-William P. Stark Nurseries Box 118 Stark City, Mo. 
J. H. Hale Peach — Ripens 
early; a week before Elberta. 
Immense in size, beautiful color, 
high quality, splendid canner, 
amazing keeper. Great money- 
maker. 
Genuine trade-marked trees 
grown by us under exclusive 
contract with Mr. Hale. Look 
for his signature on tag with 
every tree. 
Early Rose Peach — Best of 
early peaches. Superb flavor 
and fragrance. Fruit sold at 
S3.50 per crate. 
Grapes, Cherries, Etc. — All 
the choice black, blue, green 
and red grapes. Montmorency 
cherry, most widely planted; 
quinces, apricots, etc. 
St. Regis Ever-Bearing 
Raspberry — Only successful 
ever-bearing raspberry. Bril- 
liant crimson, juicy, highest 
quality. Very productive, bears 
all season. 
This Photograph 0/ 
Progressm Ever-Bearing 
Strazeberries was taken 
October i$th. 
Delicious Apple — The Na- 
tional Dessert .'Vpple — appetizing 
flavor, crisp, juicy, keeps well. 
Served in metropolitan hotels 
at 25 to 50 cents each. Thrives 
from New England to Cali- 
fornia. 
Anjou, Bartlett Pears — All 
best varieties, both standard 
and dwarf. Pears are easily 
grown, supply luscious fruit 
and make beautiful ornamen- 
tal trees. 
Endicott Plum — Large,juicy, 
superb quality, hardy. Won- 
derfully promising new plum- 
very productive — being planted 
by the thousand. 
McDonald Blackberry — A 
cross between blackberry and 
dewberry. Earliest of black- 
berries. enormously productive, 
large berries, fine quality — 
vigorous, hearty, drought-resis- 
tant. Has yielded 300 to 500 
crates per acre. 
Pick Strawberries 
Like These in October 
Set Plants This Spring-Pick Berries All This Summer 
These wonderful ever-bearing strawberries have lengthened the season 
five months. They bear the same season you set them out — the first crop 
in May or June. They bloom and bear all summer under favorable con- 
ditions, produce a heavier crop in the fall and continue to bear until freez- 
ing weather. Order your plants now before the supply is sold out. We 
sell direct-from-nursery only. For descriptions, prices, etc., of these ever- 
bearing strawberries, also of choice fruits and shrubs, send for 
William P. Stark’s New 1917 Book 
Each year hundreds of 
valuable book of fruits and 
better than ever — 160 pages, 
200 pictures. It tells the best 
fruits for home or orchard planting; 
shape, size, color, quality; which are 
best for your section; season of 
ripening; origin of the Delicious 
Apple; Mr. Hale’s own stor>- of The 
Million Dollar Peach. Mail coupon 
below for this free book. 
Garden Magazine readers have prized our 
ornamentals. This year it is bigger and 
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It enables us to give better service 
and better trees and plants at lower 
prices. Our customers have found 
this the most satisfactory method. 
Each year we get more reorders and 
more business from our customer’s 
friends. 
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Reading Giant Asparagus — 
Best of all. Large, tender, highest 
quality. Every hill productive. 
Selected by U. S. Government 
above all others for rust resistant 
qualities. 
Shrubs, ShadeTrees,Etc. — 
A full line of decorative 
shrubs and plants — Althea, 
Deutzia, Hydrangea, Snow- 
ball, Snowberry, Syringa, etc. 
Shade trees, hedge plants, 
climbing vines, etc. 
Hardy Roses — For cut flowers, 
mass planting, and climbers. Our 
roses are field grown, full of strength 
and vigor. 
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William P, Stark Nurseries, Box 118, Stark City, Missouri. Please mail me your 160-page catalogue. 
Name 
(Give Street or R. F. D. Number) 
Address 
Mark- those you are par- 
ticularly interested in — 
also number of each. 
I I J. H. Hale Peach | | 
I I Appl es I I Plums 
( [ Peaches ) | Cherries 
I I Pears | | Bush Fruits 
Delicious Apple 
I I Roses 
I I Ornamentals 
I I Strawberries 
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