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Our own Railroad tracks permit loading direct in- 
to Express Cars from our packing houses—built 
scientifically. after 125 years Stark experience. 
Best Fall Apple. Stark’s New Red Strain Wealthy. 
/ Extremely hardy, fine East, West, North, South— 
everywhere the best of its season. It has made good in a big way. Tree a strong, spread- 
ing grower, bears extremely young and every year. Remarkably free from disease and 
long lived. The fruit is attractive, brilliant flashing red, medium to large. Quality superb 
—a wonderful wine-like flavor, and full of refreshing juice. Its planting is increas- 
ing trom year to year—because it pays. For both the home and market orchard it 
should be largely planted, filling the gap in ripening between Maiden Blush and Jonathan. 
Wealthy, McIntosh, Early Red Bird, Starking an ideal combination for the Northern 
orchard, where hardiness is the first consideration, Our propagation is from a Bright, 
Double-Red Wealthy Sport Tree. Eating, Cooking, Cider, Drying, Market, NNCS. 
Wonderful money maker. ‘‘From 30 
Wealthy trees, picked $1,100.00 worth of 
fruit’ —T. J. Maney, lowa Exp. Sta. ‘‘Best 
of its season—for hardiness, productive- 
ness and early bearing; recommend for all 
sections. Few apples show such wide adapt- 
ability. Very refreshing for dessert. Fine for 
sauce and pies’—Ohio Exp. Sta. ‘‘Bears al- 
most as soon as set out—and bears 
heavily and persistently.""—Rural New York- 
er. ‘“‘Very best Fall Apple.’’—Ill. Hort. 
Soc. ‘‘Fine commercial variety for New 
Jersey.’’—N. J. Exp. Sta. ‘‘Close approxi- 
mation to perfection.’’—Country Gentle- 
man. ‘‘Should be planted by the millions 
—Frost Proof, finest drying apple.’’—Chas. 
Scott, Brice, Mo. ‘‘Valuable all over the 
North Central West.’’—C. G. Patten, Iowa. 
“Bears heavily every year—Good to cook 
when only half grown.’’—John Cottle, Ohio. 

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Late Summer. The most beautiful, the 
best quality, the largest and the best , 
shipper of all late summer apples. A great favorite everywhere. In our test orchards found 
far superior to Summer Queen, Chenango and others of same season. Tree very hardy, 
good grower, heavy bearer, foliage resists heat amd drought. All our propagation from 
original parent tree in Washington Co., Ark., discovered by us. Fruit big, handsome, brilliant 
red blushed. Keeps and ships well. F. W. Faurot, Mtn. Grove Exp. Station, Mo., reports: 
“Good color, uniform size, bears regularly amd heavily.’” The ideal summer apple. Sold only 
by Stark Bro’s, Eating, Cooking, Market, Cider. NNCS. Plant Stark RECORD Strain. 
Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
“One of my 3-year-old Summer Champion bore 22 beautiful apples amd was an astonishment 
to my neighbors,’’ writes Frank West of Ohio. 
$2.50 per bushel—‘‘I have 300 Summer Champion trees. Most beautiful apple I have ever 
seen. Trees heavy bearers and they have netted me $2.50 per bushel. It will pay any orchard 
man to see my Summer Champion.’’—J. E. Suttle, Washington Co., Ark. 
Item in Produce News, Sebastopol, July 13.—‘‘It takes an experienced management to get 
results. This is being demonstrated on the Luther Burbank Exp. Farms which are under 
charge of the well known Stark Nursery Co. The latest is the Summer Champion apple 
(a Stark introduction), a variety new to this section. Trees a little over one year old are 
now bearing fruit. Out of a block of 100 trees planted less than 15 months ago, 10 are today 
showing from one to four apples each.” 
Summer. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. Improved sport , 
of Bank’s Red Gravenstein from Nova Scotia. Three 
times as red—otherwise identical]. High solid crimson 
color allows marketing ten days earlierwith peak prices. 
Large, flashing red, excellent flavor, tender. Tree 
strong, regular and heavy bearer. Prof.W.T. MaCoun, 
late Dominion Horticulturist of Canada reported ‘‘A 
very attractive red sport enabiing growers to begin 
picking sooner.’’ A.S. Banks, originator, Nova Scotia 
wrote ‘‘In every case propagates true to color.’’ 
Eating, Cooking, Drying. NNCS. 
