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WILLIAM  P.  STARK 
“This  book  contains  the 
net  results  of  my  35  years'  ex¬ 
perience  as  a  fruit-grower  and 
nurseryman.  I  have  aimed 
above  all  to  make  it  practieaL 
It  is  written  from  the  fruit-  \ 
grower's  standpoint,  and  con¬ 
tains  just  the  facts  and  infor¬ 
mation  you  as  a  fruit* 
grower  want.  When 
;  you  write  for  the 
book,  tell  me  about 
your  orchard  plans— 
my  services  are  yours 
to  command,  with¬ 
out  charge.” 
McIntosh — Best  for  northern 
planting.  Otficrgoodones.  Bald¬ 
win,  Rome  Beauty,  R.  1.  Green¬ 
ing,  Grimes  Golden,  Jonathan, 
Stayman  Wirv'sap.  King  David, 
Wealthy,  I.ivland  Raspberry', 
Yellow  Transparent,  Gravenstein 
— all  good  money-makers. 
America’s  Foremost  Nursery¬ 
man 
This  big  new  book  i?  just  off  the 
press.  We  are  e  nding  a  con¬ 
densed  price  list  to  on r  old  cus¬ 
tomers  and  Country  Gentleman 
readers  who  are  on  our  lift,  but  in 
order  to  get  this  complete,  illus¬ 
trated  1916  catalog,  you  must 
write  for  it  today.  It  is  mailed 
only  on  request. 
“To  win  success  in  fruit¬ 
growing  one  must  have  a  love 
for  the  business,  coupled  with 
an  eye  out  for  valuable  varie¬ 
ties  and  the  courage  to  plant 
liberally  to  be  ahead  of  the 
other  fellow.  I  have  often 
been  asked  how  I  did  it.  I  am 
glad  to  tell  some  of  my  ex¬ 
periences  in  Mr.  Stark's  new 
bock  in  the  hope  they  will  help 
others  in  avoiding  mistakes 
and  securing  larger  profits.” 
160  Pages 
Fully 
Illustrated 
Famous  Delicious  Apple — Its 
luscious  flavor,  delightful  juicy 
crispness  and  fragrant  aroma 
sell  the  Delicious  at  an  average 
of  SI. 00  per  box  more  than  other 
apples.  Delicious  succeeds  every¬ 
where — New  York.  Ohio,  Massa¬ 
chusetts  have  produced  some  of 
the  finest  quality,  highest  colored 
specimens  grown — those  from  our 
own  Missouri  orchards,  rivaled 
Northwestern -grown  Delicious  jn 
color  and  size,  and  even  better  in 
richness  and  quality.  Greatest 
money-maker  of  all. 
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William  P.  Stark’s  New 
1916  Fruit  Book— FREE! 
This  book  has  cost  us  thousands  of  dollars  to  produce.  It  is  the  most  complete  and  up-to-date 
book  of  its  kind  ever  published.  Used  as  reference  book  by  Universities  in  horticultural  courses 
— endorsed  by  experts  everywhere.  Easily  worth  $1  per  copy,  butMailed  Free  if  you  write  today. 
Just  The  Information  You  Want  Thrifty,  Hardy,  Big-Rooted  Trees 
•;£v>  W  Prices 
on  J.  H.  Hale 
■ - '  Peach  Trees  Reduced 
One-Half  This  Season 
See  Page  59  in  New  Catalog. 
Anjou  Pear — Best  commercial 
pc-ar.  Otiier  dependable  varie¬ 
ties,  Peeked,  Bartlett,  Lincoln, 
Cornice,  Clapp.  Winter  Nelis. 
For  southern  localities,  Garber 
and  Kieffer,  Dwarf  Pears — 
t  an  be  planted  closer,  bear  2nd 
to  3rd  year.  Quinces — Fine  for 
flavoring  preserves  and  jellies. 
Just  The  Information  You  Want 
— Gives  complete  description  of  fruit,  shape, 
color,  quality,  etc. 
— Tells  when  fruit  ripens,  season  of  use,  etc. 
—  Describes  growing  habits,  hardiness,  where 
each  variety  succeeds  best. 
—  Which  are  bestmoney-makers  for  your  section. 
—  Gives  weak  points  as  well  as  good  ones. 
— Peach-ripening  chart;  gives  dates  of  succes¬ 
sion  of  ripening,  earliest  to  latest. 
—  Illustrated  with  nearly  200  photographs  of 
fruit,  trees,  orchard  scenes,  etc. 
— Tells  right  distance  to  plant,  number  of  trees 
or  shrubs  necessary  per  acre. 
