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Se | ee Late Yellow Freestone. This splendid peach fills the AT U. S. PATENT PEACH. Late Yellow 
ALC LIVETLA gap between Hal-Berta and Krummel October and ‘Freestone. The peach that every orchardist 
should be in every orchard to give succession of ripening. Ripens when wants—one that bears when others fail—when prices are highest. For 
prices are high and canning peaches in big demand. Of Elberta type, about years we had been searching for a late peach of Elberta type with Elberta’s 
25 days later than old Elberta but fruit is better quality, somewhat larger. natural market value but larger, better quality—and with a much hardier 
Tree is strong grower, vigorous and long lived. Produces heavy crops of tree. Mr. Harpole, the originator, states: ‘‘Hardyberta’’ is the hardiest 
large sized peaches. Fruit is high flavor, sweet, no bitterness at pit. Ships peach I know. It stood 20 below zero 6 years ago and fruited. Many 
perfectly, does not rot and gives good appearance on market. Growers trees nearby were killed outright. This winter, one of the most severe on 
report it one of the surest late profit makers. Late Elberta ripens at a record, young 2 year old Hardyberta trees stood 17 to 20 degrees below 
season when regular Elberta are all gone and consequently brings top zero and again came through with live fruit buds and bore a crop. 
prices on the market. The grower who plants a succession of late season Of many other nearby varieties, not a single one had any blossoms.”’ 
peaches such as Hal-Berta, Hardyberta, Late Elberta and Krummel October Prof. M. J. Dorsey, Chief of Pomology, | unique heavy dark green foliage. Attractive 
will supply the late high-price market with quality favorites. Record- U. of Ill., wrote enthusiastically: ‘‘About one- | golden, red blush, 30% larger than Elberta, 
third to one-half buds on Hardyberta came |smooth. Flesh yellow, very good quality, 
Bearing Strain from Stark test orchard. through the severe winter. Of all other | much better than Elberta, no bitterness, good 
John M. Robinson, Worcester Co., Mass. | 85c to $1. Mr. Warren says he believes there varieties planted there, only this one and a|shipper. Gets Ripe About 2 weeks after 
writes: ‘‘Saw Mr. J. H. Warren’s orchard the ] is a fortune in Late Elberta after the Elberta seedling tree came through with live buds | Elberta. Original tree, RECORD-BEARING 
2nd of October. He was finishing picking his] are gone.” for a crop.” Strain. Eating, Cooking, Canning, Mar- 
Late Elbertas, getting $3 per 16 qt. basket. Eating, Cooking, Canning, Market. Tree strong grower, unusually vigorous, | ket. NCS. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
Regular Elberta sold 3 weeks before brought | NCS. Ser Latest’ Vellow Freestone Tien latest ae 
Late Yellow Freestone. A delicious new peach dis- one of the best quality of all late peaches— 
oc \ ¥/ covered in Stark Bro’s famous Test Orchards. Ideal glossy red and gold, hangs on last of all—until frost. Krummel is ready for 
to extend the Hale-Elberta season. Fruit somewhat resembles Hale in market at the time when it has no competition and always brings 
appearance, fine quality, but tree has vigor of Elberta. Satisfactory in highest prices. Tree strong grower, hardy, bears young and seldom fails. 
growth, bearing and hardiness. Our tests show Halate trees bear young and Fruit is large size, almost round, deep yellow with Carmine Red cheek; 
produce excellent crops of highly flavored peaches. Fruit large, high quality luscious, sweet, no bitterness next to pit. Flesh firm and ships perfectly. 
—better flavor than Hale or Elberta. Comes on market when yellow One of the finest for canning and sweet pickles. Report at recent Indiana 
peaches always bring top prices. Halate is one of the finest varieties for Horticultural Meeting, showed Krummel to have the richest, finest 
canning as well as being one of the best of eating out of hand. Genuine flavor when canned in comparison to other commercial canning varieties. 
Halate trees can be obtained only from Stark Bro’s. Be sure to get the Our trees grown from a superior RECORD-BEARING Strain. Ripe about 40 days after Elberta. 
genuine Stark RECORD-BEARING Strain trees. N. Waterhout, St. Louis Co., Mo. says:] are grown. Tree hardy, dependable cropper 
Every home or commercial orchard should | peachesare big profit earners. Ripening 10 days “The best paying peach I know.” Krummel October should be in every family 
include a planting of Halate as this smooth. | /o 2 weeks after Elberta. Eating, Cooking, Mo. State Exp. Sta. says: ‘‘Krummel ] orchard.”’ 
attractive, high quality peach will quickly |] Canning, Market. NCS. Introduced by October is perhaps the best late yellow free- Eating, Canning, Market. NCS. In- 
find a place on the late peach market. Late | Stark Bro’s. stone. Thrives in all localities where peaches | troduced by Stark Bro’s. 
