JUDGE JAMES STARK WILLIAM STARK CLARENCE STARK EDGAR STARK JUOGE EUGENE STARK TOM STARK 
Founder 1816 1827-1880 1855-1914 1856-1935 1865-1909 1891-1943 
STICKNEY STARK © GOV LLOYD STARK CLAY STARK 
1909-1946 Chairman of Board President 
STARK BRO'S HAVE BEEN 
NAMED EXCLUSIVELY BY 
LUTHER BURBANK TO CARRY 
ON HIS WORLD FAMOUS 
EXPERIMENTS AND TO 
INTRODUCE HIS NEW FRUIT 
DISCOVERIES AND CREATIONS 
LUTHER BURBANK 
_ America’s Greatest Family of Nurserymen-6 Generations of Starks - With 137 Years Experience 
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Horticultural Wizard 
Dear Friend: 
With best wishes from Stark Browser 
Stark Colorphoto Catalog! © 
here is your personal copy of the exciting new 1953 
' And with this sorgeous new catalog... showing page after page of World-Famous Stark 
Fruit Trees, Roses, Colorful Vines, Flowering Shrubs and beautiful Shade Trees... comes 
a special money-saving offer for folks who order early! 
The Big news is your opportunity to SAVE A FULL 20% on each Stark Tree 
or Plant you order. Ina Separate envelope I am rushing to you a Special 
20% DISCOUNT CERTIFICATE... which will Save you one-fifth if you order $10.00 
Or more worth before the date rubber-—stamped on the coupon. 
Your home, and every home, needs the eye-filling color, charm and beauty of Stark Bro's 
extra—hardy, fast-growing Flowering Shrubs, Fragrant Roses, Vines and Stately Shade Trees. 
To help you plan your plantings of Stark Colorful Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, Roses and 
Trees around your home, we invite you to use the Simplified Landscape Planning Section 
of your Stark Colorphoto Catalog. Refer to pages 36 to 39 and see how easily you can 
plan as an expert professional landscaper would in a few moment's time. 
Right now is the best time to plan and order your Stark Superior quality Ornamental 
Shrubs, Trees, Roses and Vines. You'll SAVE your FULL 20% DISCOUNT... and you'll be all 
Set to beautify your home and add hundreds of dollars to your property values when 
planting time comes. Shipment will be made at proper planting time, of course. 
Turn now to the thrilling full-color photographs in this completely new 
Stark Bro's Colorphoto Book. In breathtaking realism these pictures show 
your Stark home-beautifying trees and shrubs, just as they will flourish 
in your own yard and bring new color and new enjoyment to your home. 
These are actual direct color photos taken on the grounds of. delighted 
customers! ; 
Natural color photos of Stark home—beautifying Ornamentals will be found 
\ on pages 40 through 64 of this catalog. 
Feast your eyes, too, on the full color photographs of Stark Bro's finer, bigger, faster 
maturing and earlier bearing Fruits . Apples, Peaches, Pears, Berries, Cherries and 
other healthful, luscious, super—quality Stark fruit that you can grow EVEN IF YOU HAVE 
|» ONLY A SMALL BACKYARD LOT! 
‘Stark Fruit Trees are strong, hardy, vigorous—-trees that prosper in your locality, no 
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137 YEARS OLD + LARGEST IN THE WORLD + OLDEST IN AMERICA « ESTABLISHED 1816 
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