WORLD’S BEST PEARS—Stark Record-Bearing Strain 
Lincoln —King of Pears 
Late Summer. Our Genuine ORIGINAL TREE Strain. Best all- 
around, all purpose pear for the Middle West and East. Fruit averages 
about the size of Bartlett; clear, beautiful, glossy yellow. Good shipper, 
superb quality—many claim even better than Bartlett. Tree remarkably 
hardy and blight resistant, long lived. Heavy cropper, should be 
thinned for largest size. Our propagation direct through original Lincoln 
tree on grounds of W. E. Jones, Logan Co., Ill. When he first offered 
Lincoln, he claimed it to be as hardy as an Oak—and experience has 
borne out this statement. Has borne enormous crops every year since 
first coming into bearing. After 30 years’ experience with Lincoln we still 
recommend it as the best. Thrives when others fail. 
Stark Seckel (Sugar Pear) 
Late Summer 
Our large improved Record-Bearing 
Strain of Seckel has been' grown by us for 
years and propagation kept pure. Fruit is 
medium size, spicy, honeyed flavor and has 
been for generations the highest standard 
of quality. Blight resistant. 
Bartlett - Summer 
Delicious quality and superb beauty that 
has made it the standard on all markets- 
Large rich golden yellow with red blush; 
juicy, melting, with rich indescribable flavor 
that has made it the most popular flavored 
pear. Sometimes blights. An old favorite. 
Stark Tyson - Summer 
This delicious little red and gold pear has 
been called “The Summer Seckel"—and 
this description fits it perfectly. About the 
rize of ordinary Seckel and similar quality. 
Duchess (Angouleme) 
Fall 
Our “Record-Bearing” Strain is young 
bearing, often fruiting the second season 
after planting. The Fruit is extremely large 
(often weigh over a pound each), greenish 
yellow, with white rich flesh and delicious 
quality. Excellent for canning and eating 
fresh. Hardy.. Blight resistant. 
Anjou- Late Fall 
Succeeds everywhere. We propagate 
Anjou from a Special Record-Bearing hardy 
Missouri tree, producing fruit of superior 
value and perfect type. Fruit large, hand¬ 
some yellow, sprightly sweet rich flavor. A 
long keeper—holds up well on market, very 
showy, commands best prices. Hardy. 
Blight resistant. 
Kieffer - Winter 
The best known, most widely planted 
winter pear of extra large size, rich golden 
yellow tinted with red, beautiful, when full 
ripe is fine for canning and baking—fair 
quality. Very hardy. Blight resistant. 
Other Pear Varieties—See Price List 
Fame (Trade-Mark) Late Fall 
A pear of delicious quality, juicy, melting, sweet and rich—no pear more 
delicious. A fine smooth grained fruit, greenish yellow, slight bronze red on 
exposed side. A hardy blight resistant, Native American pear, originating in 
northern Arkansas. 
FAME (Trade-Mark) A Fine Hardy Pear for the U. S. A. 
PREFERRED VARIETIES OF BERRIES 
Stark Raspberries 
— Latham Improved 
F* ( Mosaic Free Straw). No 
Red raspberry introduced within recent 
years has created so much favorable dis¬ 
cussion as the Redpath Latham. Originated 
in Minnesota, and has extreme hardiness. 
The Redpath Strain which is the strain we 
grow is “Mosaic Free.” This is important 
to growers. 
Very strong growing plant, produces 
tremendous crops. Berries almost double 
size of other standard red raspberries. We 
truly believe our Mosaic Free Strain of 
Latham the most satisfactory and most 
profitable of all red raspberries except 
Flaming Giant. 
In a test before the Horticultural Society 
of Kentucky, 17000 berries were counted 
and weighed and taking the size of Latham 
as 100, Cuthbert was 67 and St. Res is was 
54. This shows the almost unbelievable 
size of this berry. A beautiful, profitable 
and good berry that fills the boxes. 
Chief days EARLIER than Latham. Minn. 
Exper. Station selected Chief from 4,000 
Latham seedlings because of its earliness, excellent 
Quality, heavy crops, hardiness, disease resistant. 
Cnlurv-ihi an Midseason Purple. Best of all 
coiumoian purple raspberries, fruit large, 
firm, of good quality—plant hardy—bears big crops. 
In most sections it produces a moderate Fall Crop 
in addition to the regular summer crop. 
Cumberland ? ur largest s / lling black r -V p ,' 
berry. By far most widely 
planted, most successful and most profitable. Hardy, 
vigorous grower, extraordinarily- productive. Large 
fruit, excellent quality, ships well. 
Black Pearl Early season Mack cap. Berry 
large, good quality and plant 
good cropper, however, we still prefer Cumberland. 
Flaming Giant <““>p J.' N. w t! 
Hansen, M. S. Vice-Director Horticulture, 
South Dakota Exper. Station, that the first 
Flaming Giant (Ohta) Red Raspberry came 
to us. Now after years of most severe 
testing we must admit it to be the greatest, 
hardiest red raspberry in plant and fruit. 
Perfect after an early freeze of 15 degrees 
below zero when Cuthbert and Sunbeam 
were killed. Berries extremely large, rich 
alluring red, firm flesh, excellent shipper 
and supreme quality. Because of their 
beauty, they always bring premium prices. 
Flaming Giant and Redpath (our Improved 
Mosaic free strain of Latham), the two 
great red raspberries of this age. 
“I never saw anything in my life like 
Flaming Giant. They are as perfect here 
as nature can make them. Never a berry 
in the south equal to it.”— E. L. Morris, 
Fayette. Co. Tenn. 
St. Regis -— Everbearing. A real ever- 
ing red raspberry. Produces 
big luscious fruit from early until late. 
Berries bright crimson, delicious, firm. Plant 
is satisfactory .from every standpoint. By 
planting St. Regis, you can have luscious 
berries all summer. 
ruthhert A red mid-season variety. Probably 
the most widely planted of all red 
raspberries. Fruit large, firm, juicy, good quality, 
good shipper and is popular on all markets. We prefer 
Flaming Giant and Redpath Improved Latham. 
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Stark Blackberries 
Early Harvest^ b ^” d y 
grown popularly for many years. Medium 
size, glossy black, good flavor, good shipper. 
Not as good quality, nor as large as Eldo¬ 
rado or Mersereau. 
Eldorado^ li( l s t ason ripening ’ i et 
black berry, enormous size. 
Plants strong growing, hardy, bear regular 
heavy crops. Holds up well after picking, 
ships well. One of the very best black¬ 
berries. Mersereau and Eldorado are pre¬ 
ferred by canners and used for that purpose 
in large quantities. 
1VT orcoro a i i— Our most popular var- 
IVierberedU iety . Beautiful, mid¬ 
season, glossy blackberry—larger, better 
quality than Snyder, holds up well. Mer¬ 
sereau is not as upright in growth as some 
blackberries, having a tendency to trail on 
the ground unless trained. 
Rlnwprc {Everbearing)— Very large jet 
U1U " C ° blackberry, extremely sweet 
and excellent flavor. Plant hardy, depend¬ 
able. Not as valuable as Eldorado or 
Mersereau. 
Fnrlir —Good early bearer, 
iLdriy iving near |y core i ess , size 
medium to large, ripens with Early Harvest 
but better quality. Recommended for home 
planting. 
Lucretia Dewberry - 
best quality, most dependable dewberry. 
