From Atlantic to Pacific 
Starking Has Proven Best 
From every Section of the country—North, South, East, West, 
from the Middlewest, from Canada, come glowing reports 
from farmers who are growing Starking Double-red Delicious. 
It is the favorite red apple in home orchards, the commercial 
growers and the home market grower. 
BRING DOUBLE THE PRICE IN 
CALIFORNIA 
“I have .^01 Sturkiiif; trees. They bring al¬ 
most double tlie price of the ordinary De¬ 
licious and other well known varieties. 
I sold niy Stai'king on Los Angeles market 
for .5 cents per pound loo«*; other varieties 
I'/j to S cents. It is tlie tinest all-around 
apple in the world.”—.1. E. Parris, Calif. 
WORTH 75% MORE THAN 
OTHERS 
“Starking is the finest red apple in the 
world—brings $1.(K) more per hu.shel than 
other varieties. I have 250 Starking trees 
that began hearing two years younger than 
old Delicious. Its 100% color makes it 
worth 75% more than any other red apple.” 
—Fred L. (’aldwell, Ohio. 
MORE VALUABLE IN MICHIGAN 
* 
•‘With us Starking has been the best of all, 
being larger, and, of course, higher color 
than Delicious. It also hears better, and 
sells at prices 50% higher than McIntosh 
and 100% better than most of the other 
standard sorts.” —L. It. Taft, Eveline Or¬ 
chards, Michigan. 
BRINGS HIGHEST PRICES 
ALWAYS 
‘•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 llol)ert.s', Madison Co., 
Tenn. 
SOLD FOR $3.50 PER 
BUSHEL 
(Jeo. T. Skiff of New York writes: 
“My 250 Starking trees bore much 
younger than Delicious. All the apples are 
highly colored and my customers are cra/.y 
about them.” 
“BRINGS 3 TIMES AS MUCH” 
wrote Joe Shubert of New Mexico. “There 
isn’t anything to compare with Starking in 
taste, color, juice and quality. Right here 
I got .1>2,75 for every bushel of my Starkings 
when apples were pienfiful.” 
STARKING TREE PRICES 
f Each Rate V 10 Rate 100 Rate \ 
\1-10 Trees* / \10-30 Trees*./ \.30-50 Trees* / 
4-7 ft. size $1.50 Each $1.20 Each $ .90 Each 
3-5 ft. size 1.25 Each 1.00 Each .80 Each 
2-il ft. size .90 Each .80 Each .65 Each. 
*NOTE—No matter how many different varieties. 
GREATEST FUTURE OF ANY 
VARIETY 
“I have ahoiit 700 Starking which started 
bearing when three years old. It la a young 
and regular hearer—one of my trees bore 
11 Vi bushels. They bring about 50 cents 
more i>er bushel than other well known va¬ 
rieties. I know of no apple with the future 
of Starking. In fact, there is nothing like 
it.”—F. (’. Simon, Ohio. 
30% MORE INCOME IN 
WASHINGTON 
“My Starking Degan bearing when only 3 
years old, and this year .350 trees produced 
1S(K1 bushels which graded out 90% Extra 
Fancy. Starking produced 30% more in- 
t’ome' than regular Delicious.”—Geo. W. 
Venable, Washington. 
Starking on the tree 
photographed from a 
Missouri orchard. Stark¬ 
ing takes on its color 
two or three weeks be¬ 
fore Delicious shows 
any color whatever—the 
greatest of all red 
apples. 
BUY A TREE — GET ONE FREE 
For each tree you buy from the list given below, you may lake one tree FREE in accordance with 
this Special Fall-planting Offer. These trees are FREE only with trees taken at the “Each” and 
“Ten” rates quoted in this catalog. 
!• Buy a 4-7 ft. Starking Apple Tree.Take a 3-5 ft. Jonathan Apple Tree FREE 
t - Buy a 4-7 ft. Golden Delicious Apple Tree.Take a 3-5 ft. Winesap Apple Tree FREE 
Buy a 4-7 ft. Scarlet Staymared Apple Tree....Take a 3-5 ft. Golden Delicious Apple FREE 
Buy a 4-7 ft. Jonared Apple Tree.Take a 3-5 ft. Grimes Golden (Dbl. Wk.) FREE 
t Buy a 4-7 ft. Hal-Berta Giant Peach Tree.Take a 3-4 ft. Early Elberta Peach Tree FREE 
Buy a 4-7 ft. July Elberta Peach Tree. ....Take a 3-4 ft. J. H. Hale Peach Tree FREE 
Buy a 4-7 ft. Montmorency Cherry Tree.Take a 3-5 ft. Jonathan Apple Tree FREE 
j*; Buy a 4-7 ft. Stark Gold, Cherry Tree.Take a 3-5 ft. Golden Delicious Apple FREE 
i; Buy a 4-7 ft. Elephant Heart Plum Tree.Take a 3-5 ft. Stark Early Elberta Peach FREE 
Buy a 4-7 ft. Lincoln Pear Tree...Take a 3-5 ft. Bartlett Pear Tree FREE 
Do not change Free Tree offer in any way—enter free trees on order and mark ^‘FREE.*’ 
For Terms and Money Saving Collections See Page 31 
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