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STARKING - America’s Favorite Red Apple 
From every section of the country—from the far North; the deep South; from the East; from the 
West; from the Middlewest; from Canada; come glowing reports from farmers who are growing Starking 
Double-Red Delicious. Starking is the favorite red apple in Home Orchards, with the commercial grower 
and with the home market grower. Plant Stark for young and heavy bearing. Highest quality fruit. 
“Bring 3-Times as Much:’— writes Joe Shubert 
of New Mexico. “There isn’t anything to compare with Starking in 
taste, color, juice and quality. Right here I got $2.75 for every 
bushel of my Starkings when apples were so plentiful it was hard to 
sell standards sorts.” 
“Starking Best for New England. ’’“Last year 
we had a very severe winter and there was no winter injury on my 
Starking trees while thousands of Baldwins in my neighborhood 
were killed. All my 450 Starking trees had a fine crop this year.” 
—K. T. Taylor, Franklin Co., Mass. 
“Starkirig Makes Us More Money. “Year after 
year we receive glowing reports from Rising Springs Orchards, 
Pike County, Illinois about their Starking and Golden Delicious 
apples. “Starking makes us more money than any other red apple 
in our orchard. They bear bumper crops of brilliant red apples 
which bring us higher prices than any other red apple.” 
“Sold My Starkings for $3.50 a Bushel.” 
Geo. T. Skiff, Onondaga Co., New York writes: “My 250 Starking 
trees bore much younger than Delicious. All the apples are highly 
colored—No. 1 Extra for color and my customers are crazy about 
them. Have sold my apples for $3.50 a bushel. 
Inl937,Dr.J.R.Loweryof Salisbury, North Carolina 
reported that he harvested a $59,000.00 crop of Apples and Peaches. 
Again in 1938 he sold 
27,000 bushels of apples at 
good prices and he is har¬ 
vesting bumper crops this 
year (1939). “Starking 
is the most popular 
apple with our custom¬ 
ers” writes Dr. Lowery. 
“It brings us highest 
prices — 25% to 50% 
more than other varie¬ 
ties and makes us more 
money than any other 
variety we grow. 
“I make more profits 
from my orchard of 
Stark Trees than from 
my six big farms.” 
“33^/3% More for Starking. ““I gathered 400 bush¬ 
els of apples from my young Starking trees this year and had no 
trouble selling them for 33 per cent higher prices than Delicious. 
These trees began bearing when 4 years old. The high color of Stark¬ 
ing apples attracts attention on the markets.”—F. L. Andrews, 
Sp>okane, Washington. 
Ohio Starking Brings 50% Higher Prices 
“I have 700 Starking trees which started bearing at 3 years” 
states F. C. Simon, Ohio. “One of these trees bore llV^ bushels 
this year. Starking brings 50% higher prices than Delicious 
and other well-known red apples. I find Starking is a good 
keeper and the tree is surely a young and heavy annual bearer.” 
Brings Double Price of Delicious 
in Arkansas 
“My 50 Starking trees began bearing when 3 years old—2 
years younger than Delicious in the same orchard. The better, 
earlier coloring of Starking apples bring double the price of 
Delicious.” —C. Golden, Hot Springs, Arkansas. 
30% More Income in Washington 
“My Starking trees began bearing when only 3 years old and this 
year 350 trees produced 1800 bushels which graded out 90% 
Extra Fancy. The extra 100% coloring habit of Starking is very 
important. In fact, Starking produced 30% more income than 
regular Delicious. It is a wonderful late keeper. I am adding 
to my orchard this year, and planting 100% Starking Double- 
Red Delicious. —Geo. W. Venable, Washington. 
Starking Tops All Markets’^ 
“I have several blocks of STARKING in my orchards” says 
a Missouri grower. Last year they bore an excellent crop of highly 
colored fruit that brought 40 to 50% more at picking time than 
other standard varieties and wherever they went, the buyer 
came back demanding more.” 
“Brings Highest Prices in South^’ 
“I would rather plant Starking than any other red apple because 
Starking apples are larger, finer flavored, higher colored fruit. 
My Starkings bore 2 years younger than Delicious and bring much 
higher prices on the market.” 
—Harry Roberts, Madison Co., Tenn. 
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The gorgeous beauty and early coloring of Starking brings 30% to 50% more than Delicious and other 
standard sorts year after year. Starking fills the early Delicious demand early in the Fall when prices 
are often highest. If stored it comes out in juicy prime condition in late Spring. 
Bear Younger in Kansas 
‘My 225 Starking trees started to bear last year—2 years 
younger than Delicious, and one of my trees had 3 
bushels on it. I think Starking is the best apple on 
account of its early coloring, rich flavor, 100% 
color and higher prices.—John Elias, Kansas. 
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