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BETTER FRUIT 



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The Apple of His Eye 



The favored fruit of America. The apple to which 

 the people of state after state annually award the 

 Blue Ribbon. The apple for which the commission 

 men, the retailers and consumers eagerly pay 

 prices that apples never before brought--prices 

 two and three times higher than they will pay 

 for other apples. 



"Stark Delicious" 



-declared to be "The Finest Apple in All the World" 

 by Luther Burbank, "The Wizard of Horticulture." 

 "Stark Delicious" is an apple in a class alone. A 

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 spiciness unknown in any other variety. Crisp, 

 fine-grained, juice-laden flesh. "Simply Delicious" in 

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