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AIRPLANE VIEW CF HEADQUARTERS OF STARK BRO’S NURSERIES AND ORCHARDS CO. AT LOUISIANA, MO. 
(Above) Tree Center of the United States. No other Nursery in the world is so well 
equipped to propagate, test, grow, properly pack and safely ship the world’s finest Nursery 
Stock. This is No. 1 of the great Stark Bro’s Nurseries from Coast to Coast with 4,640 acres 
devoted to growing and perfecting Genuine Stark Record-Bearing Strain (Trade-Mark) 
Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Vines and Roses. 20 average-size nurseries 
could be set down within the area of this one Stark Nursery alone. 
The above photograph shows a portion of Stark Executive Offices, especially insulated cool 
Packing Houses, Rose Cellars, Research and Test Orchards, Lumber Yards, Box Factory, 
Printing Plant, Freight and Express Depots, Private Railroad Tracks, etc. 
Visit Stark Bro’s Nurseries—the Largest in the World and the Oldest in America-— 
founded 1816—when you are in the neighborhood. 87 miles North of St. Louis, up the 
Mississippi River U. S. Highway 79—where U. S. Highway 54 crosses the Mississippi River 
—60 miles from the Iowa State Line. 
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(Above) From All Parts of the World—every State in the United States—Canada, 
South America, Mexico—Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea, South Africa, India, 
Syria—Middle East and Europe—come letters telling us, “Stark Trees reached us in 
perfect condition—just as fresh as the day they were dug.”’ This is the triumphant achieve- 
ment of our specially designed ““ROUND-THE-WORLD” PACK, shown above. 
Experience and Research combine in bringing Stark trees to you in perfect “fresh-dug” 
condition, 
(Below) Early Spring Protection for “baby” Stark Trees in the nursery—with airplane 
dusting and spraying to insure healthy, vigorous growth. 
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(Below) Government Inspector putting official O. K. on Stark Trees before shipment. 
In addition to annual U. S. Government Inspection, every tree you get from Stark is 
Inspected by Stark FIVE TIMES—Guaranteed by Stark THREE WAYS. 
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Tests in one of the Famous Stark-Burbank 

