Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. “THE MOST REMARKABLE FOUR-YEAR-OLD TREE IN THE WORLD” That is what one nationally known horticulturist said about this tree in the orchard of Mr. Albert Beam. This enormous “barrel-filling” crop of large apples was the third successive crop since planting four years ago. Mr. Beam, the owner, said: “Stark’s Golden Delicious is the only kind to plant — the best variety I know of for profit — doing better than any other variety. They bring the highest prices on the market today.” ' , Stark’s Golden Delicious Apple Book Written By America’s Orchardists and Horticulturists Themselves And compiled for you from the experience of 50,000 growers and hundreds of leading hort- iculturists. Never before such a unity of en- dorsement. A fact which you will appreciate. You cannot hesitate now to plant Stark’s Gol- den Delicious in a commercial way. The evi- dence of profit and universal success is here before you. Compiled by Department of Research of Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co. Louisiana, Missouri See Complete Table of Contents on Page 80 For quick reference, reports are arranged by states alphabetically Contents Copyrighted by Stark Bro’s N. & O. Co., 1 923 1 Stark’s Golden Delicious 25000 TREE ORCHARD — "MOSTLY STARK’S GOEDEN DEEICIOUS Here is a partial view of “ Big Buffalo ” Orchards, personally owned by Lloyd Stark and Paul Stark. Trees only 18 months old when this photo was taken. 15,000 Stark’s Golden Delicious tree-i are growing wonderfully in this orchard. “We Practice What We Preach” If a man “practices what he preaches” you have a right to have more faith in the doctrine he preaches. Herein we “preach” in favor of the practice of planting Stark’s Golden Delicious trees'. Above we show one of the many orchards where we “practice what we preach.” This is an orchard that is the personal investment of our Vice-Presi- dent, Lloyd Stark and our Treasurer, Paul Stark. If the rows of Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in this great orchard were placed end to end, they would reach over 90 miles. 5000 Planted in 1919 — 10,000 More Last Fall Their orchard now is a little over 3 years old. When it was set out, 5.000 Stark’s Golden Delicious were planted, together with a large block of Stark Delicious and a few other apple varieties. After taking a 7.000 mile auto lour through the leading orchard sections of America, and seeing the wonderful opportunity for big profits in growing high quality fruit, they returned and planted 10,000 more Stark’s Golden Delicious. Remember, in this orchard, Lloyd and Paul Stark’s own money is in- volved. They are so convinced that Stark’s Golden Delicious is THE coming GREATEST MONEY MAKER for orchardists that they have invested more money in this one variety twice over than in all other varieties combined. They KNOW it is the Coming Commercial Late Keeping Yellow Winter Apple — and that the big markets will take ALL of these apples at top market prices. Stark Bro’s Also Planted Seven Orchards in Six States This is only one of the instances proving that Stark Bro’s are prac- ticing what they preach about Stark’s Golden Delicious. In our orchard holdings in Northern and Southern Missouri, Arkansas, New York, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, we have planted large or- chards of Stark’s Golden Delicious. We figure that what is good enough for us to recommend to the fruit growers of America, is good enough for us to plant in our own or- chards. We believe these Golden Delicious orchard plantings are the best investments we ever made. Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co. 9 The Proof of Its Greatness The Profit Maker Stark’s Golden Delicious Will Be The Fortune Maker Of The Future For Fruit Growers Go where you will in America’s apple-raising section and you will find that the above is the prevailing belief and CONVICTION of the shrewd, the successful orchardists who have vision. They will tell you that there is no doubt but that Stark’s Golden Delicious will sell right alongside of Stark Delicious, in the same markets at the same time at the same top-mar- ket prices. Bring B;g prices Where Stark’s Golden Delicious apples are on the markets, they are selling at prices that rival those received by Stark Delicious growers. J. L. Webster, the noted Wenatchee grower, received $5.00 per bush- el box for Stark’s Golden DeJicious, f. o. b. his station. He says “It is a winner because it is a strong grower, heavy bearer, does not drop as do some varieties. Keeping quality equal to old Winesap.” J. A. Waters, the well known Idaho grower, gets $5.00 a bushel for his Stark’s Golden Delicious, also. By having such apples as Stark Delicious and Stark’s Golden Delicious in an orchard, the owner is enabled to get bigger prices for the rest of his crop. The buyers are anxious to get the Delicious and Golden De- licious and will take the entire crop to get these higher quality varieties. Praise From World’s Largest Orchard Co., That Produces The Apples The American Fruit Growers, Inc., the largest apple raisers in the world, have planted Stark’s Golden Delicious and have one great or- chard which has been given the title, “GOLDEN DELICIOUS OR- CHARD”. This great orchard institution, through its Regional Super- visor, Mr. Earl Barnhill, makes this statement: — “The Stark’s Golden Delicious variety of apple tree is a fine bearing type and I believe will prove a very heavy producer. The apple it bears is one of wonderful quality, attractive appearance and a good keeper.” ORCHARD OWNED BY FAMOUS $50,000,000.00 CONCERN Stark's Golden Delieious Orchards owned by American Fruit Growers (Inc.) of Pitts- burg. Pa. This great Orchard Co. — the Largest in the World, $50,000,000.00 Capital — think so much of Stark’s Golden Delicious that their finest orchard is named in its honor. Stark's Golden Delicious Last year, after careful and thorough investigation by two of the best posted practical orchardists o.f America, C. J. Tyson, General Man- ager, and Prof. W. M. Scott Production Manager, of the American Fruit Growers, Inc., that organization topworked a large number of their undesirable varieties — and the apple selected was Stark’s Golden Delicious. 2500 Stark’s Golden Delicious Planted In One Orchard One of the big new apple orchards recently visited by us was the 1100 acre orchard planted to Stark Trees by -the great Seabrook Farms Co., Bridgeton, N. J. (the big concern that now has over 2,000 acres in truck garden.) This one firm bought and planted 2S00 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in 1919 and over 60,000 other Stark Trees in 2 years. They knew what they were doing — and why they were doing it — for, before their super- intendent decided on what apple trees to plant or what nursery to buy those trees from, he visited and inspected practically every orchard sec- tion and most of the nurseries in the country. As soon as they saw our Stark mountain grown apple trees, with the propagating secrets of over 107 years’ experience behind them, they decided to buy STARK TREES and have stuck to them year after year. This concern realizes that this great golden apple is the greatest mon- ey-making yellow apple ever introduced. They are getting ready to fill the tremendous demand for a big, perfect, spicy flavored, long-keeping yellow apple. Planted 5000 More Stark’s Golden Delicious After Planting 500 Year Before The B. G. Pratt Orchard Co., of Delaware, is owned largely by B. G. Pratt, famous as the maker of Scalecide. There are more than 600 acres in this splendid fruit-raising tract. Two years ago, Mr. Pratt planted 500 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. This past year he planted 5000 more! The owners are making this 100-acre planting of Stark’s Golden De- licious exclusively because they have investigated and are firmly con- vinced that this is the most profitable golden apple to plant now! Hundreds of other far-seeing commercial orchardists have planted commercial orchards of Stark’s Golden Delicious in all sections. Like all thoughtful farmers, they know that there are 115,172,377 fewer bearing fruit trees than 10 years ago. They know that though corn is down to 60 cents a bushel — apples are still selling at $8.00 a bar- rel. Most any corn land that produces 50 bushels of corn will produce 200 barrels of apples. Briefly, one acre in corn (50 bushels at 60c) brings $30.00 an acre. Planted to fruit trees, averaging 3 barrels a tree at even as low as $6.00 a barrel, the same land brings $900 an acre. 4 The Proof of Its Greatness We Predict That This Apple Will Break All Price-Records In The Markets Remember — 25 years ago we predicted record-prices for Stark Deli- cious the King of all red apples. Our prophecy was doubted by some — then. But — what has happened? In every market, every year, Stark Delicious leads all the rest in wholesale and retail prices. The season just past is typical of this condition of the markets — and this willingness of the public to pay the highest prices for highest qual- ity apples, like Stark Delicious. Listen to this big New York grower — Dudley A. Palmer, Ulster Co., New York. He writes: — “I sold all my Stark Delicious, grown on your ORIGINAL TREE Strain trees, for $5.00 per bushel wholesale, when fancy McIntosh sold, on the same market, for $5.00 per barrel.” At the same time, many of his neighbors were getting only $2.50 per barrel for their best Baldwins. The same season, A. A. Marshall, the famous Massachusetts orchard- ist, was selling his Stark Delicious from his 600 bearing trees for $7.00 a bushel. And — C. L. Witherell, one of Vermont’s leading orchardists who has several thousand Stark Delicious trees, wrote: — “Just shipped my last carload of Stark Delicious to New York. Got $6.00 per bushel for Stark Delicious. Special fancy, $8.00 per box.” That was when Baldwins, etc. were selling for $2.50 to $3.50 per barrel. Demand Greatest In History The fact that Stark’s Golden Delicious is the natural team- mate of Stark Delicious and has an equally wonderful aroma and davor together with simply mar- velous keeping quality, is enab- ling Stark’s Golden Delicious to duplicate Stark Delicious history. The further fact that we will continue to advertise the Stark’s Golden Delicious apple in a BIG way, will stimulate the demand, strengthen it and ABSOLUTE- LY ASSURE HIGH MARKET PRICES to growers of this apple. Even though much has already been done to create this demand, the work has hardly been started compared to what will be accom- plished. Stark Bro’s have al- ready begun arrangements to provide every fruit dealer and fruit stand proprietor (the men who buy and sell the country’s fruit crop), in the United States with full information as to the advantages and superior qualities of the Golden Delicious, thereby creating at the main source a treniendous demand for the fruit which