Hardy. farly. After rigid testing in the Stark 
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Mid-Season. New Amazing Flavor. Freestone. 
Hardy. In this. glorious new Plum, Burbank has 
given mankind the Largest, the most Delicious, 
the most Beautiful, Brilliant Red Fleshed Free- 
stone Plum in all the world—a huge Plum of 
alluring flavor, reminiscent of a big sweet Oxheart 
— Burbank's 
Montearly Cherry 
THE WORLD’ 
STARK SELECT PLUMS 

LUTHER BURBANK 
“Wizard of Horticulture” 
Luther Burbank was a genius 
to whom all people owe an 
everlasting debt of gratitude. 
For nearly 50 years he labored 
to give mankind new and dis- 
tinctly different marvelous new 
and better fruits and flowers. 




Fruit very large, almost perfectly round, dark 
rich red, Flesh meaty and delicious. Tree as hardy 
and husky as an Oak and bears tremendous crops 
every year. Thrives in all sections—North, South, 
leading Horticulturist and Author. Very early—even 
earlier than Early Shiro. Large—2 to 214 inches in dia- 
meter. Freestone when fully ripe. Mild, sweet flavor, 
atomatic, with just enough acid near seed. Flesh solid. 
Good shipper. Hardy. 
Early—Best of Burbank’s Red-Skinned, Yellow Fleshed Plums. 
Brilliant, Cherry-Red, Large, measuring 234 inches, Very thick, 
rich, creamy yellow flesh, Sweet, mild, delicious, Good shipper. 
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Very Early Red-Fleshed Freestone. Has the same 
beautiful blood-red skin, heart shape and delicious flavor 
which characterizes Elephant Heart—an early ripening 
brother of Elephant—Ripens Two weeks earlier. 

Cherry. Absolutely free from sharp acidity. Flesh 
meaty like that of an Oxheart Cherry—solid, not 
watery. A wenderful shipper and keeper. 
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Mid-Season. Our wonderful GOLD Plum has created 
a greater sensation than any other Burbank variety ever 
introduced with the exception of Elephant Heart. 
Fruit clear, light golden yellow. When fully ripe a 
light cherry red. One of the hardiest. Succeds every- 
where. The ideal all-purpose plum. Excellent for plant- 
ing in chicken yards and on dry, thin or clay soil. Get 
Genuine GOLD Trees from Stark Nurseries, Louisiana, 
Missouri. 
East and West. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
Sweet as honey. Best of all Gage-type plums except 
Honeymoon, Greenish yellow, Large. Bears wonderful crops. 
Unsurpassed for canning and preserving. Introduced by 
Stark Bro’s, 
Largest and best Damson. Freestone. ‘Fruit deep purple 
—juicy—rich, Fine for preserves. 
America is large, glossy, coral red—a most beautiful and 
delicious plum. ardy. Bears enormous crops every year. 
Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
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Burbank Plum Creations: June Blood (Very 
-The best of all 
Huge, Yellow-Fleshed, Red Skin Plum ripening a few days 
after Great Yellow. Sweet and Juicy. Very hardy. 
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pit. Rich, dehbcious. Perfect Freestone, 
new fruits known. Heavy bearer, Hardy. 
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A delicious Sweet Cherry that is really 
hardy! The originator wrote us “Sur- 
passed in hardiness any. cherry on my 
place; (Richardson Co., Nebr.) thermometer 
often registers 40 degrees below zero, and aver- 
age winter reaches 25 .to’ 30 degrees below. 
Stark Gold never missed_a crop. Sells for 3 
times the price of other Cherries.” 
Fruit is immense size, glossy, almost transpar- 
ent, pure, lustrous golden yellow without a 
touch of red. Quality superb. It ripens 2 weeks 
after Early Richmond and fruit holds on for 
10 days or more. Solid meat makes it an ex- 
cellent canning cherry. In Home Orchards and 
Commercial Orchards all: over America Stark 
Gold is creating a sensation for Young, Heavy 
and Regular Bearing—and is winning the title 
of “The Bird-Proof Cherry ’’’ Get Genuine Stark 
Gold Trees from Stark Bro’s Nurseries. 
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The best strain of Montmorency. Fruit 
is large, flesh firm, ships perfectly. Tree 
is strong grower, sure and young bearer. 
Montearly Montmorency Stark and Montlate make 
it possible to have fresh cherry pies three times 
the usual period. : 
These 3 Great Cherries, prolong the harvesting, 
so orchards can be picked with one-third the 
mumbers of pickers, and Canneries can operate 
6 or 8 weeks instead of 2 or 3, thus greatly 
reduciag costs and increasing profits. 
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itself to be our best hardy sort. Tree is the 
most vigorous of any variety in our orchard, 
very, hardy—stood 26 below zero without being 
injured. Fruit ripens a week earlier than Moore- 
park and is 20% larger in size—beautiful, orange 
yellow color, Flesh firm, juicy, with a rich aro- 
matic flavor. Fruit hangs well—splendid_keeper. 
apricots, Stockham Brothers 
State: “5 to 10 days earlier than any other apri- 
cot and sold for far more than any_ other 
variety.” Eating, Cooking, Canning, Drying, 
», NCS. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
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Fruit large, orange yellow, flesh firm, good 
ality. Tree thrifty, hardy, productive. 
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Early: Gorgeous purplish red with flesh blood-red clear to the 
One of the most delicious 

