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Into Your Orchard 
The time has come for the fruit-grower to inject new blood 
into his orchard. 
Scientific methods of treating the soil, of pruning, of spray- 
ing, does not answer the problem of increasing the yield per 
acre, nor of increasing the annual profits—they only serve 
to ward off the losses that otherwise would surely follow if 
these things were neglected. 
Just as farmers are paying close attention to seed with most 
germinative vigor; just as breeders are introducing the best and 
purest blood in their herds; so must the fruit-grower turn to the 
absolute elimination of unfit or unprofitable trees in his orchard 
and replace them with others which year after year will continue 
to pay big dividends. 
Scientific cultivation has its place in development; but the 
tree, itself, must be able to produce marketable fruit in large 
quantities—fruit that will command big prices—or the cash 
rewards will be disappointing. 
fff V? b f ha n - n0 - W ; Scientific breeding by the great Stark Nurseries has developed a royal 
strain of fruits that will inject the much-needed new blood into your orchard. The fruit borne bv our 
trees ^ whether the Masterpiece of all apples, the Stark Delicious, the Stark Early Elberta etc._are 
larger and better fruit. They will bring more money per tree than several other trees combined 
They will make more money for you than you’ve ever made before. * 
With Stark Tree Orchards 
Profits Are Sure 
STARK DELICIOUS 
The Masterpiece 
The fruit-grower who is in business for the 
money there is in it cahnot afford to experiment. 
He cannot afford to waste his time and money 
“trying out” this, that or other nursery stock on 
“promises.” 
V hat he wants is performance. He wants 
trees that have strength, size, beauty, good system 
of roots —all of which go to make the perfect trees 
that produce an abundance of perfect fruit— in 
short, STARK TREES. 
An Expert Says: 
*‘I have been in the Orchard business for 37 years and 
STARK BRO’S trees are the finest lot I ever bought; they 
are perfectly rooted and developed, and their condition on 
arrival was superb. I am planting them now and as I 
handle, them one by one my admiration grows and my 
appreciation of STARK BRO’S as tree growers becomes 
more exalted.” 
Col. Richard Dalton, Pres, of the Missouri 
State Board of Horticulture, who penned the 
above, is known and liked for his positive opinion 
and for saying just what he thinks. 
There are thousands of others who have also 
written us that Stark Trees brought them greater 
profits. 
What Stark Trees have done for these thou¬ 
sands, Stark Trees will do for you. For today 
Stark Trees are making money for orchardists in 
every State in the Union, Canada, Mexico and 
F oreign^ Countries. 
You can search the world over, no trees ap¬ 
proach the royal strains of money-making fruit 
grown in our nurseries—and the reason is this: 
Stark Trees Are the Kind You 
Can Plant Anywhere 
They will develop rapidly and produce great 
quantities of gorgeous fruit, because the soil in 
which we mother our trees contains the elements 
which produce sturdy, healthy, well-developed 
trees—trees that are full of life, full of vigor, 
which come only from the whole root trees 
The Knowledge Gained During 100 Years’ 
Exper ience Is Behind This Trade-Mark w 
taught r us ge mlny ti th t ings° f eXperienCe behind the Stark Nurseries-100 years 1 practical knowledge-has 
♦ a Tt has t au S.ht us to separate practical methods of propagation from those that were unwise: it has 
f ri ?j t K SyS | tem f °J the STO 'T a * °* tree »5 tl,e r ‘g ht system for packing and shipping; it lias taught 
• fk 1 » be fi e i! ned u°- n - tree deveIo *‘ mcnl — so that our advice to customers would enable them to 
obtain the greatest profits from their investment. 
With these facts before you, you can't help 
but admit that the Stark trademark means much 
to you or to any man buying apple trees, peach 
trees, ornamentals, etc 
For one thing, it means that you are dealing 
with the STARK BRO’S Nurseries, an institution 
with a reputation of nearly 100 years' square 
dealing. 
It means tlnit you are dealing with a concern 
that has a million dollar nursery built upon that 
reputation of square dealing, and of giving the best 
of service and the bestlof everything to its customers. 
It means that you are dealing with a concern 
that has helped to make more money for the fruit 
grower. 
It also means that you are dealing with a firm 
that deserves your patronage, for we do not offer for 
sale or ship a single tree, shrub or vine that does 
not come up to the descriptions and our claims 
for it. 
If these tnings mean anything to you, and they 
certainly do, then you will be sure of placing your 
order with 
STARK BROS. 
of Louisiana, Mo. 
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For nearly one hundred years we have made a 
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Our knowledge, our experience, hasadded hun¬ 
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of the farmer with a few acres of trees, to the 
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Nurseries and Orchards Co., Station E, Louisiana, - Mo. 
Introducers of the Famous STARK DELICIOUS APPLE ” 
you to become known as the leading orchardist 
in your vicinity. 
The Stark Year Book for 1913 
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Contain’ full’size color illustrations of gloriously 
tinted fruits. These books are filled with in- 
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full of facts that every fruit-grower should 
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