the wise and far-seeing or- chardists will be prepared to ship. A BOX OF STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS A typical box of Stark’s Golden Deli- cious from orchards of J. L. Webster, Chelan Co., Wash., one of the leading and most progressive growers of the Northwest, in perfect condition after 2500 mile trip in ordinary boxes. Stark's Golden Delicious “Unbeatable Combination" “A Really Good Thing Combined With Publicity’’ When we first introduced Stark’s Golden Delicious, Joseph Gerardi, the noted Illinois apple judge, enthusiastically declared: — “The public has long been clamoring for a long-keeping yellow apple. You now have it in Stark’s Golden Delicious.” How true this has proved to be ! No other variety has been so quickly recognized and so eagerly plant- ed in large quantities by orchardists as Stark’s Golden Delicious. They KNOW that the trend of public demand is toward quality ap- ples— and away from poor-flavored, inferior varieties, like, for instance, Ben Davis — “that red cheeked fraud.” Big Market Demand Created by Publicity The markets show this most emphatically. Benjamin Wallace Doug- lass, the noted horticultural editor and author (whose articles appear regularly in Country Gentleman) hammered home this truth when he declared in his recent book, “Fruit Growing” : — “I prefer to plant a variety of fruit that either has a market or will be sufficiently advertised that its market will be made for it. “This situation is admirably illustrated in the case of Stark Delicious. To begin with, it was a good apple, but IF its introducers had not back- ed it up with a tremendous campaign of national advertising, it would not be today the leading market apple of America. “If you doubt that it IS the heading market apple, I would only refer you to ary government market report — they are published daily — where you can look up the figures for yourself. “Without exception you will find this variety (Stark Delicious) sell- ing for more money than any other sort listed. Its success is due to that unbeatable combination of a really good thing combined with the right kind of publicity.” ik.s’A STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS FROM 20 STATES — The Big Feature at Great Exposition Here is just part of the wonderful exhibit of Stark's Golden Delicious at Midwest Horticultural Exposition, held in Council Bluffs, Iowa, last Fall. Stark's Golden Deli- cious from over 20 different states are on show here. The Proof of Its Greatness “Will Give Best Financial Returns” Hon. Thomas "Riggs, who is a noted fruit grower of Iowa and also Horticultural Editor of The American Poultry Journal asserts: — “A commercial orchard of STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS, Stark Delicious and Black Ben will give the best financial returns.” And — among hundreds of other orchardists of highest standing in fruit circles, Mr. A. D. VanCleve, the well-known Western New York orchardist, makes the prophecy: — “Stark’s Golden Delicious apples will command the Highest Market Prices. It is an apple of very high You Will Benefit By The Tre- mendous National Demand For Stark’s Golden Delicious Apples Created By Our Advertising And Publicity Every month, at the time this booklet is being printed, 9,000,- 000 (Nine Million) families are reading our big 2 and 3-color back cover ads, page ads, V2 page ads in the foremost National publications — weeklies and monthlies that blanket the entire country. These ads tell and retell the merits of Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apples. They show them, great, big, glowing golden apples in their natural colors. They are creating a tremendous demand and will continue to add and add to the demand for Stark’s Gol- den Delicious apples. Growers of this variety of trees are benefitted by this pub- lic-demand building force. They will benefit more and more as the years go by and the crops from their Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees increase. Growing Demand — 50% More Profitable As the publicity and advertising continues to grow and this variety is kept constantly before the pub- lic, the demand for Stark’s Gol- den Delicious apples is growing faster and greater than orchardists can meet. We be- lieve that the growers will net h 0% or more per bushel from the Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious than any other apples. As one orchard man said — “These two varieties will be a gold mine for the wise ones who plant them now”. quality !” “BEATS THEM ALL- WISH HAD PLANTED 4000” “7 certainly wish we had 4000 trees of Stark’s Golden Delicious apple. And v)hile we have about 1000 Stark Deli- cious, our greatest regret is that we did not plant 10 times as many. We have no apple that compares with it as a mar- ket favorite. Here they sell readily for double the prices of the old kinds. It re- quires no more space and overhead to produce Stark Delicious and the profit returns are double and more.” — Don E. Minor, Kent Co., Mich. Big Export Market for Stark’s Golden Delicious In relation to the English mar- ket, I am convinced that the Gol- den Delicious will be a good ex- port seller, and should replace the Pippin, Grimes Golden and some of those other yellow varieties. . I believe the export market will im- prove as time goes on and then we are bound to have a good export apple market. Last season I was very successful with the English markets. — H. L. Frost, Ex-Pres- dent, Mass. Fruit Growers Ass’n. 7 Stark's Golden Delicious A Noteworthy Apple “Quality Plus Heavy Bearing Equals Greatest Profits” “Splendid Opportunity for the Late Keeping Yellow Apple” By C. I. Lewis C I. Lewis, Managing Editor American Fruit Grower, is the one man in Amer- ica whose experience has included leadership in fundamental scientific horticul- tural development, large commercial marketing of fruit, practical handling of commercial orchards, and editing a leading fruit journal. As Chief in Horticul- ture, Oregon State Agri. Experiment Station, he wrote, or had under his direc- tion, the publication of a large number of fundamental horticultural bulletins and the men who received their training under him are now in charge of horticultural work in many of the leading agricultural colleges and experiment stations of the United States. The modified leader type of pruning, as originated by Prof. Lewis, has revolutionized former ideas of pruning and is being accepted by practical orchardists throughout the country. Prof. Lewis organized and directed commer- cial fruit growers marketing associations that marketed millions of bushels of fruit annually. He has studied fruit marketing and orchard conditions in every section of the United States — during the past year having covered 25,000 miles studying market and orchard conditions. His experience in developing his own orch ards and his knowledge of conditions throughout the United States enables him to speak in every issue of his publication in a practical and scientific manner which guides the million readers of the American Fruit Grower. No man is bet- ter fitted to pass on the commercial value of a new fruit than is C. L Lewis. The profitable apple varieties of the future must have two character- istics, quality and yield, because the equation, quality plus yield, equals profit. When we have quality plus young bearing, plus consistent heavy bearing, equation equals the greatest profit. The Golden Deli- cious comes under this formula. This variety comes into bearing very young and seemingly is a heavy, consistent bearer as noted in the orchards already established and in trees whose grafts have been for years and are now bearing annually heavy crops of large Golden Delicious. The tree has an additional good character, namely, vigor, which will enable it to produce heavy yields. It is a late bloomer another remarkable asset because with the late bloomers we can often cheat our old enemy Jack Frost. Remarkable Storage Qualities In addition to being of superb quality, the variety has a delightful aroma. . Its storage characteristics to me are remarkable. I have seen specimens of this variety brought out of cold storage in May still retain- ing its delightful aroma and juiciness of flesh and the snap unusual in apples at that season of the year. I have never seen this variety show a particle of storage scald which is so bad with Grimes and many other yellow sorts. Years ago we did not plant enough apples which matured in late sum- mer and early fall. Now peihaps we have about overdone the planting of those apples in some sections and we are realizing too late that we overlooked the advantage o± the late maturing and late keepers for they come on the market when apples are scarce and prices are high. Yellow Apples Mean High Quality Did you ever stop to think how quality is correlated with yellow ap- ples, how extremely rare it is to find a poor yellow apple? Think of the Maiden Blush, Tolman Sweet, Grimes Golden, Ortley, Winter Banana, and Yellow Newtown, all either very good for cooking or eating or both; and now we have the Golden Delicious and the American public now realizes that yellow apples mean high quality. By watching the market reports, you will observe that yellow apples bring high prices — possibly because the public knows that yellow apples are good to eat. The Proof of Its Greatness Advantages Over Other Sorts The Golden Delicious seems to have an important advantage over those already named as it evidently can be grown in a wide area where- as those varieties named are somewhat restricted in the areas in which they can be grown commercially. I have seen Golden Delicious pro- duced in Oregon, Washington, in the middle west and similar states and on the Atlantic seacoast in New York state and I have examined specimens of the fruit grown in many other states and all that I have seen retained the desirable characteristics described. If I add to my orchard holdings, I shall certainly plant heavily of Golden Delicious. No other apple has received such quick approval by both the orchard men and the state horticulturists. The big advertising and publicity campaigns of the Company introducing this variety have never before been equalled and as a resuit, a tremendous public interest has been created — therby establishing a good market for the fruit growers who will produce this variety. The advertising and publicity given any par- ticular variety are tremendous forces that should be considered by the orchardist in selecting his varieties. The Golden Delicious is a note-worthy contribution to American pomology and it is a fit companion of the red Delicious. We read in our mythology how the ancients sought the Golden apple of the Hesperides. How sad to think they could not live until our generation for today in the Golden Delicious we truly have a Golden apple of the Hesperides. Meet All Requirements To follow these earlier apples, the fruit growers