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“3-year Starking trees bore a magnificent crop of uniformly large, 
100% solid red apples.’’ J. A. Richartz. 
Starking Trees Smash 
Young Bearing Record 
From all sections of the United States, from Canada and from 
South America and Mexico come glowing reports of the YOUNG- 
BEARING habit of STARKING 
“T gathered 900 bushels of fine 
big, beautifully colored Starking 
apples from 700 young trees this 
year. All of them began to bear 
2 to 3 years younger than old 
Delicious.’’—L. A. Cather, W. Va. 
“Picked my first crop from my 
120 Starking trees when they were 
only 3 years old. All of them graded 
No. 1 Extra Fancy for color. This 
earlier, All-Over-Red Coloring makes 
them highly desirable in the eyes of 
the public, and they always sell for 
higher prices.’—T. H. Miller, Ark. 
Double-Red Delicious. 
“T find that my Starking trees be- 
gin bearing 2 years younger than 
old Delicious. The apple has higher 
quality and juicier flavor than 
old Delicious..’.—G. C. Hitchings, 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
“My Starking trees began to 
bear 3 years younger than old 
Delicious. The earlier and all 
over-red coloring of Starking makes 
it a far more profitable apple for the 
grower.’ —R. D. Kohne, Lucas Co., 
Ohio. 
The superlative Starking simply cannot be compared with any other 
red apple. Its crisp flesh is overflowing with an exquisite, aromatic flavor 
—and a rich, refreshing juiciness not found in any other red apple. 
“Starking apples at picking time 
are much firmer-fleshed apples 
and even better flavored than 
Delicious. I have 200 Starking 
trees now 5 years old. They bore 
their first crop at 3 years and 
are younger bearers than Delicious.” 
—Edward E. Heid, Jefferson Co., 
Indiana. 
“All my customers say that 
Starking is the best red apple 
they ever tasted and the most 
beautiful they ever saw. I get 25 
per cent more money for them than 
for any other apple. My Starking 
trees bore 3 years younger than old 
Delicious.”’ 
A. Svonavec, Ohio. 

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sold f.o.b. pack use at 
first picking of 300% 
of the apples the buyer 
additional shipments. Starking certainly brings repeat business. 
‘T am a strong booster for Starking Delicious because I have watched 
its action both in the orchards and on the markets. Our Starking Delicious 
have borne at a young age, have borne heavy crops and have brought top 
ices on the market’’—says John Cannon, Mgr. 500 Acre Mo. Orchard. 
rd and Market Leaders’’ 
Says John Cannon, Mer. 500 Acre Mo. Orchard 
chard of Stark Trees was 4 years old this summer and 
»p I have ever seen on trees of this age. All of these were 
Stark var nd it is one of the finest young orchards I have ever seen. 
us bore heavily this year for such young trees. 
of Starking totaled approximately 3000 bushels and 
40% higher than ordinary Delicious. 
els went to three leading markets and on receipt 
each one of the three markets phoned us for 
“The Starking apple has a 
juicier, finer flavor than the 
old Delicious. My 15 Starking 
trees began to bear 2 years younger 
than Delicious trees. | have no 
trouble in getting much higher 
prices for my Starking apples 
than for old Delicious—because 
of the far better color.’’-—Mrs. Dora 
Lee Smith, Putnam Co., Tennessee. 
“T get 50 per cent higher prices 
for my Starking apples than for 
Delicious because all my custom- 
ers think the FLAVOR and 
COLOR of the Starking is SIMPLY 
WONDERFUL.’’— Philip Weis- 
brod, Kossuth Co., Iowa. 


This 
(Photo above) One of 200 young 8-Year Starking Trees that bore 


2436 bushels in Rumbolz Orchard. (Leiter below). 
Starking Trees Bear an 
Amazing Amount of Fruit 
Chas. Rumbolz, famous orchard- 
ist of Okanogan Co., Wash., writes: 
“From 200 Starking trees only 8 
years old, we packed 2,436 boxes— 
12.18 bushels per tree— THE 
MOST REMARKABLE YIELD I 
HAVE EVER RECEIVED FROM 
FNNINE EEN RS (OULD)  UPRUENIERSK 
J. C. Norris, Inspector, saw Mr. 
Rumbolz’s fruit, wrote: ‘I can’t 
describe the scene—3600 bushels 
of THESE IMMENSE SOLID 
RED STARKING. It is destined 
to make a complete revision of | 
orchard planting.” 
Mr. Rumbolz and 8-year old Stark- 
ing—A bove. 
“T have 700 Starking trees which 
started bearing at 3 years’’ states 
F. C. Simon, Ohio. ‘One of these 
trees bore 1114 bushels this year. 
Starking brings 50% hizher 
prices than Delicious. I find 
Starking is a good keeper and 
the tree is surely a young and | 
heavy annual bearer.’’ 
Starking Sold for $3.50 Bushel 
“My 400 Starking and Golden Delicious trees bought from your nurs- 
eries bear every year and are very thrifty growers. The young Starking 
trees each bore from 5 to 7 bushels of beautiful, all-over crimson red apples 
last year. 
the top prices on EVERY market!’’—R. L. Wallace, Knox Co., Tenn. 
“T gathered 400 bushels from my 300 young Starking trees this year— 
and had no trouble in selling them for 3314 per cent higher prices than 
the Delicious. 
These Starking trees began bearing when 4 years old. 
The high color of the Starking apple attracts attention on the markets 
and they sell at high prices when the lack of color on old Delicious compels 
one to sell at lower prices.’—F. L. Andrews, Spokane Co., Wash. 
Bring $1.00 More per Bushel 
“All my Starking Apples sell 
quickly for $1.00 more per bushel 
than Delicious, due to the better 
color and finer flavor.’’—Mrs. E. L. 
Bower, Richardson Co., Nebr. 
“Despite the drouth, many of 
my young Starking trees bore 
2 barrels (6 bushels) each this 
year of fine Extra Fancy No. 1 
apples. The entire crop was 100 
per cent all-over-red the first week — 
in September. The crop was re- 
markable because these Starking 
trees withstood a 20 degrees — 
below zero spell last winter!’’— 
D. Gold Miller, Berkeley Co., W. Va. 
Starking Wins Sweepstakes 
In Canada and U. S. Year After Year 
“Starking wins Sweepstakes Award for the BEST single box on 
exhibition at the Canadian Royal Winter Fair and in addition also won 
First, Second, and Third Prizes. 
“Winning over McIntosh (which variety has captured the award 
eight times in the Royal's 15 years of existence) Oak Ridge Farms of 
Port Credit celebrated their debut at the Fair by going to the top with 
a box of Starking Double-Red Delicious —a ‘sport’ of the original 
Delicious apple” says Canadian Horticulture. 
Wins at Big Michigan Apple Show—‘‘We had some fine Starking, 
Golden Delicious and Staymared. 
You can tell how good they were when 
I tell you we won every Sweepstakes at the Bangor Apple Show. Took 90 
ribbons. 
Over $400.00 cash and merchandise prizes. 
All my Prize- 
Winning Fruit was grown on Stark trees.’’—H. T. Bigelow, Mich. 
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