U. S. Patented — Sold ONLY by STARK 
ELEPHANT HEART, Largest Known Plum—one that you can break and eat like a Peach 
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Elephant Heart— Luther Burbank’s Greatest PLUM Masterpiece 
Imagine a plum 234 x 234 in.—big as a U. S. Standard apple— a proven their rugged hardiness, made vigorous growth and borne 
huge, heart-shaped beauty! A perfect freestone plum that you can very young and heavily —and, despite heavy bearing, the fruit is 
break and eat like a peach! Blood-red flesh as exquisitely luscious as uniformly huge and attractive heart-shape all over the tree, 
an Oxheart Cherry. The most marvelous freestone blood-fleshed Fruit is retn arkable shipper. Strong, firm skin-does not crack. Solid flesh. Can 
plum that the world has ever known. 1 he greatest triumph ot all be picked 2 weeks before ripe and shipped successfully to far-distant points. Has 
Burbank's painstaking life work. The supreme BEST of over 800 new kept perfectly in warm room 42 days after picking and shipping 2,647 
varieties that Burbank bequeathed to Stark Bro’s. miles without refrigeration. 
ASTONISHINGLY HARDY! In Mo. and Ill., where 15, 20 and BEARS YOUNG! Bore at 2 years in orchard of J. H. Bolton, Schuyler Co., 
even 25 degrees below zero often occur, Elephant Heart Trees have N. Y. We cannot recommend Elephant Heart too highly for home orchards. 
Flaming Delicious Patented 
BLOOD FLESHED. The great Early Ripening 
Team Mate of Elephant Heart. Ripens 2 weeks 
befrrve Elephant Heart. 
Very rugged and HARDY —came through 24J^ 
below zero without injury. Fruit is of great size— 
often 2 Yz x l J4 in.-—color waxy, shining red and 
FLESH IS GLORIOUS BLOOD-RED CLEAR 
TO PIT. Flavor is sweet, rich, juicy. A Perfect 
FREESTONE —so firm that it ships perfectly— 
small seed. A plum tHat you will be proud to raise in 
your home orchard, for, of it, Mr. Stark said, on 
first beholding it in all its glory, ‘‘This ONE huge, 
early plum is alone wortli more to fruit lovers than 
all the years and money spent on the Burbank 
Experimental Gardens! The tree is a late bloomer— 
and will escape frosts that kill many other varieties. 
Red Ace Plum 5 SS.“mS!ST 
son Freestone Plum, nearly as large as Elephant 
Heart, but rounder. Many 2 l{ in. across despite 
extra heavy bearing. Of Red Ace, Luther Burbank 
wrote: “BIG, crimson flesh-—firm—small seed— 
sweet as sugar —rich and full of delicious juice— 
annual and heavy bearer.” 
Tree NEVER winter killed in our years of exacting 
tests—even after 24JJs degrees below zero. A WON¬ 
DERFUL SHIPPER —and home orchardists will 
like it because it hangs tightly to tree with no sign 
of rot for 3 weeks after ripening. Young 3-yr.-old 
trees in North Mo. loaded with huge plums. 
Purple Flame 
Brilliant Purple Leaf 
Foliage Tree bearing 
rich red plums. Holds its beautiful purple leaves 
until late Fall. Very ornamental and fruitful. 
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L»reat Y ellOW to Stark Bro s 
Earliest Yellow Freestone —Ripens even earlier than 
Sliiro and much larger. Fruit is very large (2 to 2 >2 
in.- across), of pure golden yellow color (no red 
cheek) overspread with beautiful white bloom that 
makes it look almost like Alabaster. Our Test 
Orchard Superintendent declares it “the largest 
solid golden plum of all Burbank’s. “Large as an 
apple.” Tastes exquisitely mild and sweet, with 
just tlie right flavor. Tree is a fine grower, good 
foliage, graceful up-right shape. Bore after 14 
degrees below zero here in Missouri. Great shipping 
plum. Plum Experts who have carefully tested and 
studied all leading varieties, declare: “Great Yel¬ 
low and Honey Moon are unquestionably the 
two Greatest Yellow Plums in existence!” 
Plant Great Yellow in your home orchard to have a 
great fruit delight for your family—and a high 
priced fruit for local markets. 
Mammoth Cardinal 
U. S. PATENTED. Early —Huge, cherry 
red-skin, gold-flesh plum. Some measure 2 % 
in. across. Very thick, rich, semi-transparent, 
creamy yellow flesh—firm, fine grained, 
solid. Sweet, delicate flavor—completely 
free from sharp acidity. World famous plum 
expert declares: “Remarkably early for such 
an immense plum. Very fine color—meaty 
orange flesh and brilliant red skin.” Has 
borne fine crons despite frosts and drouths in 
Middlewest. Tree hardy and prolific. 
Honey-Moon Plum 
Mid-Season Yellow —A luscious Green Gage 
hybrid Burbank produced. A GREAT 
GLORIOUS GOLDEN YELLOW PLUM 
witli the sweet, tempting quality of the 
Gage. Fruit large, almost transparent golden 
yellow. I a it Burbank combined the delicious 
flavor of the Gage with heavy bearing of 
Japanese Hybrids. Tree strong grower, pro¬ 
duces tremendous crops annually. Hardy. 
Golden Heart Plum 
Early Yellow —A golden, heart-shaped plum 
with tender, flavor-ful golden flesh—juicy— 
sweet. Bears extremely young and heavily. 
Orange Plurncot £ lu a m Li 
Half Apricot. A Burbank cross of Japanese 
Plum with Persian Apricot. Ricli orange 
flesh, thick, meaty. Flavor combines plum 
sprightliness with apricot pungent sweet- 
jiess. Trees heavy, young bearers. 
June Red Skin Patent 
Earliest Red Skinned Yellow Fleshed Plum. 
Immense, extremely beautiful, perfectly 
round red-skinned FREESTONE plum with 
firm golden yellow flesh. Ripens a few days 
afte- JUNE BLOOD (Red Flesh) and 
GREAT YELLOW. Delightful flavor- 
sweet and juicy. Tree is very heavy bearer 
and remarkably HARDY —having with¬ 
stood 24 degrees below zero here in Northern 
Missouri. A superb early plum for the home 
orchard—and a money maker on.markets. 
June Blood Plum 
The Earliest Big Blood Plum among all of 
Burbank’s marvelous Fruit Creations. Of it, 
Burbank wrote: “A rich, delicious, deep 
purple plum. Sweet, juicy, rich. Largest of 
all plums ripening at this season.” 
Flesh amber, rosy-crimson (sometimes beau¬ 
tifully variegated). Semi-Cling. Small 
seed. Great -hud regular bearer. Has made 
wonderful record for heavy bearing and 
Hard iness in our far-famed Burbank Test 
Orchards. Excellent for home orchards for 
high priced fruit for roadside markets. 
Purple Plurncot gjVm 
and Half Apricot. Early —Burbank was first 
man in world to combine the flavor delights 
of BOTH Plum and Apricot in one NEW 
fruit—the Plurncot. This PURPLE PLUM- 
COT is 1 iis finest Blood-Fleshed varietx— 
huge, often 2 in. across. Gorgeous purplish 
red, with flesh blood red clear to pit. Very 
rich—irresistibly DELICIOUS. Perfect 
freestone. Is bearing splendidly in orchards 
east as well as west of the Rocky Mountains. 
Great Yellow—Earliest, Largest Yellow Freestone Plum 
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