Actual Size 
Average 
Starking 
Apple 
Genuine 
STARKING 
Apple Trees 
Can Be Obtained 
ONLY from 
Stark Bro’s 
STARKING 
.. the Sensational 
New Double-Red 
Stark Delicious 
Sold ONLY by Stark Bro’s 
A 1 
NOTED Horticulturist told us, some 
_years ago: “A New Jersey Orchardist 
has an amazing Stark Delicious tree. One limb 
of this Stark Delicious tree is loaded every 
year with apples that get RED ALL OVER IN 
AUGUST, a month before ripening, when the 
apples on the other limbs are still green!” 
YVe investigated and bought this tree for $6,000.00, 
erected a cage around it for protection and began a series ol 
tests to PROVE that scions cut from that limb would produce 
trees that would bear apples having that same early-coloring, 
super-color, double-red characteristic. 
During all the years of tests and inspections by scores of State 
Horticulturists and noted Iruit Growers, STARKING exceeded the 
“rosiest” expectations of all of us—has performed in such a way that 
it has convinced every State and National Horticulturist who has seen the Original Tree 
and the succeeding generations of STARKING trees, that it is a true bud-sport— 
and produces by far the most superior strain of the famous Delicious apples. 
“Every One of My 3-Yr.-01d 
Starkings Bore This Year!” 
—reports Jos. A. Richartz, of Yakima. 
“The photos of my 3-year-old Starking 
trees show the magnificent crop that 
EVERY ONE of these trees bore this year 
—and EVERY apple had 100 per cent 
color—even those on ends of limbs bent to 
ground and entirely covered in the alfalfa. 
All the apples were LARGE—most of 
them running 64, 72 and 80 to the bushel. 
Leading orchardists in this section are 
more enthusiastic than ever over Starking, 
not only its wonderful color and size but 
its ability to bear considerably younger 
than Delicious. Mr. Curtis Aller, Mgr. 
Yakima Fruit Growers Association visited 
my orchard a number of times and was 
very enthusiastic over the splendid size, 
color and young bearing of Starking. 
(Note—The Yakima Fruit Growers As¬ 
sociation—“The Big Y”—has since ordered 
over 20,000 Starking Trees from us.) 
Starking Sales 405% Greater Than Delicious 
T HOUGH introduced less than a generation ago, Starking is already far 
out-selling old Delicious because far-seeing orchardists realize 
that Starking is a vastly improved Delicious. 
Last season, we sold 405 per cent more Starking trees than old Delicious 
—and except Golden Delicious, it has for years been by far our bestseller. 
Growers who plant for profit have planted and are planting Starking by the tens of 
thousands. In the Greatest American orchards, where Stark Delicious has for years been 
the GREATEST PROFIT MAKER for growers, Starking is being planted as no other apple 
was ever planted before! 
“Won’t Get Mealy!” 
Prof. J. H. Gourley, Ohio, Chief Horti¬ 
culture Dept, states:—“The Starking guar¬ 
anteed red color assures fruit growers:— 
Early Picking, Firmer Fruit for Longer 
Keeping and Better Quality over a Longer 
Storage Season.'’ (Won’t Get Mealy—like 
old Delicious.) 
“STARKING— 
A Super Delicious!” 
Prof. T. J. Talbert, Mo. State Horti¬ 
culturist states:—“I have seen Starking and 
marveled at its early color (in Aug.). It is 
a super-Delicious and will keen far through 
the winter WITHOUT BECOMING 
MEALY! It will be outstanding as a leader.’’ 
“Shows Even More Color than 
Necessary for Fancy Grade!’ ’ 
That’s the positive statement of Prof. Roy E. 
Marshall, Assoc. Prof, in Horticulture, Michigan 
State College. 
“The color of the STARRING apples even 
from the most shaded portion of the limb 
showed more color than is necessary for EX¬ 
TRA FANCY GRADE. 
“STARKING is a bud sport of Delicious having 
every tree and fruit characteristic of the latter, 
PLUS SOLID RED COLOR. It should yield like 
Delicious, grade out better and command even 
better prices on apple markets than Delicious.” 
You Can Obtain Genuine STARKING Trees ONLY from Stark Bro’s, Louisiana, Mo. 
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