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5,000,000,
UNE- YEAR TREES
APPLE AND PEAR

For Spring 1907 Delivery

This is the first time we have been able to offer our customers a complete line of l-yr. apple. For
several years we have been making our plantings with this end in view, not wishing to advertise the l-yr. tree
extensively until we had an immense stock of strictly fancy grade.

There is also an increaSed demand for l-yr. pear trees, and to meet it, we grow in quantity the three
most largely planted sorts—Garber, Kieffer and Lincoln (true Lincoln of Ill.) as well as a moderate quantity
of other leading sorts.

Our Stock Books show that we budded during the Summer of 1905 and planted as whole-root grafts in the
Spring of 1906 the varieties and quantities shown below—undoubtedly the largest number, and we claim (and
believe the trees will prove it) the best in quality ever offered by any nursery. The number noe
gated of each sort is, to a great extent, an indication of its popularity and general adaptability:

APPLE

922, 1uu BLACK BEN 43,400 Winesap 10,850 Baldwin
655,700 KING DAVID 38,350 Duling 10,025 Stark
598,100 DELICIOUS 36,600 BEN HUR 8,260 McIntosh Red
556,600 Jonathan 32,750 McMahon White 8,475 W. W. Pearmain
469,325 Grimes Golden 30,800 NEWTOWN PIPPIN 7,900 Gravenstein
434,300 CHAMPION 30,500 Springdale 7,700 Coffelt
174,950 STAYMAN WINESAP 25,350 Benoni 7,450 Early Melon
131,740 York Imperial 24,625 Jeniton 6,625 N. Spy
124, ,250 Senator 23,800 M. Blush 6,625 Bellflower
106, 600 Wealthy 20,725 Charlamof 6,550 Banana
74,700 Duchess 20,450 Red Astrachan 6,400 Bayard
67,950 Ingram 17,550 Red June 6,125 Hub. Nonesuch
67,760 Yel. Transparent 17,800 N. W. Greening 5,500 Strawberry
67,600 SPITZENBURG 16,000 Akin 5,325 Early Colton
55,350 Rome Beauty 14,800 Mo. Pippin 5,150 Nixonite
52,000 Early Rip 13,425 Sweet Bough 4,400 Payne Late Keeper
47,950 GIANT JENITON 13,300 Wolf River 3,300 Mammoth Blk. Twig
45,750 Jefferis 13,200 Fanny 3,150 Williams Favorite
45.1 75 L. RASPBERRY 10,900 Summer King 2,300 Arkansas Black
25,675 of various sorts, from 500 to 2000 each.
CRAB.
62,400 FLORENCE 12,400 Siberian 8,700 Martha
14,400 Hyslop . 10,950 Bechtel Db’l-flowering 2,800 Whitney.
PEAR
295,000 Kieffer * 101,890 Lincoln 36,200 Garber

For those planters who still cling to their preference for 2-yr. apple we have our usual ample supply of
high grade stock of all the leading commercial sorts. But we have been closely observing the trend of com-
mercial planting, and during the last decade have noted the gradual but decided growth into favor of the 1-yr..
apple tree, all over the country. In the Pacific Coast states no other tree has been acceptable for many
years. In our Rolla, Me., and Denver, Colo., orchards, as well as in numerous other localities where we have
closely observed results, by far the best trees in the orchards to-day are those transplanted at l-yr. Planted
at the same time, with weather, soil, culture and all other conditions identical, the l-yr. tree has invariably
surpassed the 2-yr.in growth, vigor and healthfulness. Furthermore, as compared with 2-yr., the l-yr. tree
has several other advantages:

First, original cost is less—they are out of nursery a year sooner, are more easily dug, packed, handled.
SECOND, being lighter, and bundling more compactly, they cost less for freight.

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THIRD, they do not require such large holes and can be planted quicker—cheaper.

FourtH, they have longer fibrous roots and more of them in comparison to the tops, con.
off better, grow faster and soon overtake the 2- or.3-yr. tree.

FirTH, the orchardist can head his trees low (low heads are decidedly best) and can shape the.
meet his own ideas and local coditions. ;

SrxTH, the l-yr. tree, owing to its more rapid development, not only comes into bearing as quickly as the
2- or 3-yr. tree planted at the same time, but having been transplanted while young, consequently with less of a
check or shock, is better qualified to set and macure a heavy crop.

We heartily recommend the l-yr. apple tree to planters of commercial orchards everywhere, a recommen-
dation not based on theory, but on clearly proven facts as shown, not only by actual results in our own large
orchards, but in orchard after orchard in all leading fruit growing sections. For small assorted orchards and
for the suburbanite or town planter, the 2-yr. tree will probably be more satisfactory, as it makes a showing
at once. For such planters and for those commercial orchardists not yet convinced of the advantages of the
l-yr. apple, we have in stock aad will continue to grow a full line of 2-yr. sizes.

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Owing to our having secured exceptionaliy fine nursery land, we are enabled to enlarge the grades of 1-yr.
apple to the measures shown in the photograph; for spring we will make the first size 4 ft. and up; 2nd size,
3 to 4 ft.; 3d size, 2 to 3 ft. As our price list, order sheet, etc., are already printed, we are unable to change
them at this time, to show the enlarged grades; but we assure our customers that they will receive the benefit
of the increase in size when ordering 1-yr. trees.

w: oTARK BROS NURSiaRDs C Louisiana, Mo.

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