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STARK GOLD 
Hardiest, Surest Bearing Sweet Cherry 
Early Summer. Stark Gold is a new HARDY sweet cherry. It 
discovered by us up north on the Nebraska farm of S. J. Thomas of Richardson 
County, who says: “Thermometer here often registers 40 degrees below zero— 
average winter 25 to 30 below, but this sweet cherry has never missed a crop.” All 
trees offered by us are propagated direct from a specially selected Parent Tree pro¬ 
pagated from the original tree. Stark Gold has proved to be the long-looked-for hardy 
sweet cherry. 
Stark Gold is a delicious sweet cherry of large size, and of pure lustrous golden yellow color 
without even a touch of red. The tree is strong, and thrifty and the heaviest and surest bearing 
sweet cherry we e\ er tested. E\ en after ripe the fruit clings tenaciously to the tree—and in the 
home orchard can be used from the tree 10 days after ripening. Ideal in tree and in fruit. 
A Michigan customer wrote us: “Have 10 leading varieties of sweet cherries in my orchard. Last 
year nearly all succumbed to the extreme cold except Stark Gold—none of them were injured one bit 
in wood or bud and were loaded with fruit.” 
Benj. Wallace Douglas of Indiana, noted author and large orchardist declared in a recent article: 
“Stark Gold is the outstanding cherry for the home orchard. Furthermore, the birds do not eat them— 
evidently think from the color the fruit is not ripe enough to eat.” 
Montmorency Stark— King of ALL Tart Cherries 
Finest Tart Cherry. Ripens about week after Early Richmond. Largest of ALL Montmorencies. All 
our trees are propagated from a RECORD-BEARING Parent Tree that is far better, stronger than 
usual Montmorency (Ordinaire), in our far-famed Test Orchard. 
Fruit is largest of all the “sour” cherries—and is NOT really sour, but possessed of a tangful tart¬ 
ness—refreshing and luscious—llesh is firm—ships perfectly. Delicious, fresh and for pies, preserves, 
cobblers, puddings, etc. 
The trees are strong, disease-resistant, less affected by wet weather, hardy, bloom late and are 
sure, young bearers (Often fruit at 2 years old). Cherries are of semi-dwarfish growth, and make 
ideal fillers for apple orchards. All our cherry trees are grown in the best cherry soil, on the finest 
root stocks in America. These roots are produced by our experts by the methods brought over 
from France by Mr. Stark years ago and improved upon by us since. This is the secret of their 
greater vitality, younger bearing and longer life. 
Stark Improved Lambert— Largest Black Sweet Cherry 
Early Summer. Ox-heart type. Largest Black-Red Sweet Cherry, except our Bur¬ 
bank’s Black Giant. All trees propagated direct from HARDY Record Bearing 
Parent Tree discovered in our noted Test Orchards where it has borne every year 
and shows a vast improvement in hardiness and regular, heavy bearing over All 
other Lambert trees. Leads, too, in size of fruit, gallons per tree, A-igor and 
HARDINESS, ha\ing produced heavy crops after 24 degrees below zero. 
These cherries are dark, purplish red—almost jet black when full ripe. 
Skin is glossy but of good shipping toughness. I'lesh firm, rich, de¬ 
liciously sweet juicy — supreme quality. Largest, showiest of all 
sweet cherries. Ripens about a week before Stark Gold. 
Stark RECORD-BEARING” Stra '.ns- 
Sold ONLY by Stark Nurseries, 
Louisiana, Mo. 