and the public have long wanted a late-keeping yellow apple, one that will retain its juiciness and good llavor late in the spring, and will not scald in storage. Golden Delicious ful- fills these requirements as it is the only late-keeping, high-quality yellow apple that has the barrel filling ability that is necessary for best profits. Wonderful Opportunity For Late Keeping Yellow Apples The public wants quality, and most all of the old yellow apples were of high quality. Furthermore, the golden yellow color makes a pleasing variation on a market that is over-run with red apples. Years ago the old-time yellow varieties like Bellflower, Newtown Pep- pin, Golden Russett, and other favorites brought top prices and were the fav- orites of the apple-consuming public but most of these old-time varieties be- cause of shy bearing tendency and oth- er unsatisfactory tree characteristics have dropped out. The Golden Deli- cious will fill this big demand. Furthermore, the English market is very partial to yellow apples and the cvport trade will furnish a splendid opening for Stark’s Golden Delicious. Yellow apples are among the highest priced varieties on present day mar- kets. The famous Albemarle Pippin of Virginia is a high priced favorite of the American markets as well as England. It succeeds only in a few sections and, therefore, the supply is limited. Win- ter Banana is a variety that always sells near the top of the market. It, however, is tender and bruises very easily, the spots showing discolora- tions. Grimes Golden at its best in the fall is a high flavored apple and has always been considered standard qual- ity. It has been a big money-maker. However, it soon becomes mealy and loses its flavor. It (Grimes Golden) al- so shows cold storage scald badly. Nevertheless the markets knowing that yellow apples are high quality pay high prices for them. BEARS 5 BUSHELS— SEED FOR $25 This is a Stark's Golden Delicious, top- vjcrked 5 years ago. It bore 5 boxes fancy apples last year in famous Web- ster Orchards, Chelan Co., Wash., and the fruit brought $5.00 per bushel. Stark’s Golden Delicious The Universal Favorite The $5,000 Yellow Apple That Is A Sensation Everywhere Despite the almost universal acclamation given by the Nation’s lead- ing scientific horticulturists and practical orchardists to this famous yel- low apple which has created a sensation all over the United States, there are many thousands of persons who are unaware of the remarkable com- bination of qualities possessed by this apple and the tree that bears it. Below we present positive claims that we make for this apple and this variety of tree, so that all may know just what both are. ACTUAIi SIZE, VERI LARGE, BRILLIANT GOLDEN YELLOW “ The showiest apple eastern buyers ever saw” says S, Wilson, owner 750 -acre orchard. 10 The Proof of Its Greatness Growers Give Strongest Praise to Fruit and Tree Should you have the slightest doubt of any of these claims, we refer you to actual statements made by actual growers of this variety, prin- ted elsewhere in this book. You will see that these growers claim more for Stark’s Golden Delicious than we do. These men have no interest in boosting this variety. They do so simply out of their sense of fair- ness and in recognition of the fulfillment of a long felt want. They have profited by planting Stark’s Golden Delicious trees and they would like to see others profit by doing likewise. Very Large — Fine Finish This is indeed a remarkable yellow apple. Unusually large, waxen golden yellow — with a rich, alluring beauty that tempts the buyer and commands remark- aoly high prices. $5.00 per bu. is the price being paid — and the apples are so good that many sellers are reluctant to let go, ev- en at $5.00 per bushel. A great commercial and “family” apple - — tasted once, always wanted. Average about 50 to 75 per cent larger than Grimes Golden grown under ordinary conditions — and even superior in flavor to Grimes and a much later keeper. It is a glossy golden yellow ap- ple, slightly conical (the ideal shape 'for packing) — somewhat like Stark Delicious (red). Flesh is rich, creamy yellow, a faint tint of orange — crisp, firm, with a sparkling tang-ful flavor and alluring aroma much resembling that of a great glorious pear, a combination of mild sweetness and spicy acidness that pleases everybody. Marvelous Late Keeper It is the one yellow apple su- perior to Grimes because it has more spiciness than Grimes. The Grimes is fine as a fall and early winter apple — but Stark’s Gold- en Delicious is a marvelously late keeper. “I have never eaten an apple coming out of storage this late (July) which retained so ful- ly its normal crisp texture,” writes Prof. J. C. Whitten, for 25 years Dean of Horticulture, Mis- souri State College of Agricul- ture, later State Horticulturist of California. Heavy Crops but Big Size Stark’s Golden Delicious is a large apple. Even in spite of the tremendous crops borne on trees of this variety, it, nevertheless, attains good large commercial size where many other commer- cial varieties with crops as heavy as Golden Delicious would only reach small size. Best for Dessert — A Fine Cooking Apple, too Stark’s Golden Delicious, on account of its spicy flavor, is a splendid cooking apple, being excellent for baking, pies and sauce. The seconds of the crop can be sold at a profitable figure for cooking pur- poses or to canneries and dryers. The late Prof. S. A. Beach, author of “Apples of New York”, who was the highest apple authority in America, said — “Golden Delicious is VERY GOOD lor Culinary Purposes.” Cider made from this variety has a rich, spicy flavor that is of the highest quality. Originators Modest Claims Statement Of The Originator Of Stark’s Golden Delicious Made To Stark Bro’s Years Ago. This apple ripens along with the oth- er late winter apples. They keep fine and. do not rot, remaining crisp and nice until late spring. I found some in my cellar in May, sound and nice. I am sure this tree is a seedling, be- cause it stands on my farm, which has been in the hands, of our family for forty years. The tree is now only a- bout nine years old and to my knowl- edge has borne big crops for the past four years. I don’t know how many crops it bore before then. Last year the tree bore twelve bush- els of fine fruit, and this year it has a good crop although the rest of my or- chard and neighboring orchards are failures. Pour years ago there were no apples in this country, but this tree had a full crop. Blossoms very hardy— never failed to bealr. (Signed) A. H. Mullins 11 Stark’s Golden Delicious The Trail of The Golden Apple By Paul Stark For 20 years all the Starks had searched for a large late keeping yellow apple as good in quality and as satisfactory as Stark Delicious. The first “clue” came to us one April day some years ago. Three wonderful yellow apples reached us from a West Virginia mountaineer- orchardist — who wrote it was a new, heretofore unknown, variety. The second “clue” was discovered when my brother, Lloyd C. Stark, bit into one of the golden apples. The flavor amazed him. They look- ed like Grimes Golden — but tasted like Stark Delicious! They were shaped more like Stark Delicious. And they were in perfect condition in April! Grimes would have been rotted and gone months before. Our experts were summoned. All were given a “taste”. The en- thusiastic commotion that result- ed could have only one parrallel in our over-a-century of history THE $5,000.00 TREE IN A CAGE This is a complete view of the Original Stark’s Golden Delicious tree — in its burglar -alarm, protected cage, on a West Virginia mountain. We paid $5,000.00 for the tree. - — that being the time when Stark Delicious, the King of All Red Apples, was discovered by C. M. Stark. One apple was sent to Col. Brackett, late U. S. Pomologist at Washington, D. C. Friends present at the time told us how the Colonel came hurrying into the office, a little slab of this wonder- ful yellow apple perched on his knife blade, exclaiming, “Taste this! Here’s an apple with an even better flavor than Grimes Golden.” He wrote us glowing praises. That fall the writer started on “The Trail of the Golden Apple.” A 1,000-mile railroad trip, plus a 20-mile horseback ride through West Virginia mountain wilds, brought me to the farm of Mr. A. H. Mullins, on whose place this, golden apple tree had grown — no one knew how. Back of the house I saw an or- chard. But — here came the dis- mal disappointment! Every tree I could see was nothing but wild seedlings — miserable runts. Dejected and sick at heart, I turned around to leave — when — ■ I saw it. There, looming forth in the midst of the small, leafless, bar- ren trees, was a tree with rich green foliage that looked as if it had been transported from the Garden of Eden. That tree’s boughs were bend- ing to the ground beneath a tre- mendous crop of great glorious, glowing golden apples. I started for it on the run. A fear bothered me, “Suppose it’s just a Grimes Golden tree after all !” I came closer and I saw the apples were 50 per cent larg- er than Grimes Golden. I pluck- ed one and bit into its crisp, ten- der, juicy-laden flesh. Eureka! 1 had found it. The long sought for perfect yellow apple had been discovered. The “Trail of the Golden Apple” had reached a suc- cessful end. And, just as I had eaten my apple, core and all, I turned to see Mr. Mullins, with a “I-told- you-so” smile on his face, climb- ing the hill to welcome me. The Proof of Its Greatness A Prophecy and A Warning By E. W. Stark Note — When we first introduced Stark’s Golden Delicious, we made this prophecy and gave this 'learning. Over 75,000 shrewd growers heeded our words and planted Stark’s Golden Delicious. Thousands of acres are now set in Stark’s Golden Delicious all over America. A few years hence and the forethought of these growers will be abundantly rewarded. We reprint this article for your benefit — if you have not already planted. Stark’s Golden Dedcious. Read Don Minor’s (famous Mich. Or char dist) warning on page 7. •Twenty-six years ago we prophe- sied that Stark Delicious would bring unheard-of prices to orchardists who planted these trees generously. ‘■We warned orchardists that he who hesitated in planting Stark Delicious would be the loser. And that he who planted other varieties, to the exclusion of a generous planting of Stark Deli- cious, -would be a sorry man. “How true this proved to be ! Even as prosperous an orchardist as Judge Adam Thompson, De Kalb County, Mis- souri, says regretfully : “When my 30-acre orchard was star- ted I listened to too much neighborly advice and planted too many different sorts. I have received big prices for my fruit because my Stark Delicious trees sold the crop. I have always re- fused to sell the Stark Delicious by themselves and would only let them go when the entire orchard’s crop was taken. “But if I had thirty acres all of Stark Delicious I would consider it worth $2,000 per acre. When planting this orchard if I had decided to plant three-quarters of it to Stark Delicious it would today be worth three times the biggest price offered for it.” Our Present Prophecy is that Stark’s Golden Delicious will be as big a money maker for orchard- ists as Stark Delicious. “The orchardist who will plant Stark’s Golden Delicious generously will reap a wonderful reward a very few years from now. The orchardists who go in for raising Stark’s Golden Delicious in earnest and plant abun- dantly now, and beat their neighbor orchardists to it, are going to make the most money. Stark’s Golden De- licious, on the late spring markets, will have no competition because there is no other high quality late keeping yellow apple.” Will You Be Ready To Answer? The fruit buyers of the future will ask — “How many bushels of Stark's Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious will you have? Then I can tell you if I can take your whole crop and the price — but we must have all of these two varieties.” How will you be able to answer that question? Will you have a good big supply of these high-priced apples that are always in big demand with buyers. BEARS 12 SUCCESSIVE CROPS Photo shows enormous crop borne by Stark’s Golden Delicious. The twelfth success- ive crop of this 16 -yr.