Stark Bro*s Nurseries Are Oldest In America—Nearly 125 Years Old 
Bear Young... Bear Tremendous Crops... 
Bring Highest Prices Everywhere 
Best All-Purpose Apple—“Top Prices” 
“After selling Golden Delicious over a period of 
\ ears, I am convinced that it is unsurpassed as a high 
quality, late keeping apple, ideal not only for eating 
but also cooking purposes — sells at top prices. 
“On account of itssuperior qualities, large advertising 
and publicity campaigns, Golden Delicious is rapidly 
replacing many older varieties.” Geo. A. Marsh, 
Former Head of a National Fruit Dealers Association. 
Advertising Creates Demand 
In addition to the advertising and publicity which 
Golden Delicious is receiving through the Golden 
Delicious Growers’ Association, menus of leading 
restaurants, dining cars, steamships, etc., as well as 
the advertising and publicity given it by the National 
Chain and Independent Grocery and Food Organiza¬ 
tions, Stark Bro’s Nurseries spend large sums annu¬ 
ally in advertising Golden Delicious. 
The high class advertising, read annually by more 
than 35,000,000 people, coupled with the supreme 
cjuality of this famous apple has made Golden Delicious 
cpiickly the most popular apple ever introduced. 
$1140.00 Crop on 95 Trees, 5 Yrs. Old 
Just imagine JUST ONE ACRE of young 5-yr.-oId Golden 
Delicious trees bringing $1,140.00 for a single crop in one of the 
worst apple years in generations! Mr. N. Y. Yates, of Knox Co., 
Indiana owns that orchard. He writes:— 
“I planted 95 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 5 years ago. This 
year they produced 350 bushels. 270 bushels were Fancy and sold 
wholesale at $3.50 per bu. The other 80 bu. were clean, smooth 
fruit and out-sold my best Grimes Golden. While other varieties did 
not have much fruit after the spring freeze, the frost did not hurt 
my Golden Delicious. 
My sales averaged $12.00 per tree from these 5-yr.-old trees. 
They are very hardy trees, do not require much pruning, 
make a good growth each season and bear full crops young.” 
(NOTE—at $12.00 per tree means that these 95 young 5-yr.-old 
trees, on just one acre, brought-$l 140.00 in a single year.) 
Grows and Bears Everywhere 
Make Immense Profits for Growers 
A 100 per cent success in every section where apples grow. For the 
North it has extreme hardness —in the South it is perfect. From 
Maine to Washington it delights growers with heaviest crops and 
highest prices. 
The heavy annual bearing of Golden Delicious and the big premium 
prices they always command insure growers big profits from their 
Golden Delicious orchards. 
Golden Delicious succeeds where 
other varieties fail —30 miles South of 
Atlanta, 5 and 6 year old trees loaded 
to breaking point.— J. O. Rutherford, 
Georgia. 
I got $3.00 per bushel. All new cus¬ 
tomers come back for more. A most de¬ 
sirable orchard tree.— -N, Blanchard, 
Maine. 
Golden Delicious Trees hardy. Began 
braiing second year; have borne regu¬ 
larly ever since.—.*1. W. A. Bartlett, 
Ontario, Canada. 
My crop of Golden Delicious will total 
1500 bushels on 375 trees from 5 to 8 
years old.— J. II. Riggs, Washington. 
One Golden Delicious tree, 3 years old, 
produced 2 bushels, 90% extra fancy. 
•— Geo. Robertson, Texas. 
Have 800 Golden Delicious trees, the 
best money maker. Always sold at a 
premium.— R. L. Wallace, Tenn. 
My 30 Golden Delicious will avetage 
five bushels per tree—branches weighted 
to the ground.— J. R. Davidson, Wis¬ 
consin. 
My 50 Golden Delicious trees eight 
years old produced 500 bushels which 
were sold at highest price. My 4-year- 
old trees produced tliis year.— W. P. 
Campbell, Iowa. 
My 10-year-old Golden Delicious trees 
produced 5,000 bushels and we get 50c 
per bushel more than for other varie¬ 
ties. Does not scald in stoi age. Tree 
bears young.— Boyd Richards, Va. 
One of my 9-year-old Golden Delicious 
bore 10 bushels, one 11 bushels, one 12 
bushels. Averaged me $30 per tree.— 
A. R. Carter, Illinois. 
My 5-year Golden Delicious boie as 
much as 5 bushels each, and bring 
practically double the price of other 
varieties.— J. S. Wellborn, North Caro¬ 
lina. 
The selling price of my Golden De¬ 
licious is about twice as much as other 
varieties. My trees are 4 years old and 
have produced two crops.— Jno. IV. 
Lucabaugh, Pa. 
My 500 Golden Delicious 10 years old 
will harvest 12,000 bushels. I market 
them at 50% to 100% more than others. 
•— E. F. Burgeim, Okla. 
Bears Younj’er Than Any Other Apple 
Golden Delicious are often in profitable bearing before other 
varieties produce an apple. Even at 3 and 4 years old growers report 
profitable crops. No other apple will do this. 
Have 200 Golden Delicious six and 
eight years old Began bearing at 3 
years. This year a splendid crop. Some 
tiees as much as 10 bushels. Always 
brings high prices. Particularly resistant 
to drouth, the best variety in this 
respect, also more resistant to fire 
blight.— Thomas J. Harwell, Virginia. 
