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Stark  Delicious 
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STARK  BRO’S 
Bears  Wondrous  Money  Crops  in  44  Out  of  48  States 
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Stark  Delicious 
Grown  on 
a  Genuine 
ORIGINAL 
TREE 
Strain 
Tree 
CL.  WITHERELL  bought  the  land 
•  where  his  orchard  now  stands  (near 
Middlebury,  in  Northern  Vermont)  for 
$40  an  acre.  It  would  have  made  him  a 
scant  living  in  corn,  wheat  or  ordinary 
farm  crops.  Set  out  in  Stark  Trees,  it  is 
rapidly  making  him  rich. 
Last  year,  just  one  block  of  74  of  his 
11-year-old  Genuine  ORIGINAL  TREE 
Strain  of  Stark  Delicious  trees 
yielded  him  576  bushels  of 
glorious  apples.«  All  but  30 
bushels  graded  out  ‘‘Fancy” 
or  “Extra  Fancy.”  And — 
they  added  the  impressive  sum  of 
Two  Thousand,  Four  Hundred  and; 
Sixty  Dollars  to  his  bank  account. 
He  tells  us  that  his  ORIGINAL  TREE 
Strain  of  Stark  Delicious  trees  began  bear¬ 
ing  when  4  years  old — and  have  borne  every  year 
since.  He  now  has  1,000  more  Stark  Delicious  6-year- 
olds  that  he  declares  are  “producing  a  bumper  crop 
this  year.”  On  October  21,  1922,  he  writes:  “Just 
shipped  my  lasf  car  Stark  Delicious  to  New  York. 
Got  $6.00  per  box  for  run  of  Delicious.  Special  Fancy,  $8.00  per  box.” 
Monument 
Dedicated  To 
ORIGINAL 
Stark  Delicious  Tree 
August,  1922 
By  State  of  Iowa 
We  wish  that  every  fruit  grower  —  every  farmer  —  and  every  home-owner 
could  see  and  talk  to  Mr.  Witherell.  You  would  know  then  WHY — 
74  Stark  Trees=576  Bu.  Apples 
$2,460.00  in  Year  on  Vermont  Farm 
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As  E.  P.  Taylor,  State  Horticulturist  and  Con¬ 
sulting  Expert  on  Horticulture,  says:  “Stark 
Delicious  trees  are  now  growing  and  bearing 
fruit  in  all  parts  of  the  world — and  are  adapted 
to  a  wide  range  of  climate  and  soil  conditions.’’ 
Nevertheless,  there  are  not  one-tenth  enough 
genuine  Stark  Delicious  trees  planted  to  begin  to 
supply  the  enormous  demand  for  this  “King 
of  all  Red  Apples.” 
Again,  in  Sullivan  Co..  New  York,  Charles  Taylor 
lias  specialized  on  ORIGINAL  TREE  Strain  of 
Stark  Delicious  and  made  5  acres  of  common 
$40  an  acre  land  bring  him  over  $0,200.00  in 
last  5  years  of  the  short  10  years  he  has 
been  an  apple  grower.  He  says:  “Once 
people  buy  Stark  Delicious  apples  they 
don’t  want  any  other  kind.” 
Near  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  A.  A. 
Marshall  is  getting  wondrous 
crops  and  record  prices  ($7.00 
for  75  Delicious  apples  in  a  car¬ 
ton)  for  his  harvests  from  his 
6,000  tree  orchard.  He  tells  us 
that  bis  8  and  9-year-old  ORIGINAL 
TREE  Strain  of  Stark  Delicious  trees 
from  Stark  Bro’s  bore  about  20  bushels 
each  this  past  summer. 
In  the  Hudson  Valley,  New  York,  Dudley 
Palmer  (Ulster  Co.’s  noted  orchardist)  re¬ 
ceived  $5.00  per  BUSHEL  in  October  this  year 
(1922)  for  his  “orchard  run”  Stark  Delicious 
(grown  on  ORIGINAL  TREE  Strain  Stark  Deli¬ 
cious  trees)  when,  as  Mr.  Palmer  states.  “Fancy 
McIntosh  were  bringing  only  $5.00  per  BARREL.” 
In  the  Champlain  Valley,  New  York,  Fred  L. 
Porter  bought  land  for  $50  an  acre  and  set  it  to 
orchard.  Recently,  he  laughed  at  an  offer  of 
$1,000.00  per  acre  for  a  part  of  this  land.  Why 
shouldn't  he,  when  last  year  he  picked  more  than 
$1,000.00  worth  of  such  apples  as  Stark  Delicious 
and  McIntosh  per  acre?  His  6-year-old  Stark 
Delicious  bore  splendid  crops  in  1922. 
Another  New  York  fruit  grower,  Philip  Du 
Bois,  (Ulster  Co.),  whose  name  and  fame  is  known 
to  all  orchardists,  received  $10,000.00  from  the 
crop  off  500  trees  alone  last  year.  He  has  7-year- 
old  Stark  Delicious  trees  that  bore  5  bushels  or 
more  each  in  1922 — and  he  says  lie  always  gets 
$5.00  a  bushel  for  Ills  Stark  Delicious,  no  matter 
how  low  other  growers  are  selling  other  varieties 
of  apples  for. 
Over  in  Broome  Co..  New  York,  those  noted 
growers,  E.  P.  Brontzmann  &  Son.  have  several 
plantings  of  ORIGINAL  TREE  Strain  Stark  De¬ 
licious  trees.  They  write:  “We  were  offered 
$5.00  per  bushel  for  our  Stark  Delicious  apples 
before  we  picked  them.” 
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Stark’s  Golden  Delicious 
$5.00  Bu.  Last  Year ! 
$7.00  This  Year! 
Last  year  Stark's  Golden  Delicious  could  be  bought 
for  $5.(K>  per  bushel.  This  year  the  price  quoted  is 
up  to  $7.00,  because,  as  one  large  grower  stated, 
The  folks  in  my  neighboring  city  gladly  pay  me  that 
and  call  for  more.”  This  is  the  “Queen  of  Yellow 
Apples” — the  variety  that  bore  fruit  when  2-years-old  in 
cso  different  states — the  variety  that  bore  despite  3  different 
frosts  and  2  freezes  last  year  in  11  different  states. 
Of  it,  S.  L.  Zellers,  Lycoming  Co.,  Penna.,  says: — My  Stark’s 
Golden  Delicious  planted  in  1918  had  a  FULL  CROP  this  year 
(1922).  They  will  carry  a  heavier  load  than  Grimes  Golden.” 
apple  grow 
Riedenbaker.  Burlington  Co.,  New  Jersey,  says: — “The  best 
vn.“  He  ought  to  know,  for  all  his  250  Stark’s  Golden  Deli¬ 
cious  in  their  third  summer  bore  big  crops  this  year 
(1922).  One  yielded  80  big  apples.  Many  bore  when 
only  18  months  old.  “Very  large  and  fine  color,”  says 
Mr.  Riedenbaker. 
While  E.  Ray.  North  Adams,  Mass.,  declares: — “Both 
Stark’s  Golden  Delicious  and  Stark  Delicious  are  free 
from  tree  diseases  and  cankers.  Mine  bore  fruit  wrhen 
2  years  old.” 
And  Prof.  Paddock,  Ohio’s  noted  State  Horticulturist, 
frankly  admits:  “Stark’s  Golden  Delicious  beats  any¬ 
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Despite  50-Day  Drouth.  an  trough  the  dry  weather,”  writes  Mr.  Ulrich  Southeimer,  Rushland,  Pa. 
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