

All Apples on this page are 
Listed in their Order of Ripening. 
» EARLY RED BIRD—World’s Earliest Apple. 
First apple of the season. Early Red Bird ripens when the 
family is hungry for tart apples to eat and for fresh apple 
pies, dumplings and sauce. Our early apple leader. 
A large and beautful bright strawberry red apple. Should 
be in every Home Yard, Local Market and Commercial Or- 
chard. Extremely hardy. Béars tremendous crops at early age. 
HENRY CLAY—Earliest Yellow Apple. Large 
yellow apple. Excellent quality—best very early eating 
apple. Ripens just after Early Red Bird —earlier than 
Transparent. Should be planted with Red Birds in Home 
Yard, Local Market and Commercial Orchards. 
These two apples fill demand for early summer apples . 
Tree hardy. Strong 
which are good to eat and to cook. 
Introduced 
grower. Blight resistant. Bears heavy crops. 
and sold by Stark Nurseries. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT — An Old - Time 
Favorite. Ripens just after Henry Clay. Large, Crisp 
Yellow Apple. Good cooker. Sub-acid flavor. Tree very 
hardy. Henry Clay is superior. 
/LODI (Early Golden) New, Improved Yellow 
Transparent. Fruit large. Clear yellow. Oblong conic 
shape. Ripens few. days after Transparent. — Tree hardy. 
Often bears at 2. or 3 years. Has great promise. Good for 
eating and cooking—home yard and market, : 
DUCHESS — Double-Red — New, Improved 
Duchess. Combines all the well-known qualities of Duchess 
with brilliant red color. Fruit good size; flavor of rich 
acidity. Peerless cooking apple. Tree dwarfish. Early bearer. 
Ideal for filler and for yards, where space is limited. 
-WILSON RED JUNE—Extra Young-Bearing 
Tree. Brilliant, glorious deep red Summer apple of enor- 
mous size. No other Summer apple can compare with it in 
size and beauty. A favorite in Home, Local and Commercial 
Orchards. Ships well. Commands high prices on the market. 
Introduced by Stark. 
STARK SUMMER CHAMPION — Best Late 
mmer Apple. Young bearer. Most delicious flavor of 
2 Summer Br ieg Fruit big, handsome. Brilliant Red. Best 
keeper and shipper of Summer apples. Favorite of its season 
in Home Yards, Local Market and Commercial Orchards. 
Introduced and genuine sold only by Stark Bro’s. 
) WEALTHY — Double-Red Strain. Genuine 
Sold ONLY by Stark. Best Fall apple. Often bears on 
2-year trees. Fruit is beautiful, brilliant, flashing red. Size 
medium to large. Superb quality. Juicy, with refreshing wine- 
like flavor. Should be in every Home Yard, Local Market 
and Commercial Orchard. Fine for drying. 
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RED 
WEALTHY 
that bear quicker, 
bear more fruit. 
or better fruit. 
Almost Every Year Mother Nature Im- 
proves Some Old Favorite Variety of 
Apple—Often in a Miraculous Devel- 
opment of Color, Size, Flavor, Bigger 
Crops, Hardiness or Quicker Bearing. 
Stark Experts Search the Country to 
Seek Out Variety Improvements That 
May be Perpetuated by Careful Selec- 
tion and Propagation. 
Here are the varieties you’ve known or 
heard of for years, many of them vastly 
improved by nature; by selection of 
Record-Bearing parents; by the Burbank- 
Stark method of extra-heavy root system 
development; plus the remarkable Stark 
method of “fattening” the trees in spe- 
cially selected soils before digging to 
give them a vigorous head start. 
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Piant a Succession of Varieties 
ripening from Early to Late—for Year- 
Round Home Use—eating, canning, dry- 
ing, storing—and Big» Profits from 
Continuous Roadside and Local Sales. 
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SELECTED FOR YOU AS THE BEST OF OVER 5,000 KNOWN VARIETIES 
MciINTOSH RED — Our Improved Strain 
Bears Younger. A striking beauty, with a flashing, 
all-over red color. Its luscious perfume-like flavor whets 
the appetite of the entire familye Its almost snow-white 
flesh is crisp and delicate. 
Our Double-Red Strain is rich with all the good qual- 
ities which have made McIntosh a favorite for the home, 
on the markets and with growers. Ripens in early winter. 
Tree is long lived and extremely hardy. A _ strong 
spreading grower. Ideal for Home Yards, Local Markets 
and Commercial Orchards in all sections. Especially fine 
for Northern states. 
McIntosh Red Trees—genuine Stark Strain, can be 
obtained only from Stark Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo. 
. GRIMES GOLDEN—"Double-Life” (Trade 
Mark). For more than 50 years Grimes Golden has been 
famous for its rich, spicy flavor. It is medium large in 
size. Beautiful golden yellow color. Ripens in early win- 
ter. Ideal for holiday trade. Possesses an alluring flavor. 
Tree is moderate spreading grower. Ordinarily, Grimes 
Golden trees are short lived because it is subject to collar 
rot. Stark ‘“Double-Life” Process Grimes Golden trees 
resist collar rot. This Process doubles the life of the 
tree and more than doubles the profits to growers. 