-old tree. This crop alone netted over 35 bushels of these big glorious arp^es. This tree has repeatedly borne crops when all others failed.” Stark's Golden Delicious The Supreme Court of Fruit World American Pomological Society Awards Wilder Medal What the Supreme Court is to United States law, the American Pom- ological Society is to American fruit and horticulture — the Final High- est Authority. This Society has occupied this eminent position for ov- er 75 years. Now — this great body of scientists and horticulturists gave several years ago to Stark Golden Delicious the highest tribute ever granted to an apple since the introduction of Stark Delicious — the only Wilder Silver Medal with one exception ever awarded to an apple in the last 35 years. This Medal was “struck off” on the massive presses of the United States Mint, by special order, and is now in our possession. REWARDED THE WILDER MEDAL The Wilder Silver Medal is the Nobel Prize of the fruit world . It was provid- ed for by a Trust Fund left in 1886 bif the late Marshall P. Wilder, Scientist and P^mologist, who was President of the American Pomological Society for 38 years — with instructions that is was to be awarded to a fruit only after exhaus- tive investigation had produced proof of that fruit's supreme merit. This medal made by U. S. Mint. THE OFFICIAL AWARD LETTER American Pomological Society Office of The Treasurer Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Missouri. Gentlemen : With this I am sending you the Wilder Silver Medal awarded to you for the Golden Delicious apple exhib- ited by you at the meeting of this Society held at St. Louis last month. I do not know when I have seen an apple with wffiich I have been so much pleased and with its early bearing habit and general productiveness it should take a place well at the head of the list of the high-class commer- cial sorts. Yours very truly, L. R. TAFT, Nation s Leaders Award Medal To YOU who may have been wait- ing to see Stark’s Golden Delicious “prove itself,” here is the evidence of the esteem in •which this superb fruit, and the tree that bears it, is held by the foremost pomological experts horticulturists and orchardists. They watched the development, test- ing the success of this great, big, glowing golden apple for years be- fore giving it this Supreme Honor. On the Committee on the Wilder Medal Award were such eminently conservative authorities as Prof. C. P. Close, Official Pomologist U. S. Dep’t of Agri., Washington D.C. Prof. W. J. Green, State Horticul- turist, Ohio Exp. Sta., Wooster, Ohio. Prof. N. E. Hansen, State Horticul- turist, North Dak. Exp. Sta. Gathered with these men and con- curring in their unanimous verdict in favor of Stark’s Golden Delicious, were such noted figures as Dr. Liber- ty H. Bailey, Dean of New York Col- lege of Agriculture, Cornell Univer- sity, and author of the world famous p “Standard Encylopaedia of American P Horticulture” — and horticulturist and r rmit experts from practically every ■ Horticultural College and Exp. Sta. * FEW NOTED HORTICULTUR- ISTS WHO INSPECTED STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS These men also visited our great ap- ple tree nurseries in the Ozark Mountain region and were astonished at the mag- nificent growth in that ideal apple soil and climate. 14 The Proof of Its Greatness The Pilgrimage of National Leaders Make Trip to Inspect Bearing Stark’s Golden Delicious For days they arrived on every train. Many from over 1,000 miles away. They came as independent Scientific men — College Professors — State Experiment Station men — Government Bureau men — Horti- cultural Editors — Successful Orchardists, all anxious to see these re- markable yellow apple trees with their own eyes. Their inspection im- pressed and convinced them beyond all doubt that here was the Most Wonderful Yellow Apple and Tree Known to the Fruit World. “It Revolutionizes Apple Growing” Declared Prof. H. L. Crane, Horticulturist, W. Va. Exp. Station. “It is likely that Stark’s Golden Delicious will be the parent of a family of fruit trees that will revolutionize apple growing. I have never seen anything like it before. Here it is showing fruit maturing on termi- nals, fruit spurs, and, most important of all, on lateral buds (on the lat- eral buds — the 1-year wood, like peach tree). This is the only apple I have seen or heard of doing all this.” Prof. Frederick Cranefield, Madison, Wis., (Secretary Wis. Hort. Society and Member Executive Committee American Pomological Society) asserted: “This sight (as he looked upon Stark’s Golden De- licious in bearing) is even more wonderful than your photographs and descriptions. All the horticultural writers and pomologists will have to revise their books on apples, because the Stark’s Golden Delicious bears regularly on new 1-year wood.” Prof. Paddock, Ohio’s famous State Horticulturist, frankly asserted: “Stark’s Golden Delicious beats anything I ever saw! It is of high quality, a beautiful golden color, and one of the best keepers.” Prof. J. R. Cooper, Ark. State Horticulturist, says: “The Stark’s Go'iden Delicious apples on the 2-year-old tree, photo of which I sent you, Were as big as those shown on your big color photo.” Prof. Ralston of Va. Agr. Exp. Station, said: “I am frank to admit that I have never heard leading horticulturists praise any other apple as highly as they have the Golden Delicious.” A FEW OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WHO CAME TO LOUISIANA, MO. America's “master minds of horticulture " have personally investigated the various fruit and tree qualities of Stark's Golden Delicious and the more they have investigated, the more enthusiastic they have become. Stark Bro's executive offices in back ground. 15 Starks Golden Delicious Thorough Investigation by America’s Authorities All of these famous authorities were astounded at the fruit and tree characteristics of Stark’s Golden Delicious. YOU can rely on the tes- timony of these disinterested scientific men. You can depend on their sound judgment of the characteristics of this great apple. FAMOUS HORTICULTURISTS ENTHUSIASTIC Above , the late Prof. Beach, Iowa State Horticulturist, America’s Greatest Apple Expert, Dr. Lambert, Leading III. Or- chardist and Pres. 111. Horticultural So- ciety, Prof. Wendell Paddock, Ohio State Horticulturist and Paul Stark are shown AUTHORITIES WHO CAME Relow we give the names of these nationally known horticulturists (States arranged alphabetically) who journeyed to see and study the crops of this epoch making tree. Prof. C. P. Close, U. S. Pomologist. Prof. H. P. Gould, U. S. Pomologist. Prof. C. I. Lewis, Edr. “Fruit Grower.” G. E. Seavy, Edr. N. E. Homestead. G. G. Becker, ARK. State Inspector. Prof. H. S. Harvey, Hort. GA. Exp Sta. S. Adams, Edr. Am. Fruit Grower, ILL. Miss E. Leitzbach, Edr, Prairie Farmer. i\!r. G. Hayes, Authority, Chicago, ILL. Prof. F. W. Newton, ILL. State Univ. Prof. W. A. Ruth, Hort. ILL. Exp. Sta. Prof. W. S. Brock, Ext. Hort. ILL. Prof. B. S. Pickett, Hort. ILL. Exp. Sta. Dr. H. W. Anderson, Hort. ILL. Dr. Lambert, Ex-Pres. ILL. Hort. Soc. Silas Wilson, Orchardist, IDAHO. Mr. Taylor, Publisher Farm Life, IND. Prof. Laurenz Greene. State Hort. IND. A. M. Davis, Pres. IND. Fruit Grower’s Association. W. M. Walton, Pres. IND. Hort. Soc. Prof. F. P. Cullinan, Hort. Exp. Sta. IND. A. H. Snyder, Edr. “Successful Farm- ing” IOWA. John Thompson, Edr. IOWA Homestead Mrs. Workman, Corn Belt Farmer, IA. F. Nichols, Edr. Mail & Breeze, KANS. during their pilgrimage to see great c^ ops of Stark’s Golden Delicious Invaluable Co-operation by Nation’s Scientific Horticulturists We wish to express our appreciation of the cooperation of the scientific horticulturists at the various agricul- tural colleges and state experiment stations. Many of the variety’s most valuable characteristics have first been noted through the tests given by these careful investigators. For instance the first indication of the wide-spread early bearing of the variety was giv- en by Prof. Cooper of Arkansas when he reported the variety bearing at two yenrs old on the Arkansas Experiment Station grounds. Then again, the late Prof. Beach, head of the Horticul- tural Department at the Iowa State Experiment Station and Prof. W. Pad- dock, horticulturist of the Ohio State University, called to our atten- tion when they inspected the Golden Delicious, the fact that Golden Deli- cious was bearing about 50% of the crop on lateral buds (on wood of the past season’s growth, like a pea£h tree) — this being one of the main rea- sons for the extremely early bearing of the variety in all sections of the country. I YR. TREES IN NURSERY ROW Take note of these wonderful Ozark - Mountain-grown Stark’s Golden Delicious at our Farmington, Ark., Branch Nur- sery where soil and climate are ideal for best growth that the pomological and nursery world has ever seen. 16 The Proof of Its Greatness 41/2 FT. GROWTH IN 5 MOS. Stark’s Golden Delicious tree 5 mos. af- ter -planting in Paul Stark’s orchard. Hind of little boy ( Paul Stark, Jr.) shows where new growth starts. Photo shows crop of corn grown between rows. Vetch and rye were used as a cover crop. 15,000 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in this orchard. FAMOUS AUTHOR’S PRAISE Golden Delicious Described in “Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits” by Prof. U. P. Hedrick of N. Y. No other yellow apple is handi sorrier nor of better quality, nor possesses better shipping and keeping characters — it seems cer- tain, from their behavior