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Owned and Sold Di d and 
Only by Stark Bro’s Intiddiced! by Ue 
(Trade-Mark.) At last we can offer a swect cherry that is really hardy. Stark Gold 
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Cherry came from Richardson Co., Neb., and was introduced by Stark Bro’s. 
Mr. Thomas, the originator: “Surpassed in hardiness 
often registers 40 degrees below zero, and average winter reaches 25 to 30 below. Stark 
Gold never misses a crop. Sells for 3 times the price of other cherries.” (Below sce Mr. 
Thomas, originator, and the old tree.) The fruit is of immense size, glossy, almost trans- 
parent, pure, lustrous golden color without a single touch of red, and the quality is 
superb. It ripens about 2 weeks later than Early Richmond, but will hold on to the 
tree 10 days after ripening. Cherry growers throu ghout the whole country are enthusiastic 
over this wonderful sweet cherry and we have never been able to grow enoughto supply the demand. 
Eating, Cooking, Canning, Market. NNCS. See Color Photo, Pg. 54. 
Trees Full of Great Big Glowing Golden 
§ 
We quote 
any cherry on my place; thermometer 



i Cherries. My Stark Gold Cherry blossomed 
s less than fourteen months after being set out 
and matured five or six cherries. It has borne 



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every year since and this is the third year.— “Tn consideration of $........said C. ifs 
Mrs. J. S. Brown, Connecticut. Thomas hereby agrees to furnish said 
tia w searest ome Great Big Yellow Cherries. Our 4-year-old |] Stark Bro’s all buds, etc., from said Stark 
Stark Gold Cherry Tree is five inches in diam- row ee Ga and bik es cere ke Lee 5. aes Tea 
eter and eighteen feet high. Last year it was ro’s exclusive right and control of a MSR rank £ Mor Te : aie 
Stark Cherry full of great big yellow rahersige. aolid meat buds, etc.” Branch: of) Montmorency Cherzys (rom, 4-year-old 
trees in orchard of Hon. C. B. Kountze. Bears 
tremendous crops of money-making fruit. 
‘Trees are grown and splendid flavor.—Roy F, Barnes, Illinois. 
in the best 
{ cherry soils in 
Ura ad 




' up-to-date 
: scientific 
methods. They 
I have magnifi- } 
cent roots and 
lots of vigor. 


Mid-Season. The best strain of Montmorency. From a select 
tree on our grounds which uniformly bore very large fruit— 
larger than any other Montmorency. Tree stronger grower than 
Montmorency King (Ordinaire). Our favorite for over 20 years. 
Fruit large, flesh firm, ships perfectly; tree strong grower, sure 
and young bearer, largest of all the sour cherries, very 
hardy; produces tremendous money making crops—succeeds 
throughout the U. S. 
This great cherry should be grown on every farm and on every 
town lot, along driveways—whcrever a space 10 feet square. 
i ; ae i, Many fruit growers plantcherry trees along the highways of their farms, 
and today their old fence rows are producing enough profit to pay the taxes 
on the farm, and more besides. It is the perfect variety for pies, preserves, 















\ cobblers, puddings and other good ‘‘eats.” The Montmorencies are the 
j best ‘‘so-called’’ sour cherries—they are not really sour, for M ontmorency 
when fully ripe is sweet and luscious, 




the favorite of the children. Three- 
fourths of all cherries should be of this 
type. They are the most perfect in tree, 
Tesist disease, less affected by wet 
weather, are most productive and bear 
best fruit of all the sours. No matter 
how unfavorable the season, the Mont- 
morencies can be depended upon. They 
are hardy, bloom late, sure bearers. On 
account of young bearing (often fruit at 2 
years old), semi-dwarfish growth, they make 
ideal fillers for apple orchards. Excellent 
















Stark Bro’s 






h shippers, always bring good prices. In 
ppienaia canning factories and preserving works they 
Ch. oo are preferred and are wanted by the hundreds 
Thees: of tons. Succeed throughout the U. S. We 

grow five strains of the Montmorencies which 
are kept absolutely pure. Eating, Cook- 
ing, Canning, Market. NNCS. 








Pehicsaat eh : i 2 he ee ig 
Old Stark Gold Tree—Stood 40° below zero in Nebrask 
a. Never fai 
Bur bank’s BLACK GIAN (Meee) Har dy Cherr y—New—“Sugary Sweet and Delicious” 





New. Hardy 
Sweet Cherry 
Purplish Red Flesh. Hardy. Sweet. Bloomed 100% 
after 26° Below Zero. When writing about this great 
cherry, Luther Burbank stated: ‘‘Firm, deep black- 
ish crimson skin. Sugary sweet and delicious. Gigan- 
| tic size—4 cherries weigh an ounce.”’ Mr. Burbank 
had a lifetime of experience with hundreds of differ- 
ent cherry varieties and considered Black Giant one 
of his very best. 
Has proven an enormous bearer, yet fruit is uni- 
formly large despite tremendous crops. Not subject 
to cracking. Flesh a mouth-watering blood red, 
almost purple around small pit—very firm and 
meaty—a splendid shipper. Shipped successfully 
thousands of miles—across continent, from coast to 
coast, without refrigeration. Black Giant and Stark 
Gold Cherries proved hardier than any other sweets 
—bloom 100% after 26 below zero. Huge Size, 
Wonderful Beauty and Entrancing Flavor of ‘Black 
Giant”’ Sugar Cherry makes it first favorite of the 
) family and market. Its striking appearance, supreme 
| quality, remarkable shipping ability and great crops 
| of gigantic cherries will make commercial growers 
plant it for high class, high-price markets. Eating, 
Cooking, Market. NCS. Trees Sold ONLY by 
| Stark Bro’s. 
Cherry 
| New—Late Sweet—U. S. Patented—Luther Burbank wrote: 
| “Beautiful—like Napoleon, but infinitely better quality.”’ Skin 
is Red and Gold, but when ripe a deep rich, glowing red— 
| immensely attractive. Crisp, juice-laden marvelously deli- 
| cious flesh of transparent white. Big—'‘‘Often 1 inch in 
diameter,’’ declares Inspector G. Thomas. Very small pit, per- 
| fect freestone, flavor luscious and sprightly. Wonderful shipper 
—sent over 2000 miles successfully. Very firm and very resist- 
| ant to rot. Almost immune from cracking. Our tests show it 
| to be one of youngest, heaviest producing big sweet cherries 
| Luther Burbank ever created. Eating, Cooking, Market. NCS. 
| Most Sweet Cherries bear better if there are several varieties for cross- 
| pollination. Windsor and Black T artarian are good pollenizers. 
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