Stark Tree and Shrub Order Blank—Continued 
These actual figures put out by the Bureau of Railway 
Economics, Washington, D. C. 
Number of bearing age trees in U. S.: 
In 1899-—201,795,000 bearing fruit trees 
In 1909 —- 151,323,000 bearing fruit trees 
In 1919 — 115,309,000 bearing fruit trees 
In 1924 — 103,697,000 bearing fruit trees 
A loss of 98,098,000 Bearing Trees in 25 years. During 
this 25 years, our population has jumped many millions. 
fewer apple trees in the United States than in 1920 — 
A decrease of 25% in 10 years in the number of apple 
trees, with Peaches and other fruits in proportion. 
This enormous decrease in the number of fruit trees, com¬ 
bined with the greatly increased population (an increase in 
the last 10 years of approximately 17,000,000) assures both 
the home orchard planter and the commercial orchardist of 
more profits than ever before. 
The man who plants an orchard of high quality fruits 
NOW will make big profits during the next 20 years. 
