February, 1919 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



IhcOiUvUill 



$5,000 



FOR ONE TREE 



Here is the original Golden 

 Delicious tree which we pur- 

 chased for $5,000.00, paying for 

 ground and tree. There it 

 stands, on a West Virginia 

 mountain side, enclosed in a 

 huge, protecting cage. 



Golden Delicious 



A LONG-KEEPING APPLE, greater in size and finer in flavor than the 

 ■*"*■ most glorious Grimes Golden any tree ever bore. Blessed with a spicy, 

 aromatic flavor and zest more exquisite than even the finest pear. A yellow apple that can be eaten 

 in October — yet will keep its indescribable, fine quality and sprightly flavor until late spring or even 

 early summer. This is the apple that Stark Bro's discovered some years ago growing in a wind-swept 

 winter-wrapt orchard in the bleak mountains of West Virginia. 



This is the tree we bought for $5,000.00. From this 

 tree we have, during the past years, propagated many 

 thousand new Golden Delicious trees. These were tested 

 East, West, North and South. Golden Delicious is now 



growing in states from the Atlantic to the Pacific — bearin 

 golden crops in the East, Central West and Far West. Last 

 year alone over 10,000 Fruit Growers Planted Golden 

 Delicious Trees. 



"SO Per Cent Larger Fruit Than Grimes Golden! I Foresee This Apple 

 The First Choice In Our Orchards" — Joseph Girardi, Illinois Orchard Expert 



"I have eaten Golden Delicious in October and in the 



spring following and the quality kept well. The Golden Delicious 

 tree, as hardy as Stark Delicious and Wealthy." declares Silas 

 Wilson, owner of the famous 800- acre Wilson Orchards at Nampa, 

 Idaho. " Its faculty for setting an apple for every blossom is most 

 remarkable. Although many apple varieties did not blossom heavy 

 this year the Golden Delicious multiplied 4 to 5 times oyer last 

 year. And every blossom set an apple!" continues this same 

 practical fruit grower. 



Furthermore, it is the youngest bearer we have ever 



introduced. Also a heavy annual bearer. No other apple tree sur- 

 passes it in these respects. It is a splendid shipper. The firm texture 

 of its skin is one reason. The regularity of shape is another. The 



Growers will 



fact that the bruises dry up instead of rotting is a third, 

 find this apple a wonderful money-maker. 



Read the Thrilling "Trail of the Golden Apple" In this 

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