in many widely seperated regions, that they are hardy, vigorous, healthy, and productive, with no marked faults that have appeared as yet. The variety was given the Wilder Silver Medal by the American Pomological Society in 1920. Trees hardy, vigorous, healthy, productive. Fruit large, uniform in size and shape, symmetrical ; stem 1 V2 inches long, slender, curved ; skin golden yellow, smooth; flesh firm, crisp, tender, iuicy, mild subacid, rich, aroma- tic; quality very good to best for dessert and cooking; autumn to May. Note — Other statement page 69. Prof. E. G. Kelly, Ext. Hort. Exp. Sta. K '-YNSAS. Prof. C. W. Mathews, Hort. KY. Ben E. Niles, Sec. KY. Hort. Society. Prof. J. K. Shaw, MASS. Agr. Exp. Sta. E. H. Favor, Horticulturist and Editor. Prof. V. R. Gardner, Hort. MICH. D. A. Wallace, Edr. “The Farmer’’ MINN. Prof. W. H. Alderman, Hort. MINN. Geo. F. Jordan, Edr. “310. Ruralist” Wm. L. Nelson, Edr. “310. Farmer” I. D. Mullinax, Agr. Edr. Globe-Demo- crat, 310. Prof. L. R. Johnson, 310. Hort. Prof. L. Haseman, Entomologist 310. Prof. T. J. Talbert, Hort. 310. Exp. Sta. Prof. F. W. Faurot, Dir. Exp. Sta. 310. Prof. G. F. Potter, Hort. N.H. Exp. Sta. W. Oley, Mgr. 1100 acre orchard, N. J. Prof. J. Oskamp, Ext. Hort. N. Y. Prof. J. H. Gourley, Hort. Exp. Sta. O. Prof. Wendall Paddock, Hort. OHIO. Prof. W. J. Green, Director Exp. Sta. O. Prof. N. E. Hansen, Hort. S.D. Exp. Sta. J. 31. Kirkham, Edr. “UTAH B^armer” G. J. Hopkins, Noted VA. Fruit Grower Prof. G. S. Ralston, Hort. Exp. Sta. VA. Prof. H. E. Knowdton. Hort. W. VA. Prof. Crane, Hort. Exp. Sta. W. VA. 31 L. Dean, former State Hort. WASH. F. Cranefield, Sec. WIS. Hort. Society. 6-YR. OED STARK’S GOLDEN DE- LICIOUS AT CORNELL AGR. EXP. STATION, N. Y. The tree was planted in 1916. Note the vjonderful crop it bore in 1922 — had borne several prior crops. Prof. Os- kamp of Cornell says, “ Entirely hardy in N. Y. — came through the severe winter without injury. Members of our Depart- ment had nothing but praise for its quality — a most fascinating aroma — su- perior to Grimes.” ( The winter referred to severely in- jured Baldwin and all except the hard- iest sorts.) 17 Stark’s Golden Delicious State Horticulturists Recommend It Highly Regular And Abundant Cropper “The Stark’s Golden Delicious is a coming apple. It has style, beauty and quality of fruit to recommend it. The tree comes into bearing very young. All available records go to show that it is a regular and abundant crop- per. I have no hesitation in rec- ommending it to prospective plan- ters. It is the most promising in- troduction of recent years among apples.” — Prof. S. A. Beach, Chief Horticulturist, Iowa State Col- lege, Ames, Iowa. U. S. Pomologist Gives Official Description The following is quoted from a description written by C. P. Close, TJ. S. Pomologist, at the time the Silver Wilder Medal was awarded to the Golden Delicious: “Skin, tough; color of flesh, rich yellow; texture, crisp, juicy; flavor, mild, sub-acid ; quality, very good. Much like Grimes Golden but a later keeper.” Showiest Apple Buyers Ever Saw “We have had a number of Eastern fruit buyers here, and all say that the Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apples grown on our trees are the finest and most showy ap- ples they ever saw.” — Silas Wilson owner of the famous Wilson Or- chards, Canyon Co., Idaho. Phenomenal Apple “The behavior of the Stark’s Golden Delicious is phenomenal. Seldom does a variety have so many superior qualities.” — Prof. J. H. Gourley, Chief Ohio Agricul- tural Exp. Station, Wooster, O. Fanciest Apple He Ever Saw “I must say that the Stark’s Golden Delicious certainly is the fanciest apple that I have ever seen. I am certain that I never tasted an apple that was richer and higher in quality. The Stark’s Golden Delicious is the most re- markable apple introduction that has been made in recent years.” — Prof. Wendell Paddock, Ohio State Horticulturist, Columbus, 0. BEARS A BUSHEL AT THREE YEARS OF AGE “Photo of one of my Stark’s Golden Delicious, three years old, showing the crop that yielded a bushel of apples,” says Mrs. A. A. Papworth, Kaslo, B. C. Canada. Reports from Canada and northern sections of the U. S. have proved that Golden Delicious is very hardy and an extremely early and heavy bearer under northern conditions — the ideal qualify apple for the north . A proven success. East, West, North and South. K SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES ON Demonstration Orchards — OF--- Stark Delicious or Stark’s Golden Delicious [For A Limited Period] This is an opportunity that you should 9-rasp at onee! It will be withdrawn just as soon as the allotted number of Demonstration Orchards are sold! We want to see one good-sized com- mercial orchard of Stark Delicious or Stark’s Golden Delicious (or both) bear- ing in every neighborhood. Each such Demonstration Orchard will be a living advertisement of these two great varie- ties— the King of all Red Apples and the Queen of all Golden Apples. That is the reason why we are mak- ing these Special Reduced Prices to those who will plant at least 250 trees (5 acres) of either or each of these 2 varieties NOW. Quick Action Saves You 20% But — no order for less than 250 of either or each of these varieties will be accepted at these prices. We cannot sell 125 Stark Delicious and 125 Stark’s Golden Delicious at these Reduced Prices — not less than 250 of a variety. No order for more than 1000 trees ac- cepted at these prices. Many are planting 250 of each of these varieties — making 500 trees — an ideal 10-acre orchard — one that will prove a regular “Mint” in the years to come. Hurry in your orders! This offer will positively be withdrawn when allotment of Demonstration Orchards have been sold ! Special Demonstration Prices Stark Delicious [red] 28c each for 2-3 ft. size 36c each for 3-5 ft. size 48c each for 4-7 ft. size Stark’s Golden Delicious [yellow] SOc each for 2-3 ft. size 55c each for 3-5 ft. size 65c each for 4-7 ft. size For orders to be shipped Spring 1 923 ONLY Use Enclosed Order Blank TODAY Don’t Fail to Sign Golden Delicious Agreement Stark Bro’s Nurseries Louisiana, Mo. Louisiana, Mo . , Dear Sir : It has taken over 5 years to write the enclosed booklet — "Stark's Golden Delicious — The Proof of Its Greatness’'. — and we did not write it . It has been prepared for your information and profit by a group of the best informed Scientists and Horticulturists in America who have made a special study of Stark’ s Golden Delicious trees and the apples they bear. They have been assisted by several thousand fruit growers who have planted this variety— have seen it thrive in almost every soil and climate and defy disease and insect epidemics — have seen it bear at World’ s Record Young Age and bear Big Crops Regularly. These men have ate Stark's Golden Delicious apples 4 to 6 months after all Grimes Golden Apples had all rotted and gone . They have f ound last year ’ s Stark' s Golden Delicious ap- ples sound, crisp, and juicy when the trees were in blossom again for another crop. You are sure to find this book that they wrote full of interest. It is packed full of profit-crop-pointers for you. Read it. HERE’S A MONEY-SAVING IDEA: See other side of this sheet. Hote the Special Reduced Prices on Demonstration Orchards of Stark Delicious (red) and Stark’s Golden Delicious (yellow). It’s YOUR opportunity to SAVE 20 PER CERT! Compare these prices with those in Regular Price List enclosed — and Grasp This Opportunity — QUICK! Yours most cordially, STARK BRO’S H. & 0. CO. P. S. The enclosed order blank can be used by you to secure Stark Delicious and Stark’ s Golden Delicious this year — if you ACT QUICKLY! Be sure to sign the Golden Delicious Agreement at bot- tom of order blank. The demand for both Stark’ s Golden Deli- cious and Stark Delicious right now is tremendous. Even though you haven't room for a Demonstration Orchard of either variety, plant some of each — 20 - 50 - 75 or so — and ORDER HOW! Last year nearly 1 , 100 tardy customers were told "All sold out ’ ' . The Proof of Its Greatness Such Unanimous Approval Never Before Equalled Prof. Bailey Says: — “A Real Acquisition !” “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple is a comely and beautiful fruit, both in shape and flavor. The quality is good. It is a real acquisition.” — Prof. Liberty H. Bailey, Former Dean of Cornell Agric. College, Ithaca, N. Y. U. S. Pomologist Prediction 8 Yrs. Ago Has Come True Col. G. B. Brackett, late U. S. Pomologist, a man than whom there was no better judge of ap- ples, said when he first saw the Golden Delicious 8 years ago — “Quality every bit as good as Grimes and absolutely distinct. I believe it will prove a winner. Publicity Assures Popularity “Golden Delicious is without a doubt, a mighty good apple and the way you people are pushing it, there is no doubt but what it will be a popular sort.” — F. M. Fagan, Professor of Pomology, Pennsyl- vania State College. Both Strong Grower and Young Bearer “Stark’s Golden Delicious is the grandest advance in the line of pome fruits ever made. Its fav- orable characteristics, so strong as to resist the check of remarkably young bearing. Its size, shape and quality are all in its favor, al- so.”— Edwin H. Riehl, Hort. and Experimenter, Madison Co., 111. Prof. Knowlton of West Virginia Says All Are Planting It. “I believe it to be a remark- able apple. As you say, it is a late keeping Grimes Golden about the same in quality as the latter, but with tree characteristics far superior. “The interest shown by growers in this apple is remarkable. It certainly pays to advertise. Ev- ery prospective planter that I have have talked to this week has Gol- den Delicious on his list to plant in the spring. West Virginia is certainly proud of her apple.” — H. E. Knowlton, Associate Pomology West Virginia University. BEARS OX 3-YEAR TREE AT X. Y. EXP. STATIOX Photo above ( taken under direction of Prof. Howe of N. Y. Exp. Station, Gen- eva, N. Y.) shows S-yr.