(Large QUEEN strain) Mid-Season Yellow 
Freestone. Our select large RECORD BEAR- 
ING Queen Strain is from the best tree in a large Elberta 
BA ao f i 7 ad ; Earliest Peach, 
Orchard—larger, rounder and often brings 50c to 75c more Broce he ney eon aeons a Ge 
per bushel than other Elbertas. Elberta is known all over Morris, famous Tennessee Horticulturist who wrote, ‘This s the 
America as the standard market peach. Large, round, yellow with earliest peach in the world—tripens with strawberries, ten days before 
beautiful blush, ships well, sells well. Tree hardy, bears young and Mayflower. A commercial peach—ships like Red Bird. This peach is 
carries immense crops—a strong grower. Will always be in demand worth more to you than any peach you ever grew. I want you to have 
onthe market. Eating, Cooking, Drying, Canning, Market. NCS. it.” Stark Test Orchard trials show tree vigorous, healthy productive. 
QUEEN Strain, Introduced by Stark Bro’s. pines EG ue size. firm, creamy white flesh, Eating, 

































Mid-Season White 
; Freestone. Has often 
been called ‘“‘Red and White Elberta,’’ but hardier See Pages 42-43 
and more dependable bearer year after year than ; : 
Elberta. Trees hardy, vigorous, sure bearers. Fruit g : Mid-Season, White Cling. (Im- 
large size, rich creamy white with bright red blush. § [ . proved Summer Snow). Creamy- 
Our RECORD BEARING Strainis very large and white fleshed peach of the Heath type. Snow-white clear to pit. 
See Opposite Page 
K showy in appearance and simply delicious in quality. Medium large, very handsome in appearance, has lusciousness of late 
R Splendid shipper. Should bein every orchard. Ripens season Heaths. Wonderful peach for canning, requires little 
. about 8 days before Elberta. Eating, Cooking, Can- sugar. A great favorite with housewives and fills a big gap for road- 
| “RE ning, Market. NCS. side markets. Tree hardy, Record Bearer, ripens about 7 to 10 days 
after Elberta. Eating, Cooking, Market. NCS. 
(Trade-Mark). Mid-Season White Free. Mid= Seasoned anions The 
Handsome, FIER Y-RED cheeked peach, biggest dhandsomest and beater 
pure white flesh, perfect freestone. Juicy, spicy, high 4) the blood clings—flesh red as that of a beet. Large, red, handsome 
flavored. Holds up remarkably wellin shipping. Our  __idealfor pickling and preserving. Our RECORD-BEARING Strain 
Original Tree RECORD BEARING Strain Comesin fom Texas is an unusual peach of marvelous beauty. Ripens 15 days 
when a good quality Red Cheeked white fleshed peach = gfer_ ‘Elberta, Eating, Cooking, Canning. NCS. Introduced 
ig wanted. Red Bird Cling, Alton, Belle and Illinois are the ranking beistarli Bros 
white flesh peaches of their seasons, and are recommended for all 
sections. Remarkably free from rot. Ripens just before Elberta_and " eee eka e eae es Wea a Wones 
after Champion—even superior to that old sey ee. ; Eating, Can- sel aa Fe le 2 Meee Sau peel eee uals 
i Stark Bro’s. te , , S ; , , eae ‘ 
ning, Market. NCS. Introduced by 
< Tree vigorous, hardy, satisfactory. A favorite ‘n Stark Orchards— 
Late Yellow Freestone Record-Bearing Strain. 1/5 days after Elberta. tating, Cooking, 
; Ate s Our strain of Crawford Canning, Market. NCS. 
Late is larger, better quality, and the tree is hardy, and Ries : Late White. One of the finest white 
bearer than old Crawford Late. Fruit large, yellow, sapere clingstones. Fruit immense size, 
quality, firm, good shipper. Tree healthy, hardy, thrifty, bears well. 