— 160  pages.  Fully  indexed,  easy  to  find  what 
you  want.  Handy  pocket  size. 
—  Prices  in  plain  figures  under  each  variety 
Same  low  grower’s  prices  to  all. 
Grow  Better  Fruit — Get  Bigger  Profits 
Consumers  today  demand  quality.  They  appreciate 
well-grown  fruit,  free  from  worms,  scab  or  blemish — but 
to  get  top-notch  prices  you  have  to  furnish  fruit  better  in 
taste  and  flavor,  better  in  appearance  and  better  in  quality. 
Prof.  F.  C.  Sears,  author  of  “Productive  Orcharding, '' 
says;  "Given  choice  apples  and  a  family  will  easily  use 
ten  barrels  in  a  year;  furnish  them  with  BenDaviB  and 
they  can  getalong  with  one  barrel  and  not  feel  the  loss.” 
The  varieties  we  list  in  our  catalog  are  the  ones  we  have 
proved  through  actual  orcharding  experience  to  be  the 
most  readily  salable,  the  most  dependable  and  to  bring 
the  highest  returns  to  the  grower. 
Vigor  and  healthiness  are  important  things  in  buying 
trees.  But  more  important  yet  are  the  roots,  for  the  roots 
furnish  the  first  food  to  the  newly  planted  tree.  Thin, 
spindling  roots  mean  slow,  weak  growth.  Plump,  strong, 
heavy  roots,  grown  the  William  P.  Stark  way,  give  the 
young  trees  a  quick  start,  a  healthy,  thrifty  growth  and 
bring  the  trees  into  bearing  very  young— often  a  year 
sooner  than  ordinary  grown  trees.  Our  Ozark  Mountain 
Stark  City  soil  is  famous  for  the  roots  it  produces.  Insist 
on  good  roots— they  are  the  very  fountain  of  your  orchard. 
Buy  Direct  From  Nursery — Save 
V3  to  — Get  Better  Trees 
No  agents,  no  "plate-book”  men.  Our  catalog  is  our 
only  representative.  Send  for  it  and  get  lowest  grocers' 
prices,  printed  in  plain  bold  figures.  Make  the  saving. 
Get  better  trees. 
Doubly  Guaranteed 
True-to-Name 
The  strongest  guarantee  put  out  by  any  nursery.  If 
not  true  to  name  you  (1)  get  double  number  of  trees  re¬ 
placed,  or  (2)  your  money  back  with  6  percent  compound 
interest  and  trees  replaced  free  of  charge. 
Safe  Arrival  Guaranteed 
Your  trees  willbe  packed  in  the  famous  Wm.  P.  Stark 
“3,000  Mile”  Package,  shipped  direct  to  you.  No  rehand¬ 
ling,  no  drying  out  of  tops  or  roots.  Thousands  of  fore¬ 
most  New  England  and  New  York  growers  buy  our 
hardy,  heavy-rooted  trees  yearly,  because  they  start 
quicker,  grow  faster,  bear  one  year  to  two  years  sooner. 
Endicort  Plum — Largp.  juicy, 
superb  quality,  hardy.  Wonder¬ 
fully  promising  now  plum,  be¬ 
ing  planted  by  the  thousand. 
America,  Red  June.  Burbank, 
Abundance.  Italian  Prune.  Shrop¬ 
shire  Damson.  Thrive  in  poultry 
yards,  back  lots,  anywhere. 
Shade  Trees — Plant  now;  in¬ 
crease  value  of  property.  Best 
kinds  for  Avenues.  Yards.  Parks, 
Windbreaks,  etc.  Birch,  Catalpa, 
Elm,  Flowering  Crab.  Maples, 
Linden,  Plorse  Chestnut,  Ash, 
Sycamore,  Poplar,  Russian  Olive, 
Mulberry,  Staghorn  Sumach  etc. 
You  Can  Get  Genuine  Trademarked  J.H.Hale  Peach  Trees 
Only  From’ Stark  City,  Mo.  ^  UM\lZLisien^l 
On  Tag 
We  grow  and  sell  genuine  J.  H.  Hale  peach  /  jj 
trees  under  exclusive  contract  with  Mr.  Hale  and  /  ,7  ^ 
control  absolutely  all  scions  and  propagating  /p/ 
wood  from  his  bearing  orchards.  These  trees  CS 
are  sold  only  direct  from  Stark  City  nurseries—  Jj-f  r ? A 
never  through  agents.  For  your  protection,  we  put 
trademarked  wooden  tags  bearing  Mr.  Hale’s  written  signature  on 
all  J.  H.  Hale  trees.  Don't  take  chances!  Look  out  for  agents  claiming  to  repre¬ 
sent  us— they  are  frauds!  See  that  Mr.  Hale’s  signature  is  on  the  tag. 