-old Stark's Gol- den Delicious bearing. In same orchard Baldwin didn't begin bearing till 10 or 12 years old. Prof. Howe writes: Per- fectly hardy — splendid growth. Believe will prove most promising as a commer- cial variety." “Young, Regular Bearer,” Says Burbank “We have found Stark’s Gol- den Delicious an unusually young- bearer. The trees bore the 3rd summer after setting out and have borne regularly every year since.” — Luther Burbank No One Could Desire Finer Apple “I do not see how anyone could desire a higher quality apple than the Stark’s Golden Delicious. The tree of this variety has many de- sirable characteristics. It is cer- tainly hardy and generally adap- ted to many different kinds of soils. Its habit % of vigorous growth and young bearing are also remarkable.” — Prof. F. P. Culli- nan, Associate in Pomology Pur- due University, Agri. Exp. St a., Lafayette, Ind. Stark’s Golden Delicious Praised By America’s Greatest Dietitian “Willing To Pay Almost Any Price For Stark’s Golden Delicious Apples In every locality of the U. S. and many parts of Canada, Gol- den Delicious trees are growing and bearing splendid crops and in each locality a tremendous a- mount of public interest has been aroused by this variety. Our population — 110 millions — which represents the apple consuming public of the U. S. is demanding to know where they can get good supplies of Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apples. We will put the orchardists in touch with these buyers. Not long since, we received a letter from one of America’s most eminent Physicians and Dietitians, the world famous Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Head of The Battle Creek Sanitarium. LOADED 18 MONTHS GRAFT An 18-months-old Top Graft of Golden Delicious — bearing in Central West, an extra heavy crop of big, golden, super- quality apples — 50 per cent larger than Grimes Golden. Absolutely a World’s Fecord for young and heavy bearing. This is the first crop. It bore heavily again the next year and has never fail- ed.— 6 crops in 7 years since top-work- ing. The Battle Creek Sanitarium Battle Creek, Michigan Stark Bro’s N. & 0. Co., Louisiana, Mo. Gentlemen: I have yours of December 23. I consider Golden Delicious the finest apple I have ever tasted. It is especially adapted to inval- ids because of its mild, highly ef- fective flavor. The absence of acid renders it acceptable among btomachs which will not tolerate acid fruits. I am anxious to get a supply of these apples for use at the Battle Creek Sanitarium as soon as possible and am now making arrangements for the planting of a large orchard _on ’he basis of your proposition. We have a large number of trees which may be topworked to ad- vantage as you suggest. Sincerely yours, John Harvey Kellogg, M.D. P. S. You may reserve for us 400 trees and a lot of scions for topworking. Could you supply me with a few of the apples? I would like to have a supply at al- most any price. I am really very enthusiastic about Stark’s Golden Delicious and thank you very much for calling my attention to it. STARK BRO'S FAMOUS TERRACED ORCHARD PROVES VALUE OF HILLY LAND This photo illustrates the points brought out in article on opposite page that hilly land that is too steep to cultivate can be planted to Stark’s Golden Delicious (which is particularly adapted to steep land and is drought resistant) and this land worth $10 or $15 per acre can be made worth $500 to $1000 per acre when it is planted and bearing Stark’s Golden Deli- cious. You can terrace your hill land or simply plant the trees in sod and use mulch around the trees without terracing. Trees in above photo grew 2 1-2 to 4 ft. last season. The Proof of Its Greatness West Virginia’s Governor Praises It Big Success in Hilly Country I believe that the Stark’s Golden Delicious is one of the best apples that has been produced in the world. We West Virginians feel proud of being the home of this wonderful apple and we are delighted with the facts and illustrations in which you have exploited its many good properties. I have for years been advoca- ting in West Virginia the earnest and vigorous prosecution of its fruit life. Everything in the state looks to the direction of a great fruit state. It is excep- tionally situated as to altitude and latitude and I believe will be one of the great fruit states of the Union and it gives us a great deal of pleasure to feel that this apple, which for keeping quali- ties, for safety and security in production, for delicacy of taste, for fineness of touch, for sure- ness of fruiting, is a product of our state and through your il- lustrated discussion is given character to what we have long contended, that West Virginia is a great fruit producing center. What greater benefit to human kind could there be than the pro- duction and continuous improve- ment of an apple like the Stark’s Golden Delicious. I have always thought that this work would be treated among the great bene- fits to mankind. Sending out to all parts of the world a life giv- ing, health making element, which goes into the very life blood of our people, increasing our ability to do good, widening Big Opportunity for Golden Many apples are not successful when grown without cultivation on steep hill sides and suffer particularly dur- ing- dry seasons. However, the Gol- den Delicious on account of its ex- treme vigor, vitality, and drought and disease resistance, flourishes even on these unfavorable locations. The or- iginal tree of Stark's Golden Delicious in West Virginia is high up on a mountain side, too steep for a wagon to go. The soil is thin, less than 2 ft. down to solid rock. However, on this thin mountain soil, without spraying, without care, and exposed to severest conditions the original tree fought its battles against the elements and bore annual erops. The original tree being one of a large number of trees in an old mountain seedling orchard and practically all the other sorts had died our possibilities in every sense of the word, where could there be a greater benefit to mankind. This apple is becoming one of the great and well known fruits of the United States, and I am delighted so often by people who are eating the apple and know about it that they have felt a great interest in West Virginia, or in any state that would be the parent of as wonderful an element of edibility as is this apple. We wish you would come to West Virginia with your wonder- ful staff of progressive people, and join to the splendid capacity of our state those elements that you have used so successfully in making this apple one of the greatest fruits of the country. "With your energy, knowledge and far reaching ability along these lines, joined to the beauty and splendor of our hills, you would be bound to make an enor- mous success. We congratulate you upon this splendid apple and hope it may go its way throughout the whole country with its life giving pro- perties and benefits. Yours very sincerely, (signed) Wm. A. MacCorkle Delicious on Steep Hillsides out, when we first saw it. At that time the original tree, although un- sprayed. un-pruned and neglected, had a luxuriant rich foliage and a big crop of apples. All the other trees in the orchard had lost their foliage from scab and leaf spot. In other sections of the country where the Golden Delicious has been planted on steep land and poor soil, it has made an excellent showing, bear- ing regular crops of large size com- mercial fruit. The Golden Delicious, with its unusual vigor and other re- markable tree characteristics, opens up a big opportunity for steep hillside plantings where it is impossible to cultivate. These steep locations can be turned from almost worthless land to highly profitable orchards. Stark's Golden Delicious Ideal Late Keeper Keeps 4 Months Longer Than Grimes Golden Bruises Dry Up — Does Not Scald in Storage Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Stark's Gol- den Delicious apple is its long-keeping ability. Leading fruit experts throughout the U. S. to whom we sent Stark's Golden Delicious apples (nearly 10 months after these ap- ples had been first placed in storage) stated that they had never seen a yellow apple coming out of storage so late without scald and still retaining its crisp, zestful flavor. Golden Delicious, contrary to most late-keeping apples, is in condi- tion to eat early in the fall but on account of its fine grained solid flesh it can be put in storage and will maintain its juicy rich quality until late spring or summer. Many other apple varieties get an undesirable “storage taste” when kept in cold storage — but many experts have ob- served that Stark’s Golden Delicious actually improves in flavor when kept in storage. The skin is strong and when the apple is bruised there is no discolora- tion, the bruised spot drying up instead of rotting. This same valuable characteristic is true of Stark Delicious. Keeps Until Spring When Prices Are Higher The fact that growers can put Stark’s Golden Delicious on the mar- ket months after Grimes are gone, means high market prices for these greatest of all golden apples. They will be at their best in the spring when apple prices are at their highest. STILL FIRM AND CRISP ON JUNE 14 Here are some Stark’s Golden Delicious being examined by “Keeping Ability Investi- gation Committee ” — on June 14 th. Apples were picked Fall before, shipped 2100 miles, opened and reshipped to storage. Taken out of storage and examined twice since Fall. Here are samples on June 14, “as firm and crisp and juicy as the day they were picked.” The Proof of Its Greatness Strong Statement From The U. S. Pomologist The Golden Delicious which you were good enough to send a few days ago was placed in the refrigerator and remained there until today (June 20th) when it was taken out and tested by a dozen or more of the office force. They all pronounced its flavor rich and pleasing. The flesh was firm and crisp and in general, the apple was in splendid con- dition. I am glad that the Golden Delicious holds up so well in stor- age.— Prof. C. P. Close, U. S. Pomologist, Washington, D. C. Far Superior To Grimes “On June 16th I received 3 samples of Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apples that had been picked the September before. I shared ■^hese samples with other members of the Horticultural staff. We all agreed that this apple held its quality remarkably well for this late in the season. The flavor is still very good and the apples re- tained a good degree of sprightli- ness and an agreeable dessert quality. These apples showed no evidences of scald and appeared to be clearly superior to Grimes in freedom from Scald and in keep- ing quality.” — Prof. S. A. Beach, Chief Horticulturist, Iowa State College, Ames Iowa. Keeping Qualities Delight Maine Official “I received samples of Stark’s Golden Delicious apples in Janu- ary, and I found the variety ev- erything that you have claimed for it. I was highly pleased with the shipping qualities which it evidences. It seemed to be in fine condition for eating and its quality and the consistency of the flesh place it among the high qual- ity dessert apples. This Stark’s Golden Delicious variety will keep even later in storage than the red Stark Delicious and down here we are frequently able to keep Stark Delicious as late as the first of April without serious difficulties.” — Prof. H. P. Sweetser, Head De- partment of Horticulture, Maine. Texture Proves Keeping Ability Prof. Chandler, Head Dept. Ag- riculture, N. Y. Agri. College, Ithaca, N. Y., said: — “Every time I eat a Stark’s Gol- den Delicious apple, there are 2 things I can’t get away from. First — That the Stark’s Golden Delicious apple has the flavor of a Grimes Golden and the texture of a Newtown Pippin.” (Ed. Note: — Texture of a Newtown Pippin means very long keeping