; : ; 4 creamy white with pink blush; quality superb. Tree thrifty, nardy, 
Ripe 10 days after Elberta. Eating, Cooking, Canning, Market. NCS. satidiactory Hmevery way, ‘Oursisl Gsieieal Beeel Bieas eae 
Mid-Season—White Freestone. Beautiful Ripens 27 days after Elberta. Eating, Cooking, Canning, Market. 
mnt , J huge white peach i op NCS. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
amy white flesh, juicy, agreeable, a true freestone. riginated in 
real Bee under test shows size equal to J. H. Hale and quality equal 
to Champion. In our orchards larger, thicker flesh than any other 
white peach. Bids fair to displace the standard midseason white 
fleshed varieties. Ripe just before Elberta, Eating, Canning, 
Cooking, Market. NCS. Introduced by Stark Bro s? 
Very Late, White. Large, red 
ic blushed, creamy white cling, 
extremely popular for canning and preserving. Year after year this 
huge cling brings top prices. Our Record-Bearing strain trees are 
hardy, productive. Ripens 35 days after Elberta. Canning, Cook- 
ing, Eating, Market. NCS. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
Late White Cling. Marvelous 
canner. An extra large, se- 
lected, tested, RECORD-BEARING Strain of White Heath. Best, 
most productive, most profitable of all Heaths. Mich. State Exp. Sta. 
See Pages 38 and 39 states: ‘100% more productive than old Heath.’’ This better strain 
Hugel ate yellow free. of Heath Cling was originally grown in Judge Stark’s own orchard over 
eer ane yale 100 years ago—constantly selected and improved, this great favorite 
SeaPage49 still retains its outstanding popularity.. Most delicious quality; flesh 
8 “"Burbank’s best late. tender, melting, juicy, flavor incomparably luscious. Ripens 40 days 
of See Page 43 after Elberta, Canning, Eating, Cooking, Market. NCS. In- | 
I ‘Best yel. clg. troduced by Stark Bro’s. ! 

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Stark Bro’s U. S. PATENT. At last New—Large. Hardy, Early 
; 1 we can supply a limited number 4 After rigid testingin the Stark 
of trees of the World’s Most Famous new apricot—winner Test Orchard. Wilson Delicious apricot has shown itself to 
of the Grand Sweepstakes Prize at the First National New be our best hardy sort. Tree is the most vigorous of any 
Fruits Show sponsored by the Stark Burbank Institute of 
Horticulture after competition with many hundreds of 
promising new fruits. Famous even before it was named in 
variety in our orchard, very hardy—stood 26 below zero 
without being injured. Fruit ripens a week earlier than 
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a National Naming Contest this apricot originated as a Moorepark and is 20% larger in size—beautiful, orange | 
seedling in ‘mile high’’ backyard of J. C. Sparks in Colo- yellow color. Flesh firm, juicy with a rich aromatic flavor. | 
rado where only hardiest of fruits live and. bear. © Tree, Fruit hangs well—splendid keeper. The best of allapricots ] 
frost resistant, strong, vigorous—bore 2 bushels the second Stockham Brothers state: “5 to 10 days earlier than any | 
bearing season ake lnese, Real other apricot and sold for far more than any other variety.” 
se S 2 : each or “a - Ss. e 3 i i a 
pe oe sn lee eohex in diameter—orange yellow AOE aaa Canning, Drying. NCS. Intro | 
color with attractive bright red we aes ian duced by Star ro’s. | 
ducer states, “a regular producer t : te ges ; | 
dititude ‘of S54 feet. Bore last year when late frost killed -e Abe asi Ae Pa tte | 
most apricot blooms. This year this young tree bore over ; ; an a p' - Stella orig a 
. three bushels of fine fruit.” Our supply of trees is very in Nebraska where sub-zero weather makes it impossible 
limited and we urge prompt reservation to avoid disappoint- for tender bud fruits to flourish, BUT STELLA APRICOT 
ment. Eating, Cooking, Canning, Drying. + NCS. blooms and thrives and bears tremendous crops of this } 
Sold only by Stark Bro’s. : f luscious fruit there, even farther north. We grow the 
AL reece Pee ae Tas Original RECORD-BEARING Strain. The fruit is large, 
: which Originated .i1 : beautifully colored, of delicious quality. The originator 
largely pee throughou gt be Cet ee a says: ‘‘The Duchess of Oldenburg among Apricots.”’ | 
a ‘ oductive. abd ’ : en ’ : o a 
ene inied: Eating, Cooking, Canning, Drying. NCS. Eating, Cooking, Canning, Market, Drying. 