A Yellow Plum 
flavor of the Green 
the Japanese Hybrids. 
Earliest of All Sour Cherries—2 Weeks 
BEFORE Montmorency Stark, Larger 
and Better than Early Richmond and 
Earlier. Color is a deep rich wine color with deep 
red juice. Flavor less tart than regular Mont- 
morency. 
One of our experts who investigated Mont- 
early reported ‘‘Montearly is going te put Early 
Richmond -out of business.” It is earlier and 
bigger and BETTER, Far superior for pies, 
preserves and canning, Because it has meaty 
flesh, and the fact-that it is not So watery as 
Early Richmond and Montmorency, it is superior 
as a Shipping Cherry. Its EXTREME EARLI- 
NESS brings it on the market just when_ truly 
fine cherries command HIGHEST MARKET 
PRICES. Montearly Trees are Patented 
SOLD ONLY by Stark Bro’s, 
and 
Montlate ripens 2 weeks AFTER Mont- 
morency Stark, John Porter of East 
Jordan (Mich.) Canning Co, says: 
*“Montlate extends the Mont. season for gather- 
ing the crop as well as that for operating the 
canning factory. This is greatly to our advan- 
tage both as cherry growers end as canmfng 
factory, operators.” Fully equal to Montmorency 
Stark in young and heavy bearing. Fruit sells 
for the same high prices as. English Morello, 
and bears heavier. Montlate Trees are Patented 
and SOLD ONLY by Stark Bro’s. 
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“Most famous new Apricot. Grand Sweepstakes 
Winner at Stark-Burbank New Fruits Show. 
resembles a 

Fruit large—big as a peach and : 
each. in size and shape. Orange yellow, with 
bright red blush. Fine quality. Freestone. Orig- 
inator says: “A regular producer here at alti- 
tude of 5554 feet. This year young tree bore 3 
bushels of fine fruit.’”? Tree Patented and SOLD 
ONLY by. Stark Bro’s, 
beautifully colored and de- 
licious quality. Originated in Nebraska where 
sub-zero weather makes it impossible for any 
but hardiest to thrive. Stella bears tremendous 
crops in Nebraska and even farther north. 
Fruit is large, 
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Very early. Marvelously beautiful Burbank yellow plum. Large, 
sweet and excellent, Tree hardy. Bears immense crops regularly. 
Resembles Elephant Heart—new Burbank Plum—big firm, small 
seed, Sweet as sugar. Regular young and heavy bearer. 
in Which Burbafhk. combined 
Gage and the heavy 
Heavy and Young bearer, 
Early) ;4.Monster (Early);Grand Prize Prune 
(Early); Orange Plumcot (Mid-Season); Purple 
Flame. 
Stark Select Plums: Early—Red June, Santa 
Rosa, Abundance, Compass; Mid-Season—Indian 
Blood (Duarte) Underwood, Superior; Late—Bur- 
bank, Late Goose, Lombard Improved (Tatge), 
the delicious 
qualities. of 
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bearin 
(Deacon) Best and Hardiest, most dependable 
of large Black Tartarian Sweet Cherries. Ideal 
hardy, black team-mate for Stark Gold. Extra 
large. Black, Heart-shaped, purplish-red-fleshed, 
Recommended for both Home and Market. 
The largest Black Sweet Cherry, 
except Burbank’s Black Giant. Skin 
glossy—tough enough to insure good 
shipping, Flesh firm, rich, sweet, juicy—of ‘su- 
preme quality. Our propagation is from a Parent 
tree which bore every year through a long 
period—and showed a marked improvement in 
hardiness and regular heavy bearing. It led also 
in size of fruit, gallons per tree, and vigor— 
producing crops after 24 degrees below zero. 
The most unique’ Cherry in the world—a glori- 
ous big white Lambert in size, flavor and form, 
Great shipping cherry. Fine for Home and Com- 
mercial Orchards. Tree SOLD ONLY by Stark. 
Where a late tart cherry is wanted Suda 
Hardy should be planted. Tree is perfectly hardy 
and the fruit is produced in immense quantities. 
Always sells readily at premium prices. 
Mid-Season—S weet 
Very large. Almost round. Beautiful 
Mahogany red skin. Dark’ red flesh. 
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Stanley Prune, 
Prune, Damson Shropshire, President Plum, 
Tatge, 
Over 125 years experience—6 generations of 
the Stark family—goes into every tree we sell. 
Since 1816 when Stark Nurseries was founded, 
vast funds of experience in fruit and fruit-tree 
growing have been accumulated and are used for 
the benefit of Stark customers, 
German Prune, Italian 
_ A large, yellow, pink blushed cherry. Thrives 
in all Sweet Cherry Sections. Tree hardy. One 
of the heaviest bearers of all sweet cherries. 
Stark Strain is extra large size. 
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Hardy. Sweet. Bloomed 100% after 26 below 
zero. In writing about this Great Cherry, Luther 
Burbank said, “Firm, deep blackish Crimson 
skin, sugary sweet and delicious. Gigantic size— 
4 Cherries weigh an ounce Fruit is uni- 
formly large,@despite enormous crops. Not sub- 
ject to cracking. Flesh a mouth-watering red— 
sags purple around. pit. Trees Sold ONLY by 
tark, < 
Late Sweet and U.S. Patent 
_ Burbank wrote: ‘‘Beautiful—like Napoleon, but 
infinitely better quality. Skin is red and gold, 
but when fully ripe, a deep, rick, glowing red. 
Crisp juice-ladened white flesh.’”” Big—often one 
inch in diameter. Very small seed. Perfect free- 
stone, Wonderful shipper. Resistant to cracking, 

Very Early. Better than Early Richmond—a 
week earlier, Best very early cherry, except Mont- 
early. Strong grower. ‘Heavy bearer, 
_ Ripe about a week later than Montearly and 
is not as good. Medium size, clear, bright red. 
Sweet. Profitable. Sells well, Shi He 
red. Extremely - hardy, aap a 
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