TAR 
_- Trees in Same Space. 
_ tiny ones that go with 30 or 50 
__ard-Size Trees. 
_ fine in every way. 
Home Sold for MORE Because 
 1-Year Stark Dwarfs Were 
’ Bearing. 
_ “The dwarf trees I purchased from 
you and planted in my small yard 
(16x40 feet) in Washington, D.C., bore 
fruit the following year and aided me 
-in making a nice profit when I sold 
my place.” 
Lee ; J. G. Bradley. 
-Year Stark Dwarfs In Bloom. 
“The one dozen Dwarf Apple Trees 
you sent me last autumn are all out in 
_ leaf and the Dwarfs sent me just a 
year ago are in blossom and will bear 
fruit this year. I am very much pleased 
with them.” 
i | Fred W. Canning, Calif. 
Stark Dwarf Trees Hardy in 
- Mininesota. 
“Last Spring you shipped 6 of your 
Dwarf Apple Trees to me. At the time 
there was some question in my mind as 
to whether they would weather the 
winter or not. They have come through 
an unusually severe winter in fine 
Dwarf 
ty? 
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f ‘This Newest Mira 
Dreams of millions of town and city families 
are now coming true when they plant Stark 
Hardy Dwarf Apple and Pear Trees. 
4 They are picking Giant-Size, Deliciously 
_ Flavored, Vitamin-Filled Apples and Pears 
_ from their own trees—even if their yards are 
FRUIT IS GIANT SIZE 
_ It’s amazing, yet Apples and Pears grown on 
_ Stark Dwarfs are Giant-Size — as Large or 
_ Larger than the same variety grown on Stand- 
SAME DELICIOUS FLAVOR 
_ Apples and Pears are just as good as they are 
when grown on Standard-size trees—just as 
9 BEAR EVEN QUICKER 
“Stark Hardy Dwarfs in my father’s back yard 
_ re surely amazing,” says Harry Guengerich. 
_ “When only 2 years old, they had a nice crop. 
__ This (3rd Year) they are simply loaded.” 
Trees Sold ONLY by Stark Bro’s. 
ft. city lots.. 
shape and look as good or better than 
our native trees.” 
Ferd Kosec, 
Goodhue County, Minn. 
Doctor Picks Apples from 
2-Year Dwarfs. 
“On March 1950 we planted 8 of 
your dwarf apple trees. They made 
good growth beyond all expectations. 
In 1951 they blossomed (some of them 
heavily) and 5 of the 8 bore fruit. A 
Stark Golden Delicious had 39 apples 
on it. (15 on one limb). A Stark 
Jonared had about 20 apples.” 
Franklin E. Cutler, M.D., 
Lincoln County, Oregon. 
300 Apples from Two 
2-Year Dwarf. 
“February 1949 I purchased from 
your firm two Stark Golden Delicious 
and two Starking Delicious Dwarf | 
Apple Trees. Last year, 1950, the 
Golden’s had a few apples and this 
season I picked nearly 300 apples from 
the two trees. I am sure pleased with 
them and they are a source of admira- 
tion by all my neighbors.” 
C. J. Pine, 
Lake County, Calif. 
Reprinted by special permission from the May issue of Country Gentleman. 
Copyright 1954 by The Curtis Publishing Company. 
They ve Planted 1000 
Apple Trees! 
ae By GHORGE LAYCOCK 
Mark Byers thinks there is a big 
_ future in little apple trees. As man- 
As ager of Dixie Orchard Company, Vin- 
~ _ cennes, Ind., he has planted one of 
_ the country’s largest commercial 
dwarf apple orchards. In the last 4 
planted. 
Last fall about a half bushel per 
tree was picked from those set out 
in 1950. Fruit had to be thinned from 
many of the trees to protect them 
from breakage. Varieties include red 
and yellow Delicious, Jonathan and 
Turley Winesap, ; 
“So far they look good,” Byers de- 
clares. 
highly productive trees because we 
think dwarfs have a lot of advan- 
» tages. Here are some of the reasons 
why we planted them: 
+ Early bearing. Dwarf trees be- 
_ gin to bear 2 to 5 years before large 
trees, 
_.. 2. Fruit is earlier. Dwarfs ripen 
. fruit about 2 weeks before the same 
_ variety on large stock, This puts 
' them on the market-in time to get a 
years more than 1000 have heen 
“We hope to make healthy, ’ 
price advantage. Apples are larger 
and more uniform. Fruit colors more 
evenly because the tops of the trees 
do not shade lower-growing fruit. 
3. Easier care. Dwarf trees are 
easy to spray and coverage is more 
complete. "We get the most worm 
damage in the tops of old trees where 
the sprayers can’t reach,” Byers says, 
4, Cut picking labor. ‘We'll have 
to have smaller trees or harvesting 
machinery,”’ Byers believes. ‘It’s hard 
to hire workers to pick fruit from 
high ladders. We have to cut every- 
thing that grows beyond reach of a 
man on a 20 ft. ladder, That includes 
some of the best wood on the tree. 
Ill settle for a tree that grows 12 to 
15 ft. high and yields 500 bu. per 
acre.” 
