$21.45 Worth of Apples on 3-Year 
Stark Golden Delicious Tree 
“3 years ago we ordered three ‘Gold-Mine’ 
Orchards from you and we are now in position 
to mail out Christmas boxes with a dozen Stark 
Golden Delicious in a box. 
“We have apples that are 4 inches across them 
now. One tree has 146 apples on it and has been 
planted here 3 years and it was a hard winter 
and spring here on them.”—Mrs. Lynn McDon- 
ald, Barry County, Michigan. 
$24.00 Worth of Cherries from 
5-Year Stark Gold Tree 
(excerpt from Moberly, Mo. paper) 
“John L. Widner delivered 33 pounds of 
Stark Gold Sweet Cherries in Moberly which. 
sold at 40 cents a vound. This 33-pound delivery 
was part of the crop from one tree, as the fam- 
ily used about half of the crop at home. Widner 
estimates the yield from this one tree to have 
been about 60 pounds. It is a 5-year tree and 
has borne a good crop the past two seasons. 
“*This Stark Gold Cherry is hardy, a regular 
and heavy bearer and is one cherry the birds let 
me pick—some call it the ‘bird-proof cherry,’ Mr, 
Widner said.” : 
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t 
ANT STARK TREES-And You Plant the Best? 
ONLY FROM STARK TREES DO YOU GET THESE EXTRA BENEFITS 
STARK TREES OFTEN PAY FOR 
THEMSELVES WITH FIRST CROP 
EXCLUSIVE 
BENEFITS 
Results Show Why Stark Trees Are the 
Lowest Priced Trees on Earth! 
$4.00 a Bushel for Peaches from 
3-Year Stark Trees 
“My Hal-Berta, J. H. Hale and Red Bird Cling 
Peach trees I bought from you 3 years ago had 
the finest peaches on them I ever saw. They Stark. Customers Get All the 
weighed 14 ounces. I sold them for $4.00 a 
bushel and got 5c apiece for seJected ones. I 
gathered as, much as 1% bushels per tree. I can 
recommend Stark trees as the finest, fastest 
growing trees I ever saw.” — John W. West. 
Cherokee County, Ala. 
$4,850.00 Crop of Bur- 
bank July Elberta Peach 
W. A. May of LaMar County, Texas 
sold his 1948 crop of Burbank July El- 
berta Peaches from his young 10-acre 
orchard for $4,850.00—$485.00 per acre. 
Mr. May recently wrote us: 
“My orchard is set out on 25 foot cen- 
ters giving me about 69 trees to the acre. 
I have only Burbank July Elberta Peach 
Trees in my orchard and I must say that 
Stark Trees are second to none.” 
STARK ORCHARDS AND ORNAMENTALS 
INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES 
Stark Trees Added $1,200.00 
to Selling Price of Lot 
“I have five half-acre lots eleven miles from 
Chicago,” writes Mr. O. R. Moore, ~ 
“My friend, Mr. Brown, who is Vice-President 
of one of the largest real estate firms in the 
city, was offered $1200.00 MORE for one of his 
half-acre lots simply because his fruit trees, 
planted every 30 feet, were loaded with all kinds 
of fruit—and these were 4-year-old trees.” 
Stark World’s Champion Fruit Trees would 
add $6,000.00 to the value of Mr. Moore’s five 
lots on this same basis, and one crop of high 
aneity fruit often pays the entire cost of the 
ees. 
“Stark Trees Too Low Priced,” 
C. M. Mathis, Ky. 
“We planted the trees you sent us. W,+ were 
very much delighted in your choice trees. The 
___enlye#iciers vc la Vé IS. yuu Scil’ yous ties ton 
cheap, when you consider the high grade of trees 
you place on the market.” » 
STARK TRE-PEP 
(Trade-Mark) 
STARTER FERTILIZER 
(FOR USE WHEN TREES ARE PLANTED) 
Also for Quick Feeding of Trees and Plants 
During Growing Season 
Stark Trees Helped Sell Old Place—Wants 
Bigger Stark Orchard on New Farm 
“I am sure our home orchard on the place we 
sold helped to sell the place. Our Starking De- 
_.licious and Stark Golden Delicious apple trees 
and our Hal-Berta Giant peach and July Elberta 
peach trees bore a few fruits the second year 
after planting. I am most anxious to get a 
larger orchard started on our new 80-acre farm. 
Please rush me your catalog, so I can get started 
planning my new orchard.”—B. L. Powers, Pu- 
laski Co., Ark. 
Stark Orchard Cost Him $80.00—Helps Get 
$3,950 More for His Place Only 6 Years Later 
“T bought about $80.00 worth of trees from 
you about 5 or 6 years ago for my small ‘place 
which had cost me $550.00. I sold out for $4,- 
50 S...s orchard helped me sell the 
"Yplace and make a good profit. I have bought a 
new’ place now—and will buy again from you.” 
