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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. 





x : WE SEARCHED THE WORLD 
to find the largest, tinest 
~ flavored, hardiest 
ee ma BURBANK’S GREATEST NEW PLUMS 
U.S. Patent Plum 
=— Burbank's 
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- 
STARK SELECT PLUMS 

BURBANK’S NEWEST PLUMS 
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 
évery year. Thrives in all sections—North, South, 
‘East and West. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
stone Plum in all the world—a huge Plum of 
alluring flavor, reminiscent of a big sweet Oxheart 
Cherry. Absolutely free from sharp acidity. Flesh 
meaty like that of an Oxheart Cherry—solid, not 
watery. A wonderful shipper and keeper. 
“America’s finest flavored yellow plum” declares. a 
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, 
aromatic, with just enqugh acid near seed. Flesh: solid. 
Good shipper. Hardy. 

Sweet as honey, Best of all Gage-type plums except © 
Honeymoon, Greenish yellow. Large. Bears wonderful crops. 
Unsurpassed for canning and preserving. Introduced by 
(Trade-Mark) stark Bros. * 
Early—Best of Burbank’s Red-Skinned, Yellow Fleshed Plums. Mid-Season. Our wonderful GOLD Plum has created —. (Big ickey]—Mid-Season 
Brilliant, Cherry-Red; Layge, measuring 234 inches, Very. thick, a greater sensation than any other Burbank variety ever Largest and best Damson. Freestone. Fruit deep purple 
rick sreamy yellow flesh. .Sweet,miid, delicious: Good shipper. —juicy—rich. Fine for preserves, 
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introduced with the’ exception of Elephant Heart. 
Fruit clear, light golden yellow. When fully ripe a + — Very Early — 
America is large, glossy, coral red—a most beautiful and 
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, 
delicious plum. ardy. Bears enormous crops every year. 
Introduced by Stark Bro’s, 
: TIES — See IST, Page 11 
Burbank Plum Creations: June Blood (Very 
Early); 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), 
Tatge, Stanley Prune, German Prune, Italian 
Prune, Damson Shropshire, President Plum, 
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. 
Very early. Marvelously beautiful Burbank yellow plum. Large, 
sweet and excellent, Tree hardy. Bears immense crops regularly 
. 
Huge, Yellow-Fleshed, Red: Skin Plum sipentax a few days 
after Great Yellow. Sweet and Juicy. Very hardy. 
Beanies Elephant eek Beekeass rie firm, small 
seed, Sweet as sugar. Regular young an eav earer. 
Early. Gorgeous purplish red with flesh blood-red clear to the a é ss z 
pit. Rich, delicious. Perfect Freestone. One of the most: delicious ! ) St 
new fruits known. Heavy bearer, Hardy. A Yellow Plum in which Burbank combined the. delicious 
flavor of the Green Gage and the heavy bearing qualities of 
the Japanese Hybrids. Heavy and’ Young bearer, ardy. 

(Deacon) Best and Hardiest, most dependable 
A delicious Sweet Cherry that is really 
hardy! The originator wrote us “Sur- 
passed in hardiness any cherry on my 
Earliest of All Sour Cherries—2 Weeks 
BEFORE Montmorency Stark, Larger 
and Better than Early Richmond and 
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. 
__A large, Geliows pink blushed cea 7 ‘Thri e 
in all Sweet Cherry Sections. Tree hard x One 
of the heaviest bearers of all sweet cherries. 
Stark Strain is extra large size, 
. Earlier. Color is a deep rich wine color with deep ‘bank : Say ey 
lace; (Richardson Co., Nebr.) thermometer = : a nk's AACK GIAN — Swee 
erat registers) 40 degrees below zero, and aver- red, juice. Flavor less tart than regular Mont- ; y , : Ty Hardy. Sweet. Bloomed 100% afte: 26 below 
age winter reaches 25 to 30 degrees below. morency, The largest Black Sweet Cherry, zero. In writing about this Great Cherry, Luther 
Stark Gold never missed_a crop. Sells for 3 

sualitv Tree thrifty, hardy, productive. 
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One of our experts who investigated Mont- 
but hardiest to thrive, 
crops in Nebraska and even farther north. 
Stella bears tremendous 







