INDEX—Stark Bro’s World Champion Fruit Trees— 
STARK FRUIT TREES 


Assorted Pearsnays ase 30-31 BURBANK’S 

See Pages 4 to 56 MONTEARLY Cherry.......... 52 PLUMCUTREES = 33 Lee 47-51 
Fruit Collections—See Price List MONTMORENCY Stark Cherry. .54-55 AssortedtPhime ws. eee eS O-5d aes x eae 
PAGE Stark Gold Cherry........... 54-55 Burbank’s ELEPHANT HEART.. 47 TulyiGold tei aoecete nae 
4-29 CRAPET ine New... 34 Burbank’s New Plums........ 47-49 Ginnihiienctans een 
OE ENE Cr cee eee 58-59 PLUMCOTS, BURBANK’S..... _ 49 Raveena ee. 
26-29 Naren » SeeFuzzlessPeaches 34 QUINCES.. a4 er ty hae se Price List ag Meee PS ees * 
3 Poet) ONUT TREES ho. 3... 4. ee Insert 
STARK GOLDENDELiciousApple 6-11 PEACHETREES sent. oe: 32 & 34-46 NEW BURBANK FRUITS ORNAMENTAL TREES 
20-21 Ripening List, Peaches......., 32 See Pages 36-37; 44-45; 47-49 & 55 4 
19 oe aes Deewana se BURBANK’S RARE NEW SHRUBS, ROSES, ETC. 
25 URBANK’S July Elberta. .....36-37 PLU ...47-49 
29 BURBANK’s New Se Sige 47 ae Facee eco ~ 
STARK REDGOLD..........._. 16-17 Peaches). .- stwntacs 36-37 & 44-45 FLAMING DELICIOUS......... 48-49 BURBANK's New ROosss. ..... .65-68 
STARKING Apple......°...... 12-16 Buzzless Peaches .....,...... 34 Honeymoons ene. 048219 Flowering Shrubs........62-64 & 66 
18-19 GOLDEN ELBERTA Cling Peach. 37 GREAT YELLOW... ee AR 40 Hedzearlanitic: . een raceeee ne GE 
24 HALBERTA Giant Peach....,.. 40-41 Mammoth Cardinal. ..... .48-49 Roses : 65-69 
ma 33 j. H. HALE Bae baht epee 41 Purple Plumcot...... . 48-49 oH de Tre 70-71 
7 TARK EARLY ELBERTA. 38-39 ’ 55 ines... . 61 
CHERRY, TREES............. 52-56 WiorldistHarliest weve. acc. 35 BURBANK 'S CHERRIES i 55 GARDEN ROOTS 
ze PEAR TREES ... mesenetes SOAR 30-31 Honeyheart Cherry........... 55 Rhubarb as 
incoln, Grand Champion... . .30-31 Rainbow Stripe Cherry....... 56 Asparagus and Hors 



