Summer. An extra good 
latesummer apple. ‘‘Among 
the best 17 varieties out of 1200 sorts tested,”’ said 
Prof. Burrill, I]. Exp. Sta., yearsago. Ourred strain 
came from Montana—the same delicious old Jefferis, 
but much brighter red. Beautiful mottled crimson; 
luscious, tender, juicy, rich. Tree hardy, vigorous, 
upright. A favorite of the late Clarence M. Stark, 
a noted judge of fruits, and for many years President 
ofthisCompany. Eating, Cooking, Market. NCS. 
Early Fall. An old well 
ACAI known apple, grown by 
us for over half a century. Pale lemon yellow, bright 
blush; good quality, fine for drying, as it dries very 
white; tree vigorous, spreading, but blights and 
sometimes collar rots; bears young Summer Cham- 
pion is better. Cooking, Eating, Drying, Markets 
NCS. Stark RECORD-BEARING Strain is best 
Early Summer. An 
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ably more blight-resistant Yellow Transparent from 
the N. Y. State Experiment Station. A cross between 
Yellow Transparent and Montgomery combining best 
characteristics of both. Tree resembles Transparent 
in shape but more vigorous and spreading. Bears 
early and annually and is hardy. Fruit clear yellow, 
oblong conic shaped—larger than Transparent— 
ripens few days later. Early Golden has great merit 
for local roadside and commercial markets to prolong 
Transparent season. Cooking, market. NNCS. 
Early Fall. Of old 
L , 4 Rambo type, but 
handsomer, larger, better. Sometimes called Summer 
Rambo. Red striped, rather flat. Rich, mild flavor. 
Tree vigorous, rather open, spreading. Has all good 
points of old Rambo without its faults; fruit does not 
crack, Eating, Cooking, Drying. NCS 
(Early Sweetheart.) Sum- 
»* mer. <A pale yellow med- 
ium size, delightfully flavored sweet apple that was 
popular in the older orchards; still planted in home 
orchards. Tree rather bushy, bears well, fruit ripens 
through a long season. Rather sweet for pies and 
sauce, but an ideal dessert apple. Eating, Drying. 



Sold ONLY 
by Stark Bro’s 
A beautiful hardy new golden crab from Benjamin 
Buckman, famous [Illinois pomologist, who con- 
sidered Gold the best of all the many under trial in 
his great orchards. Tree very hardy, vigorous, 
bears big crops each season. Fruit solid yellow— 
larger, better quality than Vellow Siberian. Makes 
spicy, aromatic jelly of exquisite flavor. This 
beautiful, golden honey-colored jelly is a great 
favorite with particular housewives who demand the 
best. Tree is semi-dwarfish—fine for fillers. 
Vipeess is Introduced by 
ad chaccstan, Ee, Stark Bro’s 
“Worth All Other Red Crabs Put Together.”’ 
The most beautiful, most prolific and most valuable 
crab and we have fruited them all. Our propagation 
direct from a parent tree with tremendous bearing 
record. Tree dwarf, spreading, valuable ornamental 
tree for lawn. A splendid filler. Fruit bright, ruby 
red, and crimson. Delicious for sauce. Wonderful 
for jelly, jam, preserves, cider. The housewife’s 
favorite. Eating, Cooking, Market, Cider. NNCS. 
Prof. A. F. Yeager, North Dakota State Horticultur- 
ist, reported: ‘‘Florence Crab near Fargo very heavy 
and consistent bearer. Would say unhesitatingly that 
this is most satisfactory apple for this section. 
Chas. Taylor, New York, says: ‘‘Stark Florence crab 
tree bore half bushel apples at two years.” E. L. 
Callor of South Dakota wrote: ‘‘Florence Crab is a 
modern wonder in crab line. 
Ty... 1 ~ A beautiful new solid red crab 
SZOILO apple. Young and heavy bearer. 
Jellies perfectly even when dead ripe. Excellent for 
canning. Extremely hardy. Healthy, blight-resistant 
tree. The tree is so shapely and the flowers so beauti- _ 
ful that it is excellent for an ornamental tree. 
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Three-year-old Stark Florence Crab Tree bearing over a bushel 
of rosy cheeked fruit. (Above.) Photo shows the late C. M. Stark 
who visited the Original Florence Tree, recognized its value and 
arranged for us to introduce it. 
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