William  P.  Stark  Nurseries 
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J.  H.  HALE 
“The  Poach  King” 
Mr.  Hole  is  recognized  as  the 
most  progressive  fruit-grower  in 
America.  It  is  characteristic  of 
him  that  "he  never  puts  the 
weight  of  his  name  and  reputa¬ 
tion  back  of  anything  that  he 
hasn't  tried  ont  to  a  solid  con¬ 
clusion.".  His  word  is  accepted 
as  authority  by  fruit-growers 
everywhere. 
J.  IT.  Hale — A  merica'sGreatest 
Market  Peach — In  the  largest 
peach  crop  in  history  this  year, 
the  J.  H.  Hale  brought  premium 
prices,  selling  at  $2  to  $2.50  per 
bushel,  as  against  80c  to  $1.25  for 
Elbortas.  These  sales  were  in 
carload  lots.  Outyields  Elbert ,i. 
doubles  it  in  size,  far  better 
quality,  better  keeper  and  shipper, 
higher  color — biggest  money- 
maker  in  peaches.  Caution — 
Our  exclusive  contract  with  Mr. 
Hale  guarantees  you  genuine 
trees.  Look  for  trademark  signa¬ 
ture  on  tag,  registtrt  n  U. 
Patent  Office. 
Early  Rose  Peach — We  are  offer¬ 
ing  the  Early  Rose  to  fruit¬ 
growers  for  the  first  time  this 
season.  Highest  quality  and  best 
shipping  early  variety.  As  won¬ 
derful  for  its  season  as  the  J.  H. 
Hale  is  to  mid-season  peaches. 
Mr.  Hale  has  over  260  acres  in 
bearing — carload  after  carload 
sold  in  the  New  York  market  for 
highest  ju  ices  of  its  season.  Fully 
described  in  new  catalog.  Write 
for  it.  .  ; 
Montmorency  Cherry — L  a  r  - 
gest,  finest ,  best  of  its  class. 
Cherry'  trees  planted  as  tempor¬ 
ary  fillers  in  our  apple  orchards 
netted  us  $2  per  tree  this  season. 
See  list  in  catalog,  best  sours  and 
Sweets — 1-year  cherry  trees  with 
well-branched  tops,  heavy  roots, 
1  remarkable  value  for  the  money. 
Moore’s  Early — Most  profitable 
early  black.  Campbell  Early  fine. 
Also  Niagara,  Concord,  Agawam. 
Worden.  Sixteen  best  varieties 
for  all  parts  U.  S.  Bear  early, 
•j  ield  S200  to  MOO  per  acre. 
Ideal  for  arbors,  fences,  etc. 
EverbearlngStrawberries  -Bear  first  sea¬ 
son,  fruit  all  summer.  Our  everbearing 
strawberries  paid  for  cost  of  all  plants,  cul¬ 
tivation  and  care  first  season  set  out,  yield¬ 
ing  $5  to  $7  per  crate.  We  picked  ripe  ber¬ 
ries  to  November  14lh  at  Stark  City.  Order 
plants  now,  ns  demand  is  tremendous. 
ft,  Roses — Field-grown;  all 
i  best  varieties,  Teplitz, 
Snow  Queen,  Kaiserin, 
Caroline  Testout,  Dor- 
othy  Perkins,  etc.,  for 
V  tllt  flowers,  mass  plant¬ 
ing,  climbers. 
Shrubs — Best  and  hardiest  for  all  purposes. 
Hardy  Perennials— Peonies,  Phlox,  Iris, 
etc.  See  list  in  catalog. 
St.  Regis  Everbearing  Rasp¬ 
berry — Richly  flavored,  crimson; 
only  successful  everbei  ring  rasp¬ 
berry.  Sunbeam,  Columbian, 
Cumberland.  Excellent  reds  and 
blacks,  Cuthbrrt,  Kansas,  King, 
Blackberries-  -Money-makers; 
bear  young.  Blowers,  Early  Har¬ 
vest,  Early  King,  Eldorado,  Mor- 
.  cereau,  Suyder,  Wilson. 
Perfection  Currant — Brilliant 
red;  large  berries;  profitable,  pro¬ 
lific.  Black  Naples;  White  Grape, 
Red  Cross,  Wilder,  London  Mar¬ 
ket  extra  fine.  Oregon  Cham¬ 
pion  best  Gooseberry.  Large, 
immensely  productive. 