To Give YOU Stark “Record-Bearing” Strain Trees 
Young and Heavy Bearing Trees that Bring Better Fruit and | tra Pri 
e Spent a Fortune—and Years of Scientific Research 
HE tree of 
nature is 
made up. of 
wood cells and 
root cells, vary- 
ing both in 
makeup and 
F functions. At After generations of research and the expenditure of thousands of dollars, we now ee 
one place in j et : ; ; 12) > me ip s — 
Piewirces ihe wood propagate all our varieties direct in line from exclusive Stark Improved ‘‘Record- y — 
cells blend into root 
cells; at this place 
nature makes a 
perfect union be- 
tween the = scion 
wood and hardy 
apple seedling 
BOOt, This 
ig one of 
the greatest 
basic se- 
crets of the 
Old “O1a k 
Process 
Whole Root 
Method. 
Note care- 
fully the 
Crown illus- 
trated in the 
Circle below 
—and Plant 
Stark Trees. 
Bearing” Strain Parent Trees. 
Prof. A. D. Shamel, in charge U. S. Fruit Improvement investigations, says: 
“The work of searching out valuable new improvements and superior fruit 
variations is of great value to the fruit industry. These improvements in 
color, size and increased production can unquestionably be reproduced from 
these known superior strains and will result in better fruit and more profit 
for fruit growers.”’ 
Leading Horticulturists, when planting their own orchards, prefer trees which 
they know have been propagated from trees of known superior records. For instance 
Prof. Greene, for years Chief Horticulturist of Ohio Experiment Station, stated: 
“If I were planting an orchard myself, I would prefer that the nursery 
stock I used would be propagated from trees of known records.’’ 
Every Stark Tree is now a “Record-Bearing” Strain for heavier bearing, or younger bearing, or larger sized 
tree, and back of it is our Parent Tree with a known fruit, or better colored fruit, or a combination of these 
record of superior accomplishment. superior characteristics. 
In other words, every variety of fruit we now grow Our “‘Record-Bearing”’ Strains are the best insurance 
is propagated direct-in-line from the very finest tree of success a planter can buy—yet these better trees cost 
of that variety we could locate in the entire United little more than ordinary trees propagated from scions 
States—a Parent Tree that has an outstanding record cut promiscuously from unknown parents. 
Stark’s Exclusive OLD OAK PROCESS Whole Root Grafting Method 
Successful Fruit Growers throughout Amer- “OLD OAK PROCESS” Whole Root Trees is a Trade- 
ica have seen the remarkable results—the Mark registered in the U. S. Patent Office and owned 
young bearing, the tremendous crops, the big by Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co. It is a symbol 
profits, the long life and sturdiness—resulting of the superior Whole Root Trees produced by the ac- 
from planting Stark “OLD OAK PROCESS” cumulated experience of this 131-year-old Nursery. 
Whole Root Trees. If the roots are strong and sturdy, they will reach out 
Stark Bro’s is the only nursery in the world vigorously and feed hungrily on the soil’s fertility—and 
which can supply genuine “OLD OAK PRO- produce big, husky, fast-growing, young-bearing fruit 
CESS” Whole Root Trees. Read these facts trees. 7 : 
: Bete Ts RG aes ‘ 
Soe eameare eae Ketoxds below? cee OLD OAK PROCESS Whole Root Tites have 
strong spreading fibrous roots that give the tree a quick 
start, strong growth, super strength and long life. (See the 
photograph of these remarkable roots to the left and the 
Loaded 6 Year Old Stark OLD OAK PROCESS Orchard 
below them.) 

Stark ‘‘Record-Bearing’’ 
Strain Parent Tree in a 
burglar-proof cage. 


The 
Proper 
Place 
For the 
Union-— 
Where the 
Root Cells 
4 Blend into 










This 
Bunch 
of Golden Deli- 
cious Apple Trees 
OLD OAK PROCESS 
Whole-Root Trees 
(By U.S. Patent Office) 
OLD OAK PROCESS 
Whole Root Trees is 
a registered Trade 
4 Mark. These Trees 
Can Be Sold ONLY 
by Stark Bro’s. 
“‘Stark Record-Bearing Strain Trees Would Be Cheap 
even at $5 Compared to Those Other Trees Asa Gift.”’ 
—So declared Mr. Sutton, Owner of a 7,000 Stark Record-Bearing 
Strain tree orchard in Jasper County, IIl. 
“*Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Ea 
Co., Louisiana, Mo., by virtue of the fas 
authority in them vested by and ae 
Trade-Mark 

under the full text of the record of a 
the U. S. Patent Office, No. 14,322, 
hold the exclusive right in introduc- 
ing, propagating and selling OLD 
OAK PROCESS WHOLE ROOT 
“Last spring I-bought 800 trees (Not Stark Trees) because of a 
so-called bargain price. I had to throw away 400 cheap trees as 
worthless. I received the Stark Record-Bearing Strain Trees at the 
same time, so I planted the best of the ‘‘cheap’’ trees between the 
Stark trees. You should see the difference between a Stark ‘‘Record- 
TREES, and no other 
person, firm or cor- 
poration has the 
right to such use, 
and all such are here- 
by WARNED, UNDER 
PENALTY OF THE 
LAW, against any in- 
fringements.’’ 
Bearing Strain” tree and a “‘cheap”’ tree of the same age! A Stark 
Record-Bearing Strain tree only 3 months old is much bigger than 
a “‘cheap”’ tree 15 months old. That’s why a Stark Tree would be 
cheap at $5, compared to those others as a gift.’’ Stark Trees cost 
only a little more than Gthers. 

SSNs 
Roots of Stark 
Old Oak Process PATENTED 
Trade Mark Whole Root Trees 

*‘Stark Treés Sell Too Cheap,’’ C. M. Mathis, Ky. 



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