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There's Money in the J. H. Hale Peach 

 Where Others Have Shown No Profit 



It will ship a thousand miles farther, bears when others fait, 

 and brings the highest prices. It has outyielded and outsold 

 Elberta and other peaches in carload lots in the country's 

 greatest market. Wm. P. Stark recognized its merits and has 

 propagated and sold it to satisfied growers in every section. In 

 a few years you, too, will be much pleased if you plant them now. 



The J. H. Hale Peach 



Size. Averages Vz to >j larger tlian Elberta. 

 Color. Golden yellow, overlaid with bright 

 carmine. 



Flesh. Solid, fine grained, tender, delicious 

 flavor ; perfect freestone. 



Shipping. Only peach ever shipped in a bar- 

 rel like apples. One crossed the continent twice 

 and was received in good condition. Has kept 

 53 days in ordinary ice-box. 



Ripening Season. Three days to a week ahead 

 of Elberta. 



Picking Season. Extended at both ends. 

 Colors before ripe and hangs long on the tree. 



Hardiness. Fruit buds are hardier than any 



large fine yellow peach. Has stood drouth and 

 severe cold when others in same orchard failed. 



Profits. Mr. Hale received $1,420 from one 

 acre. It has always brought him the highest 

 prices alongside of the highest grade Elbertas. 



Exclusive Contract. After testing this won- 

 derful peach for 12 years, Mr. Hale was at last 

 willing to have it bear his name. He contracted 

 with Wm. P. Stark Nurseries to propagate and 

 distribute this peach. The genume, registered 

 trademarked J. H. Hale peach trees can be fur- 

 nished only by the Wm. P. Stark Nurseries. 



Read These Letters From Experts 



From California. "The J. H. Hale i^ a very 

 handsome, shapely peach. The fruit is fully 

 ripe and juicy and its control of its own decay 

 in a close mail package ^ is very significant of 

 its keeping quality. It is a very heavy, fine- 

 fleshed peach, coarse fiber almost absent. The 

 fl.esh is solid yellow to the pit wall, no excess 

 of red color at the pit and no cavities around 

 it. The pit cavity has, however, a deep rich red 

 — a perfect beauty for varieties in which this 

 coloring is desirable. If vigor and bearing 

 prove satisfactory, I believe the variety will 

 have exceptional value in this state. If, how- 

 ever, it persists in being as much larger than 

 the Elberta as is claimed, it will be hard to hold 

 with one hand in California." — Prof. E. J. Wick- 

 son, I'niversity of California. 



29 Days in Storage. '"J. H. Hale peaches 

 picked 29 days and in common storage, still 

 good." — A. V. I'nderwood, Dufur, Oregon. 



Fully Up to Your Claims. "One of my J. H. 

 Hale trees bore ten peaches, one of which 

 weighed nine ounces. Beautiful they were, 

 flamed with vivid red and clear yellow. Good? 



Be assured they were fully up to any claim 

 made for them. I have the fullest faith in the 

 J. H. Hale peach for the home orchard and 

 commercial planting. Shall be very glad to 

 refer any who come this way to the J. H. Hale 

 peach." — Geo. J. Streator, 254 Seaside Ave., 

 Santa Cruz, California. 



The Export Peach. "Another peach season 

 has passed, and has been a success from every 

 point of view. I have watched my two-year-old 

 J. H. Hale orchard with lots of interest and 

 on the whole am now more enthusiastic than 

 ever, for while the buds showed much greater 

 winter hardiness than Elbertas as I wrote you 

 in the spring, I did not tell you that this region 

 had a bad attack of curl leaf in the spring and 

 all Elbertas not properly sprayed lost their 

 foliage and crop, while hardly a leaf was affected 

 on the J. H. Hale. Also, the fruit which showed 

 on many of the two-year olds was fully as fine 

 as our finest Elbertas which is remarkable for 

 two-year-olds. 



I have tested its keeping quality and I am 

 now sure that, as I have stated before, it will 



carry a thousand miles farther than Elberta, 

 and I can see that the picking season can easily 

 be extended about ten days in advance of El- 

 berta, and as much later." — Roland Morrill, 

 Benton Harbor, Michigan. 



Fine Shipper. Our three-year-old J. H, Hale 

 trees averaged fifteen to twenty peaches to the 

 tree. These peaches were lOi^ inches around, 

 and weighed 10 ounces each. Far better qual- 

 ity than Elberta. We are so far from the mar- 

 ket, the J. H. Hale will make a fine shipper, 

 and it is very hardy." — H. A. Budgell, Yakima 

 County, Washington. 



Remarkable Endurance. "But these peaches 

 would have gone from California to New York, 

 could have been sent back to California and 

 again to New York — three times across the con- 

 tinent with a margin of three days for examina- 

 tion, admiration and sale ! And no refrigera- 

 tion called for." — Parker Earle, Pasadena, Cal- 

 ifornia. (Note — Mr. Earle is a director of the 

 Redlands Heiglits Ranch Co. They set out an 

 initial planting of 14,000 J. H. Hale trees.) 



The Delicious Apple Elxpert Growers Endorse Our Trees 



Always Brings Highest Prices 



William P. Stark was ilie first 

 to recognize the merits of this 

 great apple. He named it "The 

 Delicious" and had the foresight 

 and courage to propagate it and 

 to urge growers to plant it. Its 

 gieat beauty, delightful flavor and 

 fragrant aroma, make a lasting 

 impression on the mind of the 

 consumer. 



Its vigor, hardiness, productive- 

 ness and shipping quality delight 

 the grower. It is a consistent, 

 top-notch money maker. 



"The Delicious is in great de- 

 mand here. One orchardist with 

 5 1 trees picked 259 boxes for 

 which he received $2.00 a box 

 here at home. He could easily 

 get $2.50 for them."— R. S. Pur- 

 tee & Son, Paonia, Colorado. 



" I have on hand a bushel of 

 Delicious apples for which I paid 

 the small sum of $4.00." — Alfred 

 Bonsecours, Topinabee, Michigan. 



Harvey Service on Santa Fe 

 recently bought 300 boxes of De- 

 licious at $3.00. 



Our healthy, vigorous trees, with unusually 

 heavy roots, have pleased large buyers in prac- 

 tically every fruit growing section of this coun- 

 try. Our trees are pruned in the nursery to 

 suit your needs and often come into bearing a 

 year or more sooner than ordinary trees. We 

 guarantee true-to-name, safe arrival and the 

 passing of the most rigid official inspection. 



"Your trees are the hardiest, best rooted 

 stock we receive, well packed and in good con- 

 dition. Were I to order trees for myself. I 

 would order them from your nursery." — H. B. 

 M. Hall, Quarantine Inspector, California. 



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We have no agents, but eliminate agents' 

 commissions and many causes for dissatisfaction, 

 such as mixing labels, delays in delivery, mis- 

 representation, etc. Our responsibility is not 

 second hand. To secure reliable information, 

 high quality and safe delivery at reasonable 

 price, buy direct from our catalog. 



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