Recent Photographs of One of the Eight 
STARK BRO’S | 




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(Above) Stark Customers Are 
Now Offered Peach Trees Grown 
on Special Roots—developed by 
our Research Department to assure 
hardier, faster growing, younger 
bearing, heavier bearing peach trees 
that yield bumper crops of delicious 
fruit FARTHER NORTH than 
Peaches ever prospered before. 
, and Justa Few of Many Steps Taken 
* to Bring to Customers The World 
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(Right) Lloyd Stark WE (7th 
Generation) learning each step of 
the Nursery Business from the 
ground up, combining completely 
practical experience with special 
training at leading Agricultural 
Colleges. 




(Left) To give 
thorough culti- 
vation and uni- 
form, thrifty, 
quick starting 
to Young Stark 
Trees, Stark 
Engineers in- 
vented, design- 
ed and built 
this special 
Stark Patented 
SHG He 
ROW’’ CUL- 
TT VeAs ORs 
Another ex- 
clusive ‘‘Extra”’ 
to assure the 
VALUE which 
you get ONLY 
in Stark Trees. 















































Courtesy Farm Quarterly Magazine 
(Above) These Are the 8 Men of the 5th and 6th Generations of the 
Stark Family—the active heads of Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co. 
today. Each of these men has been trained from childhood to expertness in the 
particular branch of the business of which he now has charge. 
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark—Chairman of the Board and National Sales Director. 
Clay H. Stark—President, in charge of Finance. 
Paul C. Stark — Vice-President, in charge of Research, Landscape and 
Ornamental Depts. 
Lawrence E. Stark—Secretary-Treasurer, in charge of Office Administration. 
Edwin J. Stark—Vice-President in charge of Production. 
Paul Stark, Jr.—Assistant Treasurer and assistant in charge of 
Production, 
John Stark—Assistant Secretary in charge of Photography. 
John Stark Logan—Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Office Super- 
intendent. 
(Left) This New Patented Stark Hydraulic Tree Digger was 
invented by Stark Engineers to go down deep in the ground, cut a wide 
swath under the roots, and lift the trees out gently with all the big 
husky, ‘‘Old Oak Process’? Whole-Root System intact—to guarantee 
to Stark Customers trees that will give them a QUICK start and 
healthy, hardy growth. 
(Below) Mile-long rows of Stark Record-Bearing Strain Trees. 
Each tree is ‘‘fattened”’ before it is dug so that it is loaded with rich 
plant food elements from specially selected and enriched soils. Stark 
Ero’s make doubiy-sure that the leaves are kept green and healthy, 
thus feeding the young trees all season long, and storing up a big re- 
serve of strength and hardiness to grow more vigorously, bear younger 
and yield bigger crops year after year. Man is 6 ft. 2 inches tall. 