—Chas. A. Coleman, Pike Co., Kentucky. 
1 Stark Trees Bear Quicker—l1, 
2 or 3 Years Sooner, often 
when only 2 years old. 
Stark Record-Bearing Strains 
Bear Best, because they come 
from finest Parent Trees. 
< 3 Stark Customers Get “Miracle” 
Fruit—Created by Stark and 
Burbank, Wizard of Horticul- 
ture. 
Every Stark Tree is Guaranteed 
to arrive Safely at your ship- 
ping Point — or we Replace 
FREE. 3-Way Guarantee. 
Every Stark Tree is True to 
Name—Stark Head Propaga- 
tor makes Affidavit yearly. 
Roots, because we dig with 
Stark Patent Power Digger. 
Stark Big, Husky-Rooted Trees 
Grow Faster, because grown 
by Stark Trade-Marked “Old 
Oak Process” Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 
Stark Trees are Super-Quality 
—they are Grown by Experts. 
Backed by Experience of 6 Gen- 
erations—138 Years. 
9 Stark Tree Roots are Protected 
From the Sun and Wind b 
Covered Vans and Cool, Dar 
Packing Houses. 
10 Every Stark Shipment Car- 
ries State Inspection Certifi- 
cate, and every tree is inspected 
5 times before shipment. 
HOW TO SELECT VARIETIES FOR BEST CROSS- 
POLLINATION AND HEAVIER BEARING 
Many fruit varieties need some other variety growing nearby so that 
the blossoms may be cross-pollenized, otherwise they will not bear fruit 
as heavily as they should Check each kind of fruit carefully below and 
be sure you have ordered enough different varieties of each kind of fruit 
to insure heaviest production in your orchard. 
APPLES. Be sure you have at least 2 or 3 different varieties of apples 
in the same orchard or in your neighborhood. PEACHES. Most peach 
varieties are self fruitful and will bear by themselves; however, to assure 
larger crops it is usually safer to plant at least 2 other varieties. PEARS. 
Be sure to include at least 2 pear varieties. CHERRIES. Sour cherries 
or pie cherries are self-fruitful but be sure you include at least 2 varieties 
of sweet ‘cherries, one of which should be strong pollenizer like Black 
Tartarian Improved or Stark Gold. 
PLUMS. Use several varieties of 
plums if possible, at least 2 different varieties. APRICOTS. All our 
apricots are self-fruitful. GRAPES. Plant 2 or more varieties of grapes. 
How to Select Varieties 
HARDINESS—After descriptions in catalog, key letters—NCS— 
show region where the variety grows successfully—NN means Far 
North; N, North; C, Central; S, South; hence NCS means it grows well 
North, Central, South. 
POLLINATION—There are probably enough Fruit Trees growing 
near you to pollinate those you plant. To make sure of cross-pol- 
lination select different varieties., It is best to plant at least 2 Apple 
varieties, 2 or more Pear, Plum, Sweet Cherry and Peach. 
$5.00 MINIMUM ORDER, Stark Bro’s lose money on orders totaling less 
than $5.00. In the event order totals less than $5.00, please add 50c 
to the total to help cover cost of handling. This applies to Stark 
Nursery Stock only—not to Stark Tre-Pep, Orchard Fertilizer, Spray 
Materials, Strawberries. 
Stark’s New Combination Spray 
JUST ADD WATER — THAT'S ALL 
IT'S EFFICIENT .... IT’S SAFE... IT’S EASY TO USE 
Full Directions on Package. 1 Ib. will spray 25 1-year trees; 12 3-year 
trees; 6 5-year trees for the entire season (5 applications) when applied with a 
Gives Quick, Vigorous Start to Your Young 
Trees and Plants. Fine for Trees, Shrubs, 
STARK’S | 
Roses, Berries, Vegetables, House Plants, etc. 
Just add one tablespoonful of 
this Concentrated Plant Food 
f to one gallon of water and pour 
into hole on dirt as you plant 
Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Roses, etc. 
It will start quick growth and 
stimulate Young Bearing. 
Stark TRE-PEP is also won- 
derful for Vegetables and 
House Plants. You will be 
hand Sprayer. 
A 
li the ingredients needed for complete protection are already mixed in 
Stark COMBINATION Spray—just add water. 
PROTECTS ALL KINDS OF FRUITS AND TREES 
Stark COMBINATION Spray protects both the tree and fruit from insects 
and diseases—Apples, Peaches, Cherries, Plums, Pears, Grapes. Also excellent 
for Flowering Shrubs, Shade Trees, Roses and other Ornamentals. 
