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Starking Most Profitable 
Says Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia 
World’s Largest Grower, Plants 6031 More Starking 
Trees. To Grow Nation’s Finest Orchard, He 
Selected Stark Exclusive Leader Varieties. 
Actual 
Size 
“Whene\ er we can cut out unpopular and unprofitable varieties 
and plant impro^•ed \ arieties we should do so”, Senator Harry Byrd 
told the Members of the \'irginia Horticultural Society. “Red Deli¬ 
cious (Starking) is the most profitable Variety we can grow pro¬ 
vided it is planted properly in suitable soil and thoroughly pollenized.” 
NOTE: Senator Byrd practices what he preaches. Last year 
alone he planted 6031 STARKING (Red Delicious). He also 
planted large quantities of Scarlet Staymared, Red Rome 
Beauty, Golden Delicious, Staymared, etc. 
Starking and Other Stark Trees Made 
This Minister’s Land Worth $500.00 an Acre 
It was just 13 years ago that Rev. M. C. Cowan of Illinois decided 
to plant his 20 bushels-to-the-acre corn land to Starking, Golden 
Delicious, Winesap and Early Red Bird Apple trees and Red Bird 
Cling and Elberta peach trees. He writes us enthusiastically: 
“Remember the big apple crop we had in 1937? In spite of 
big apple supply all over the country, I sold my Starking and 
Golden Delicious at money-making prices. 
“Again in 1938 after a good crop in 1937, I had a big profit 
crop of both Apples and Peaches which netted me $6,000.00 for 
just one year’s crop. That’s why I value my land at $500.00 an 
acre and wouldn’t take that for it. This is the same land I valued 
at $20.00 an acre before I planted it to Stark trees and even at this 
$20.00 valuation I wasn’t making a penny on my investment.” 
“Bears In Spite of Drouth” 
“My 300 young Starking trees bore 200 bushels of big, 
uniformly all-over-red apples last year, despite the drouth! 
They began bearing 2 years younger than Delicious.’’— 
W. B. Barrow, Wake County, N. Carolina. 
Sweepstakes Winner 
Erom Canada comes word that Starking Double-Red Delicious 
created a sensation at the Canadian Royal Fair in 1936 when 
Starking won Sweepstakes as well as First, Second and Third 
Prizes for Oak Ridge Farms, winning over McIntosh who had won 
this honor eight years out of Royal's fifteen years of existence. 
Again in 1938 Starking won Sweepstakes at the Canadian 
Royal Fair. 
From Iowa comes the report that STARKING grown by George 
Schurk of Ft. Madison won Grand Sweepstakes at the 
Meeting of the American Pomological Society. 
From Michigan, Harry T. Bigelow writes that he won every 
Sweepstakes at the Bangor Apple Show—winning $400.00 in 
cash and merchandise. 
“Starking Trees Bear Young” 
“Our .Starking trees came into bearing this year,” writes Robert 
M. Clark, Apple Grove Orchards, Michellville, Iowa. “They begin 
bearing considerably younger than Delicious. Color is wonderful 
and the color comes early. This variety does not seem to drop. We 
picked fine colored apples Sept. 12th, the main crop September 30th 
and kept some on trees until Oct. 20th. This is a wonderfully valu¬ 
able characteristic.” 
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