grown under adverse conditions. We received your $5 col. the begining of April, but, owing to my being in bed for 2 months with serious illness, vegetables were not planted until begining of June! We put all seeds in hurridly, with little manure, + expecting

[[stamped]] AUG 31 1925 [[/stamped]]