Delicious for eating fresh. Good for pies, sauce, dump- 
lings, cider, for canning and drying. 
Grimes Golden ‘Double-Life” trees are trade-marked, 
propagated, and can be obtained only from Stark Nurseries. 
» JONATHAN—Stark Young-Bearing Strain. 
When 2 years old, the parent tree bore '/4 bushel of 
perfect bright red apples. It’s rich, spicy, sub-acid flavor 
has made it a national favorite. For years Jonathan has 
been a great home orchard favorite and a great money- 
maker for commercial growers. Our young-bearing strain 
has corrected its greatest fault—much more valuable than 
the old Jonathan. Jon-A-Red (Solid Red Jonathan) should 
be planted if all-over red color is wanted. 
Tree is extremely long-lived and healthy. It is widely 
adapted and largely grown throughout the Northwest, 
Central West and East—everywhere except the Far North. 
It is one of the most profitable apples in the great Mis- 
sissippi Valley Section. 
One of the best apples for Home Orchards, Local Mar- 
ket and Commercial Orchards. 
Jonathan—Stark Young-Bearing Strain trees 
tainable only from Stark Nurseries. 
are ob- 
STARK KING DAVID—Trade-Mark. Young- 
est, heaviest bearer, except Golden Delicious. Healthy. 
Blooms late. Bore all over the United States when all old 
stand-by varieties were killed by frost. 
Flesh is beautiful rich cream color. Full of spicy, wine- 
like juice. Good for eating. Excellent for cooking and 
cider. Hangs weeks after Jonathan. 
An apple which has made good all over America, in 
Home Orchards, Local Market and Commercial Orchards. 
Introduced and sold only by Stark Bro’s. 
CORTLAND — A Late-Ripening Mcintosh 
Cross. Has many of the qualities which has made Mc- 
Intosh a favorite. It is being planted in all McIntosh 
sections—and the markets take them at good prices. Fruit 
is large, dark red and firm. Flavor very similar to McIn- 
tosh. Larger, firmer, ripens later, hangs better and keeps 
longer than McIntosh. 
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STARK DELICIOUS (Trade-Mark). World's 
Most Popular Apple until our STARKING "Double-Red" 
Delicious was discovered. This great big, flashing, late 
winter, red apple revolutionized the entire apple industry. 
Flavor so rich and flavorful that C. M. Stark exclaimed 
“Delicious” when he first discovered and tasted this new 
world-famous apple. 
ROME BEAUTY (Double - Red) Superior 
Baking Apple. Has all the good qualities of the popu- 
lat Rome Beauty plus a brilliant dark red color which 
adds tremendously to its value. One of the latest to bloom. 
Genuine Stark Double-Red Rome Beauty trees can be 
obtained only from Stark Nurseries. 
YORK-A-RED (Double-Red York) U. S. 
Patent. Best brilliant all-over red York. Popular for 
home and Commerciai Orchards. Identical with the old 
money-making favorite (York Imperial) with the addition 
of solid flashing-red color which assures growers higher 
prices and practically no scald. Genuine York-A-Red Trees 
are U. S. Patented and obtainable only from Stark. 
BLACK BEN (Trade-Mark) The “Barrel 
Filler.’” A big improvement over Ben Davis and Gano. 
Marvelously beautiful. Glowing deep solid blood red. 
Snow-white flesh. Keeps perfectly in cellar and in storage. 
No scald. Bears young. Ideal for baking and home use. 
Because of its big crops of huge-sized apples. it has won 
the name of “Barrel Filler.” Introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
NORTHERN SPY (Double-Red). 
apple in the cold New England and far Northern States. 
Double-Red Northern Spy is ide=tical with Northern 
Spy with the addition of deep «loving red color which 
brings better prices. Crisp. Fitm. Juicy. Stores well. 
STAYMAN WINESAP. one of the greatest 
Commercial Apples. A huge red apple distinctly striped 
with carmine. Flesh is juicy and crisp with a mild and 
pleasing acidity. Flavor has made it a general favorite. 
Tree resembles old Winesap, stronger grower and 
hardier. Scarlet Staymared is replacing it, 8 
PARAGON WINESAP (Improved Mam- 
moth Black Twig) « A huge apple—larger than either 
Winesap or Mammoth Black Twig. Bright clear solid red 
color with firm, rich, creamy yellow flesh. 
WINESAP (Improved Virginia Stark Strain 
is the finest of Winesaps). A rich wine-flavored, 
late keeping favorite. Always popular in Virginia and 
being planted everywhere. A beautiful, dark red apple, 
—See Price List—Page 14. 
A popular 
VIRGINIA, Hardy. “Red—fine for cider, jelly, 
pickles and preserves”—juicy, good to eat raw. 
STARK FLORENCE. Most beautiful bloom, a most 
prolific and most valuable crab. Fruit bright red. 
Fine jelly, sauce, preserves. Dwarf trees. Hardy. 
STARK GOLD. Sold only by Stark Bro’s, Pure Gold- 
en crab. Makes exquisite jelly, pickles, preserves. 
DOLGO. Beautiful bloom, new red crab. For pickles, 
jelly. Young, heavy bearer. Hardy, Dwarf. 