Byers is excited about the possi- 
bilities of dwarfs, but he feels they 
need more testing on a commercial 
scale. That’s why he is planting on a 
filler basis. Dwarfs are placed in 
rows between standard trees of the 
Same variety, This gives him 20 ft. 
spacing in a 40 ft. row rather than 
the regular 40 ft. by 40 ft. spacing, 
y WW pole 
Qua hes DWARFS 
cle In Horticulture Gives You 
Giant-Size Fruit QUICKER from Trees No Bigger than a Dining Table. 
You Can Plant 5 Times as Many Stark Hardy Dwarfs as Standard-Size 
DON’T NEED A LADDER 
~ TO PICK THEM 
Trees are so small, you don’t even need a Jad- 
der to pick the fruit and care for trees. Yet 
strong and sturdy enough to give you bushels 
of Big, Juicy Apples or Luscious Pears all 
Summer, Fall and for Winter use if you plant 
several Dwarf Trees ripening in- succession. 
USE THEM IN A DOZEN PLACES 
These Amazing Stark Hardy Dwarfs are so 
small they will fit in a dozen places around 
the yard—one on either side of the doorway— 
Wherever you need a Tall-Growing Shrub.— 
At corner of house —in Patio— Trained on 
Wall or house or garage, etc., or as a “Vest 
Pocket Orchard” at 8 to 10 feet apart. 
(Commercial plantings 15 to 20 ft. apart) 
PROUD OF STARK. DWARFS 
“T have 4 Dwarf Apple Trees bought of you a 
little over 2 years ago and they have had apples on 
them two seasons. The Golden Lodi had 52 large 
apples this year. I am very proud of them.” 
TREE RIPE FRUIT with 
H. Q. Jones, Miss. 
20 Pears on 1-Year Starking Delicious Dwarf Pear Tree 
in back yard of Theodore Rundquist. 
Pears are just as LARGE, just as Deliciously- 
Flavored and just as fine in every way as Pears 
grown on Standard Size Trees. 
Number of Dwarfs You Need for Any 
of Following-Sized Plots of Ground— 
Planting Dwarfs 10 Feet Apart. 
10x20 ft.— 6 
10x30 ft.— 8 
10x50 ft.—12 
20x30 ft.—12 
20x50 ft.—18 
30x50 ft.—24 
Dwarf Trees 
Dwarf Trees 
Dwarf Trees 
Dwarf Trees 
Dwarf Trees 
Dwarf Trees 
For Commercial Plantings Plant 
15 to 20 ft. apart. 
J. L. Baker of Pennsylvania, picking % bushel 
of big tree-ripe Stark Golden Delicious apples from 
his Stark Quadruple-Life Dwarf Tree planted in his 
front yard just 29 months before. 
Dwarf Stark Golden Delicious Apple Tree Planted 
January 1952 Bearing 32 Big, Juicy, Golden Apples 
September 1, 
Valentine, California. 
‘YOU CAN GROW YOUR OWN DELICIOUS 
was 
1953 in the Back Yard of Leonard W. 
Prices 
‘Dwarf Apple 
and\Pear Trees 
$ 48 00 
Each 
Genuine Stark U. S. Plant Patented Process 
“Quadruple-Life’” Dwarf Trees Sold ONLY 
by Stark Bro’s Nurseries. 
Tree-Ripe Fruit All Season. You can 
literally eat your way around the 
# season if you plant a family-size 
orchard of Stark Hardy Dwarf 
Trees. Stark Dwarf Trees produce 
fruit exactly like fruit grown on 
Standard-size Trees. 
Early Summer Dwarf Apples 
A305 Stark Earliest—See Page 6. 
A307 Lodi (Early Golden) —See Page 6. 
Summer & Fall Dwarf Apples 
f A313 Summer Champion—See Page 6. 
A311 Wealthy, Double Rede el pout 
Winter Dwarf Apples 
A3+4+0-Meintosh;-Dbt-Red—Seb Page QT 
A306 Stark RedGold—See Page 5. 
A303 Jonared—See Page 4. « 
; bS OUT 
Page 7. 
Late Winter-Keeping Dwarf 
Apples 
A301 Starking Delicious—See Page 5. 
A302 Stark Golden Delicious—See Pages 
3 and 4. 
A304 Scarlet Staymared—See Page 4. 
SAVE MONEY — ORDER 
Assortment No. F-100 
Now Only Regular Price You Save 
$21.00 $24.00 $3.00 
1 Stark Golden Delicious 
1 Starking Delicious 
1 Scarlet Staymared 
1 Stark RedGold 
1 Jon-A-Red 
1 Lodi (Eariy Golden) 
(If any variety in Assortment is ex- 
hausted, our experts will select one 
of equal value.) 
Dwart Pear Trees—$4.00 Each 
Described and shown in color 
on Page 10. 
A320 Anjou Pear A309 Lincoln 
A308 Bartlett Pear A318 Fame Pear 
A319 Duchess Pear A317 Seckel Pear 
A321—Starking Delicious Pear— 
$10.00 Each 
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