I just picked 65 perfect Golden De¬ 
licious apples off of my 3-year-old tree. 
— J. M. Cerny, Missouri. 
My Golden Delicious bore at 3 years. 
They are now eight years old. Last Fall 
some trees picked 12 bushels. The older 
the tree, the better the apples. What a 
wonderful apple Golden Delicious is.— 
Louis D. Lefevre, New York, 
Golden Delicious is nothing less tlian 
an American Wonder. This year my 
trees will average 12 bushels, and I have 
already sold my No. .12}^ in. and up 
for $6789.20. Golden Delicious have 
yielded us more than twice as much 
as any other variety.— Paul Lingam- 
felter, Hedgesville, W. Va. 
Far ahead of anything else I have. Set 
four years and bearing fiist crop.— 
A. W. Robinson, North Carolina. 
Am enclosing a photograph of a 3- 
year-old Golden Delicious bearing 125 
wonderful apples.—5. II. Summers, Iowa. 
Bear Most Bushels Fruit Every Year 
No other variety produces as many bushels of fine fruit year after 
year as Golden Delicious. When trees are only six and seven years old, 
5 to 10 bushels per tree is not uncommon. 
I have about 250 Golden Delicious 
ranging from six to ten years old, and 
these are the only trees out of 264 acres 
with a full crop.— T. E. Ball, Illinois. 
The only trees bearing a full crop 
in my orchard are Golden Delicious— 
many of them 9 bushels per tree. They 
set fruit regardless of weather condi¬ 
tions.— T. E. Bartlett, Missouri. 
Some of my Golden Delicious ten-year- 
old average around 30 bushels. Fiom 
one tree I picked 44 bushel boxes of 
apples last fall.— Julius E. Ulrich, Wash. 
Have 700 Golden Delicious G years old 
beat ing, some trees 6 bushels. Best for 
Georgia.— M. W. Hall, Georgia. 
Terrible drouth. Most varieties failed. 
1200 Golden Delicious six and nine years 
old bore 10,000 bushels.— G. J. Hopkins, 
Va. 
Have 250 five-year Golden Delicious 
Yield heavy crops of first class apples 
and bring best prices. Some trees pro¬ 
duced 5 bushels.— A. Laudermilk, N. C. 
Have 400 Golden Delicious trees 4 to 6 
years old. Will have from 800 to 1000 
bushels. Quality the best.— Albert Haes- 
sig, N. Y. 
I picked 198 bushels of most beautiful 
apples from 20 trees 10 years old. One 
had 21 bushels; one had 19; another 21. 
— J. W. Hanes, Ohio. 
Brings Double Prices Everywhere 
The market for Golden Delicious apples is growing every year. All 
over the U. S. A. they are bringing double and even treble the 
prices of other sorts. 
Golden Delicious is the greatest apple 
of all time. In 1928 I bought 40 acres of 
land when land was high. I have 75 
Golden Delicious trees planted that same 
Fall. This year—1936--I sold more than 
enough apples off the 75 trees to pay 
for the entire 40 acres. If a man wants 
profit let him plant Golden Delicious.— 
D. C. Luttrell, Middleton, Tenn. 
Golden Delicious brings about double 
the price of other varieties. My cus¬ 
tomers say it is the best apple of them 
all.— Wm. R. Houk, Indiana. 
If I had planted all Golden Delicious, 
I would have made five to ten times as 
much money out of my orchard to 
date.— Albert C. Smith, Illinois. 
My 120 Golden Delicious 8 or 9 years 
old produced fiom 4 to 10 bushels per 
tree. I received twice as much as for 
others. The tree is better, more hardy, 
will stand frost and cold better than 
others.— John T. Rader, Mo. 
Golden Delicious sells at double the 
price of others.—5. J. Metz, Pennsyl¬ 
vania. 
Received three times as much for 
Golden Delicious as others got for other 
apples. We sold many to chain grocery 
stores.— John C. Thomson, Kentucky. 
Make Far Greater Profits Quick 
Golden Delicious, because of young bearing, tremendous annual 
crops, and the double premium price the fruit commands, insure the 
grower quick profits and big profits— yes, DOUBLE profit —com¬ 
pared with ordinary varieties. 
My Golden Delicious trees 8 years old 
have been bearing fruit since 2 years 
old. Have not missed a crop. I have 
ready sale for them at fast as I can get 
them from the trees. Impossible to praise 
too highly.— Albert D. Bouland, Ky. 
Have 800 Golden Delicious two to 
seven years old. They brpught 50% more 
than other varieties. My neighbor picked 
1434 bushels from 300 ten-year-old trees. 
No fire blight.— H. F. Scarborough, 
Illinois. 
I am mailing you photograph of a 9- 
year-old Golden Delicious that bore 12 
bushels of high grade apples this year 
when all other varieties failed. Pro¬ 
duced 665 bushels. Golden Delicious leads 
all apples.— Edward E. Heid, Ind. 
Golden Delicious will not blight like 
others and fruit will stand more wind. 
My 250 young Golden Delicious are car¬ 
rying a crop of 750 bushels. Always re¬ 
ceived $1 more per bushel than for 
others.— Frank Gahler, Ohio. 
Golden Delicious will make more 
money per acre than any other apple 
—young bearing, long blooming.— Jas. 
Sharpe, Kansas. 
Genuine Golden Delicious Trees Sold ONLY by Stark Bro*s, Louisiana, Mo. 
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