LARGER FRUIT—BIGGER CROPS 
Bigger crops of large size, clean, sugar-sweet, tree-ripe fruit from your own 
trees can now be yours when you protect your trees and fruit with Stark COM- 
BINATION Spray, which combines 4 highly effective and safe chemicals in one 
Easy-to-Use Spray. No longer do you have to carry a Drug Store in your base- 
ment. No longer do you have to measure out a teaspoonful of this and an ounce 
of that—it’s already mixed for you in Stark COMBINATION Spray. 
COSTS SO LITTLE 
New Combination 
Fruit Spray 
A General Purpose Home 
Orchord Sproy 
4 Gs" 
(Setn nee Sees tee io tees 
Wsecticide and fy 
! A combination 
f} mized just dd the 
amazed at the quick response 
of your Plants in larger, more 
profuse blooms. Just pour 
around plants on top of ground 
or mulch. 
114-Ib. Package of Stark Tre- 
Pep makes 37 Gallons of Liquid 
Fertilizer. 
“NOW it's Fun to Spray” 
“I didn’t spray with anything but 
Stark Combination Spray and it sure 
does the work. I take people out to see 
the big, fine red apples. I can grow fine 
apples and you can, too, if you use 
Stark Spray.”—J. P. Jackson, Ill. 
“It is the best spray we have found 
and would use no other—saves time, 
eliminates waste.’—Mrs. Anna T. Med- 
lin, Va. 
‘I can’t say enough about Stark Com- 
bination Spray. It is very important to 
the home fruit grower.” — John E. 
George, Ohio. 
“T used to dread to spray even the few 
trees I have. NOW it’s fun!”—Jos. 
Resink, Ind. 
“It is the best spray I have ever used. 
I sold some to my neighbors and_ they 
liked it, too. It did the work.”—C. W. 
Schraeder, Wisc. 
“Tt sayes time, money and, best of all, 
it saves fruit.”—Mrs. Ida Gibbs, Texas. 
“The EASIEST spray material to use 
that’s available."—H. T. Waller, Va. 
“Tt’s the finest all-around 4-way spray. 
Fine for trees and fine for fruit.’-—Bea- 
trice M. Forsythe, N. Y. 
“It enabled me to win First Prizes on 
all varieties of Apples I entered at La- 
mar Fair.”—Chester Bateman, Mo. 
“Tt makes the spray program a pleas- 
ure.”"—A. W. Kadel, Iowa. 
“Tt couldn’t be easier, more conven- 
ient or quicker to use.”—Robert Wilk- 
ing, IL 
Stark COMBINATION Spray is so con- 
centrated it takes very little to make enough 
liquid spray to do the job—*4-lb. package 
makes 8 gallons of liquid spray. It costs 
only about 7c for enough material to spray 
a 5-year bearing Apple, Peach, Plum or 
other fruit Tree. 
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PRICES 
Stark Combination Spray, Postpaid 
(Please send Cash with Order) 
POSTPAID. Please Send Cash With Order. 
PRICES 142-lb, can $1.90 5-lb. bag $5.50 
STARK Orchard Fertilizer 
(FOR USE ON ESTABLISHED TREES) 
Spectacular Tree Growth. Increases Crops Up to 
Double in Yield. Improves Size and Quality of Fruit 
Here is a New Concentrated Fertilizer especially made for 
bearing trees. It is high in Nitrate—Powerful. A little goes a 
long way. Only %-lb. to each _— . 
inch of diameter of trunk of 
tree. You can actually see the 
trees take on new luster. Foli- 
age becomes a richer green in 
color and growth is greatly in- 
creased. MORE FRUIT — 
LARGER FRUIT — HIGHER 
QUALITY FRUII result when 
you feed your bearing trees 
Stark ORCHARD Fertilizer. 
FOR BEST RESULTS, scat- 
’ ter on ground under the trees 
just before growth starts in 
Spring. Or for immediate re- 
sults on Apple Trees, dissolve in 
water and spray on foliage. __ 
Quicker Tree Growth — Big- 
ger Fruit — More Fruit Sooner 
When You Use Stark OR- 
CHARD Fertilizer. 
PRICES . POSTPAID. Please Send Cash With Order. 
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SPRAYS and DUSTS 
for Special Uses 
Stark Bro’s Borer Spray—Keeps borers out 
of trees. Kills borers already under bark. 
Stark Bro’s Borer Spray — Keeps 
borers out of trees. Kills borers al- 
ready bark. 
Tal for 10 large ial Jes be 
Stark Combination Spray and Dust are prod- 
ucts of Stark Home Orchard Research. They 
are Developed and Distributed Exclusively by 
Stark. 
STARK BRO'S 
FRUIT and FLOWER DUST 
A high-powered DUST that effectively controls both 
diseases and insects on Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Roses, etc. silos er $ 
One pound, properly applied, will cover 200 square ¥ fb. can........$2.35 
feet of Rose Garden 5 times. 5 Ib. bag........$5.95 
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