ability. Newtown Pippins are shipped to England by tens of thousands of barrels and sold in England at high prices. So will Stark’s Gol- den Delicious apples.) Colorado Horticulturist Says It Will Undoubtedly Displace Other Yellow Apples On The Market “The Golden Delicious arrived in perfect condition and I was very much surprised at its keep- ing qualities and its quality. It is a fine commercial apple that v/ill undoubtedly displace the Grimes Golden and other yellow apples in the market.” — H. P. Sandster, Horticulturist, Colorado. I 'fiV'T'Wvj Thul “IT FAR OUTKEEPS GRIMES GOLDEN” Writes the late Prof. J. C. Whitten, Jor 25 years Dean of Horticulture, Mis- souri Agr. College — and Prof. Horticul- ture and Forestry, University California. “ l have never eaten an apple coming out of storage this late ( July 15th) which retained so fully its normal crisp, juicy condition ” Stark’s Golden Delicious The Late Keeper Goes on The Spring Market When Prices Are Highest “In Golden Delicious I believe you have another exceedingly promising apple which ought to take eventually as important a place in our Pomological list as has the justly famous Delicious which I regard as one of the best, if not the best apple grown. “You will be further interested to note that the apple reached us in practically perfect condition as to texture, flavor and juiciness. Packing bruises on the specimen sent had slightly dried rather than softened. They showed no brown discoloration through the skin of the apple. The specimen sent gives every indication that in this variety you have a splendid keep- er and shipper as well as an apple of unexcelled quality.” — J. C. Whitten, Professor of Pomology, University of California, Berkeley. California. Gains Flavor In Storage “I received, on June 19th, a Stark’s Golden Delicious picked last Fall. It arrived in .first-class condition. The flavor and quality were excellent. It seamed to me that the fruit gained flavor and quality by its having been in stor- age so long.” — E. G. Kelly, Ext. Entomologist, Kans. Agri. College. Sound The June After Picking “I received this June a Stark’s Golden Delicious apple picked last Fall. It was in excellent condi- tion —sound, aromatic and appe- tizing. A real dessert apple.” — Professor S. W. Fletcher, Profess- or of Horticulture, Pennsylvania State College, State College, Penn. LILACS and APPLES Apples from LAST YEAR’S CROP OP Stark’s Golden Delicious still firm, crisp and -juicy when lilacs were blooming in May of this year. Bright, clear yellow — showed no •scald. Most other yellow apples show cold storage scald. But Stark’s Golden Delicious lhas never shown any scald in the many severe tests we have given it. 24 The Proof of Its Greatness Proof of Young, Heavy and Annual Bearing BORE 42 BBS. WHEN 2 YRS. OBD Photo above shows 2-yr.-old Stark's Golden Delicious tree loaded with 42 lbs. of big apples, grown by J. P. Leaf, King Co., Wash^ — seventy-seven years old — who says : — “They surely take the cake *or early bearing and thrifty growth .” Note the photo at right showing a much larger crop the next year. As the trees get older the crops get bigger. A Wonder For Late Keeping And Early Bearing “I received this June a Starts Golden Delicious apple picked last Fall — and it was still in perfect condition. The keeping qualities of this wonderful apple surprise me. It appears to me that you have nothing short of a wonder in regards to early bearing and keep- ing qualities.” — Piv? G M Bent- ley, Tennessee State Entomolo- gist and Plant. Pathologist, Knoxville, Tennessee. 90 2-Yr.-01d Trees Bore In Ark. “We have between 90 and 100 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees on our place here that bore at 2 yrs. And the more I see of the apple the more enthusiastic I become over it.” — J. R. Cooper, Chief Dept. Hort., Ark. Exp. Station. WHEN IT WAS 3-YRS. OBD— BEARING 436 APPBES In sending in the above photo, a year after one shown at left, J. P. Leaf wrote — “There were 436 apples, all perfect and good size, on this one S-yr. old tree. Be- lieve it is nearly immune from apple worm and all other insects that prey on apple trees here. Only two showed any worm marks, although worms were very bad here this year on other varieties .** Burbank, World-Famous Plant Wizard, Praises Golden Delicious Anyone who knows aught of fruit is familiar with the epoch making creations of Luther Bur- bank. Throughout America and beyond, his fame has spread and his name is synonymous with hor- ticultural advancement. As a horticultural authority, he is sec- ond to none. This appreciation by this noted authority of the fruit and tree characteristics of the Stark’s Golden Delicious will be further proof of the apple’s greatness. Mr. Burbank wrote : — “Stark’s Golden Delicious re- ceived in June (nine months af- ter picking) is tender, sweet, and delicious. This variety is an un- usually young bearer — bore third summer after setting out and has borne regularly every year since on my testing grounds.” Stark’s Golden Delicious Young and Heavy Bearing This Variety Amazes By Its Young, Heavy Annual Bearing The Official Reports received from hundreds of Horticul- turists, Experiment Station Chiefs and Orchardists located in every apple section prove beyond all doubt that Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are the youngest bearers under all conditions. “Early Profitable Bearing’’ Some people have hesitated in planting apple orchards because they thought it took too long to wait for the trees to come into bearing. With the extremely early and heavy bearing of Golden Delicious, those who have hesitated to plant an orchard on this account can go ahead with good assurance. The early and heavy bearing of Stark’s Golden Delicious will enable an orchard of this variety to pay for itself before most varieties even begin to bear. The combination of early and annual bearing, coupled with extreme vigor demonstrated that an orchard of this variety will reach profitable bearing on trees large enough, with strong branches, to carry big crops a number of years younger than other varieties. Prof. W. J. Green of the Ohio Experiment Station in speaking of this said: — “This early bearing will please both the amateur and the com- mercial orchardist who is anxious to see what his trees are going to do for him In his own orchard, and furthermore, it insures the tree coming into profitable bearing on a large scale much earlier than usual.” “Insures Heavy Annual Bearing” Prof. Warren A. Ruth, Asst. Pro- fessor of Pomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. — who took several photos in this book says: — “The Stark’s Golden Delicious tree is a very vigorous grower, as shown by the young trees I saw in the Stark Bro’s Nurseries. The wood is strong. Top grafts on a large tree at Louisiana, Mo., have borne several heavy crops and are nearing a very heavy crop this year. “Most of the -Golden Delicious fruit buds develop in the area of the leaves along the new growth (laterally). This occured both on terminal and lateral branches. This habit, which Stark’s Golden Delicious possesses to an unusual degree, should develop in mature trees and go far to insure uniform- ly heavy annual blossoming and bearing. The appearance and keeping quality of the apples are excellent.” 26 The Proof of Its Greatness “Extreme Vigor and Early Bearing, Too’’ The young bearing habit, so strongly evidenced, might be undesirable, IF it resulted in stunting of trees. But, exactly the contrary is proving to be true. This variety, in addition to bearing exceptionally young and regularly, also makes a stronger caliper and wonderfully vigorous limb growth. It possesses the abounding vitality that enables it to bear young and grow fast all at the same time. “World’s Early Bearing Record” Although the wide spread reports from every section of the country in which growers reported Golden Delicious bearing good crops at two and three years of age is very unusual and astounding to orchardists, nevertheless the record made this year in different sections of the country where every tree in an entire orchard of Golden Delicious bore before they were three years old — in their 3rd summer, is remarkable. Mr. Chas. Riedenbaker of Burlington County, New Jersey, had 250 trees, every one of them producing from 20 to 80 apples in the 3rd summer. Mr. J. E. Eggers of St. Louis County, Missouri, has a young orchard of Golden Delicious and he reported this year every one of his trees bearing the third summer after planting. Mr. Adam Roth of Cal- houn County, Illinois, also has a young orchard of Golden Delicious and reported all of his trees beaming this year. The fact that every tree in the entire orchards of this variety under different soil and climatic conditions bore in the third summer was the most astounding horticultural record of which we have ever heard. It proved that all Stark’s Golden Delicious have the young bearing tend- ency and that it isn’t a tree here and there that bears young. A SURPRISING APPLE SAYS FAMOUS EDITOR ‘ Golden Delicious is apparently do- ing the impossible among apples — things that are commonly considered as impossible or freakish, such as bearing four successive crops on a graft but five years old. There is no pen that can kindle one’s enthusiasm so quickly as actually seeing the liv- ing thing and eating one’s fill of the fruit. I am frank to say that in my opinion it is the most wonderful ap- ple I have ever seen, and I believe it is certain to have a very pronounced effect on the commercial apple indus- try of the United States.”— E. H. Favor. EVERY TREE BORE GOOD CROP IN THIRD SUMMER Above we show the J. E. Eggers ’ orchard in St. Eouis Co., Mo., containing 50 Golden Delicious trees, every one of which bore fruit the third summer after planting. “ Every Tree has from 5 to 20 beautiful apples upon it. Some of them bore at 2 years. Stark’s Golden Delicious is tfie lest apple I have.” Photo above in 3 rd summer. 27 Stark’s Golden Delicious 35 bu_ crop on ORIGINAL Tree of Stark’s Golden Delicious This Original “$5,000.00 Tree In A Cage” bore over 35 bushels of big, beautiful wax-like yellow fruit — its 12th big crop in 12 years. Here it stands on a steep, barren hillside, poorest-of-poor soil, un- cultivated, unpruned and unsprayed — yet still thriving like the pro- verbial “Green Bay Tree” and bearing crops that simply astonish orchardists. Bore at 4 years old. (Photo 35 bu. crop on outside cover.) “2-Yr. Golden Delicious Bear Crops In 38 Different States” What do you think of that? In scores of orchards North, East, South and West — in Illinois, Mis- souri, Virginia, California, Dis- tiict of Columbia, Louisiana, Wis- consin, New Jersey, New Hamp- shire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Ten- nessee, Texas, Iowa, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mich- igan, New Mexico, Washington, West Virginia, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, and many other states. That’s the record of 2-yr.