Burbank said, “Firm, deep blackish Crimson 
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a ™ * : ” ly reported ‘“‘Montearly is going to put Early except Burbank’s Black Giant. Skin ki Pa . Bind 
times the price of other Cherries. yas : 5, : 2 skin, sugary sweet and delicious. Gigantic size— 
Fruit is immense_size, glossy, almost transpar- Pees Aa ak s caeliEr and lossy—tough -enough to insure good 4 Cherrtes weigh an ounce ...” Fruit is uni- 
ent, pure, lustrous golden yellow without a pebeane baa cael, eceuee it ska a shipping. Flesh firm, rich, sweet, juicy—of su- formly large, despite.enormous crops. Not sub- 
touch of red. Quality superb. It ripens 2 weeks. Flesh Bhat ettace ‘eek Seige ORE Ernene me preme quality. Our propagation is from a Parent ject to cracking, Flesh a mouth-watering red— 
after Early Richmond and fruit holds on for HardelsRakhinedd and WMontuorenc oe a a tree which bore every year through a_ long almost purple around pit. Trees Sold ONLY by 
10 days or more. Solid meat makes it an ex- oa ” Sieutee “Cherea: lin EXTREME EARL period—and showed a marked improvement in~ Stark. 
cellent canning cherry, In Home Orchards and NESS ae ot on the MiNi esaasepeeheae crude hardiness and regular heavy bearing. It led also bank's EY HEART. 
Rotamerciel: Orcharis” all. aver Americas Stark’: “fee cherries. command HIGHEST. MARKE prodtine ciuut Fuulons Per_ tree, ands vigor— Late Sweet and U.S. Pa 
Gold is creating a sensation for Young, Heavy PRICES, Montearly Trees are Patented and Producing crops after 24 degrees below zero. be dala * ry - S. Patent 
and Regular Bearing—and is winning the title SOLD ONLY b Moy Bro’ ; Burbank wrote: “Beautiful—like Napoleon, bu 
of “The Bird-Proof Cherry.” Get Genuine Stark y ros. mi f SF -ambert infinitely better quality. Skin is red and gol 
Gold Trees from Stark Bro’s Nurseries. ; he most unique Cherry in the world—a glori- but when fully ripe, a deep, rick, glowing red. 
ous big white Lambert in size, flavor and form, Crisp juice-ladened white flesh.” Bis—often one 
Great shipping cherry. Fine for Home and Com. inch in diameter. Very small seed. Perfect free- 
NC . : Montlate ripens 2 weeks AFTER Mont- mercial Orchards. Tree SOLD ONLY by Stark. Stone, Wonderful shipper. Resistant to cracking, 
The best strain of eaaiitnen 2 aa morency Stark, John Porter of East oan JDA HARD! Seo DYEHOUSE . 
3 7 3 : c F : ea e tart cherry is wante d i 
is large, flesh firm, ships perfectly. Tree Jordan (Mich.) Canning Co. says: Hardy should be planted. Teedis perfectly havey wey, pels Better than Early Richmond—a 
is strong grower, sure and young bearer. “Montlate extends the Mont, season for gather- and the fruit is produced in immense quantities. early, § NE Grower, Hes erry, except Mont- 
Montearly Montmorency Stark and Montlate make _ing the crop as well as that for operating the Always sells readily at premium prices. y.. Strong grower. Heavy bearer. 
at poesiPie to ahs fresh cherry pies three times carving aCe ee is greatly e our advan- EA} r DICK > 
the usual period. tage both as cherry growers and as canning : : : af: ; 
These 3 Great Cherries prolong the harvesting, factory operators.” Fully equal to Montmorency Mid-Season—Sweet is Ripe aahout 3 Me See Nontearly and 
so orchards can be picked with one-third the Stark in young and heavy bearing. Fruit sells Very large. Almost round, Beautiful dark ° : ize, clear, bright red. 
numbers of pickers, and Canneries can operate for the same high prices as’ English Morello, Mahogany red skin. Dark red flesh. or) INDSOR 
6 or 8 weeks instead of 2 or 3, thus greatly and bears heavier. Montlate Trees are Patented <e 3 Sweet. Profitable. Sells well. Ships well. Dark 
reducing costs and increasing profits, and SOLD ONLY by Stark Bro’s. red, Extremely hardy. 
Hardy. Early. After rigid testing in the Stark : ats STAR t r «K 
Test Orchard, Wilson Delicious apricot has shown ped penes. osvere reyky Ne zreaporayce FEATURES OF “) 
itself to be our best hardy sort. Tree is the Frii¢. large=-bic’ a i aad aunts ow. 7. 
most vigorous of any variety in our orchard, mavhinin caine me Sages: an Serbowaice hi a STAR - 
very hardy—stood 26 below zero without. being right red blush. Fin eer er he yellow, with K K : < 
injured. Fruit ripens a week earlier than Moore- —jys¢o¢ Ted, blush. Fine quality. Freestone,’ Orig- TREES Over 125 years experience—6 generations of 
aaa a ak lng Foe ar ae aoe a tude of 5554 feet. “Phis year young tree elk 3 : the Stark family—goes into every tree we sell. 
matic, flavor, Fruit nate well—splendid keeper. bushels a fine fruit,” Tree Patented and SOLD Since 1816 when Stark Nurseries was founded, 
e best of all apricots. Stockham Brothers ' : * . * 
state: “5 to 10 days earlier than any other apri- +K vast funds of experience in fruit and fruit-tree 
cot, and gold for oat he than oe other ; thie hae cr accumulated and are used for 
variety.” ating, ooking, Canning, rying, Fruit is large, beautifully col 3 the benefit of Stark customer ‘ 
NCS. Introduced by Stark Bro’s. licious quality, Originated tn Nebraska neeeee P 
SUPERB — Early ; sub-zero weather makes it impossible for any 
Fruit large, orange yellow, flesh firm, good 