-old Stark’s Gol- 7 BIG APPLES ON l-YR.-OLD TREE When H. F. Edens, Scott Co., Iowa, sent us the photo above, he stated: — *‘This l-yr.-old Stark’s Golden Delicious bore 7 good sized apples this season. It’s 72 inches tall, with 42 inch spread .” 3-YRS.-OLD— BEARING 28 APPLES Its owner, E. L. Winkler, Ferry Co., Wash, writes : — “ Stark’s Golden Delicious Z-yr.-old bore 28 apples, ( after standing winter that killed Rome and Winter Ba- nana trees). No disease, youngest bear- er. latest bloomer of all our varieties, blooms on last year’s growth — many blooms cut off when pruned.” den Delicious. Over 100 apples on one of these trees in New Jer- sey, for instance — a full bushel box of splendid apples on six 2- yr.-old trees in Oregon — 21 fine apples on a 2-yr.-old tree in Ill- inois, etc., etc. Ate It With Great Relish “I ate that sample Stark’s Gol- den Delicious with a great deal of relish. After viewing Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees in bearing, I am convinced of its value as a commercial variety. The fruit is disease resistant. From 40 to 50 per cent of the apples were borne on lateral buds from 1 year old wood. This makes the variety a young bearer.” — Joseph Oskamp, Horticulturist, Mo. Exp. Station. The Proof of Its Greatness Bore 80 Apples At 3 Years Old “I planted 250 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 3 years ago. Some of them actually bore apples when the trees were only 18 months planted. This year, with the trees not quite 3 years old, they are ALL bearing! One of the 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees was loaded down with 80 apples and others were quite heavily loaded. I find Stark’s Golden De- licious very hardy, rapid grower and the apple itself cannot be beaten for eating. The flavor is fine. It is the best yellow apple growm. I never knew of any oth- er apple that bore so young and had such heavy crops of fine large apples.” — Chas. Riedenbaker, Bur- lington Co., N. J. 20 Fine Apples On 3-Yr.-01d Tree “I believe that the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious is going to be the HEAVIEST BEARER— BUT APPLES ARE LARGE 29 big apples on a measured 14 inches at top this limb of Stark’s Golden De- licious above. Bore “ thick as they could stick ” never failed. Bore heavily next season when all others failed — after two freezes • and three frosts ; worst spring ever known. Wonderful flavor. L0 per cent larger than Grimes Golden. BORE 163 APPLES WHEN 3- YEARS-OLD K. K. McCobban, Folk Co., Ore., owns this tree and declares, “ It bore 12 apples when 2 years old and 163 at three years eld. Very hardy and vigorous, too.” best apple that I have. My 50 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are only 3 years old and every tree has from 5 to 20 beautiful apples on it.” — J. E. Eggers, St. Louis. LATER — in Fall of same year, he wrote : — “The Stark’s Golden Delicious is the youngest bearing apple tree in existence. I never saw any tree bear in its second year except the Stark’s Golden De- licious— and the crops the third year were really remarkable. I believe that Stark’s Golden Deli- cious is the most profitable tree that anyone can plant, because of its young bearing qualities and the size and quality of the fruit. The Stark’s Golden Delicious is a bet- ter apple than the Grimes Golden and much larger. There can be no comparison between these 2 ap- ples.”— J. E. Eggers, St. Louis Co., Mo. 60 Apples On 3 Year Old Tree “I have 3-yr.-old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees with as many as 60 apples on them. They bloomed and bore when 2 yrs. old. They are the hardiest, fastest growing trees in my orchard.” — Adam Roth, Calhoun Co., 111. Starks Golden Delicious Annual Bearing- Explained by National Authority In a letter from Prof. Wendall Paddock, Horticulturist, Ohio State University, he refers to the tendency of such varieties as Rome Beauty and Jonathan in Colorado to produce fruit from lateral buds, and that this makes these varieties in that state more nearly annual bearers. He con- tinues: “But I have thought for some years that if we could devel- op this tendency in our apples it would go a long way toward solv- ing the question of annual crops. For after all is said and done, why is the peach an annual bearer and the apple intermittent? One would suppose that the advantage would be in favor of the apple, so it may easily be that the method of bearing may be all important. Anyway, we know that the origi- nal Golden Delicious tree has pro- duced annual crops, the _ young trees have come into bearing ear- ly and the grafts beat anything that I ever saw. “If this feature of bearing prov- es to be characteristic of the var- iety, I look for it to be the start- ing point of a new race of apples, for it should be possible to com- bine the bearing habit with other flavors and colors. I do not hes- itate to endorse the Golden Deli- cious as very promising for such qualities as vigor, early . bearing, productiveness; the fruit is at- tractive, of good size and shape, excellent in quality and a long keeper.” Early Bearing Brings Quick Fi- nancial Returns Says N. Y. Expert “At your branch nurseries, I saw some wonderfully fine trees. I was particularly impressed with the very vigorous growth of your Golden Delicious in the nursery. After viewing Golden Delicious in bearing, I am more convinced than ever of the commercial pos- sibilities of your Golden Delicious. The five year old grafts in the old tree were loaded with a bumper crop of fruit of excellent size and quality. This is all the more in- dicative when I learned from you that that was the fourth crop those top grafts had borne, and that they had only received one summer spray. This suggests that the fruit is disease resistant. Fla- vor is very good after storage. It has attractive appearance and apparently a late keeper. Wood strong enough to hold up a heavy crop. On the young trees exam- ined some of the fruit was borne on spurs and terminals, but the majority on axillary buds from one year wood. Its early bearing habit is, of course, desirable for promoting quick financial returns from the orchard and its habit of fruiting from axillary buds should be a big factor in bringing about annual bearing.” — Prof. Joseph Oskamp, Ext. Horticulturist, N. Y. 131 APPLES ON TREE EITTEE MORE THAN 1 YR. OLD “ This Stark’s Golden Delicious tree on- ly a little more than 1 year old set 238 apples this spring. 1 took off 106. It matured 131 apples. Thrifty and the new wood made a growth of 20 inches by middle of July ” writes E. J. Stewart , Yamhill Co., Oregon, who has 15 acres of orchard. The Proof of Its Greatness Defies Frosts and Freezes Besides its late blooming habit, the unique character of the three dif- ferent sets of blooms in the Golden Delicious is even superior to just late blooming as sometimes the late bloomers come out and are caught by frost after the mid-season bloomers have set a crop and are thus past danger. The blooms and spurs coming out just before Rome Beauty and the blooms from the laterals after Rome Beauty enables the tree to be practically sure of getting a crop no matter how unfavorable the weather. We had good crops of Starts Golden Delicious in our test orchards at Louisiana, Mo., where we have hundreds of varieties under test and practically all others failed on account of frost. Other growers in var- ious sections of the United States had the same experience with Stark’s Golden Delicious bearing good crops when almost all other varieties failed. Its hardiness of buds, late and long blooming season made these wonderful results possible. ‘Why This Variety Dodges Frost’ In recent years, when late frosts have been quite prevalent in certain sections, thereby caus- ing a big loss to growers of cer- tain varieties, the importance of late blooming and frost resis- tance has been strongly empha- sized by leading orchardists and scientific horticulturists. This is one reason why Rome Beauty, particularly, has come in- JSORE 7 APPLES IN IOWA WHEN ONLY 1 YEAR OLD T. J. Kelly, Buena Vista Co., Ia., writes: — “ The latest bloomer in my orchard. Also made wonderful growth. Only a little over one year old, but is 66 inches tall and has 55 inch spread.” BORE WHEN OTHERS FAILED The tree above is one of the thousands of Stark’s Golden Delicious that bore good crops where practically all other varieties failed on account of late frosts and freezes. We had good crops of Stark’s Golden Delicious in Test Or- chards— and so had growers in practic- ally every section of the U. S. to very strong favor — because of its late-blooming tendency and the fact that it will produce crops in spite of frosts, when crops of most other varieties are badly in- jured. James U. Harris, the very well- known Colorado apple authority has been carefully observing and recording the blooming habits of Stark’s Golden Delicious for sev- Star k’s Golden Delicious eral years. He writes, “They start to blooming a few days be- fore the Rome Beauty — the lat- erals lasting in bloom several days later than the Rome.” (Note — Rome Beauty is one of the lat- est bloomers and for that reason escapes late frosts when earlier bloomers are sometimes killed.) Late Bloomer — Naturally Hardy Golden Delicious, being as late a bloomer as Rome Beauty (and the blossoms from the lateral buds are even later than Rome) is thus very valuable because of this important characteristic. Furthermore, the buds are natur- ally very hardy and resist ex- tremely severe winters. Others Fail — Prices High Fruit prices are highest in sea- sons when most other varieties are killed by frost — that is when the lucky growers who have Sr, ark’s Golden Delicious will “cash in” with big profits. A WONDER 3-YEAR-TREE A. Johnson, Jackson Co., Ore., and his wife standing beside Stark’s Golden Delicious Tree bearing big crop last year — 147 apples. He received $13,000.00 jor his {ipple crop from 40 acres last year — refused $40,000.00 for his orchard. Bore Despite Three Hard Frosts and Two Freezes Spring, of 1921 in many sec- tions was the worst for fruit in the memory of the oldest inhabi- tants. There were 3 late hard frosts and 2 ruinous freezes, right after an extra warm March had brought forth the tender fruit blooms. In spite of this, Golden Delicious bore in 33 states. But — Stark’s Golden Delicious produced good crops of fine ap- ples after the frosts, because of its frost-dodging blooming habit. THE SAME TREE IN BLOOM The above photo shows the 147 apple Stark’s Golden Delicious belonging to A. Johnson, Jackson Co., Ore., in bloom. Note the profusion of blossoms. Mr. Johnson started as an orchardist when over 65 years old. By the aid of his good judgment and Stark Trees he is well fixed today at 86. This remarkable variety of fruit tree puts forth 3 different sets of blooms, resulting in a long bloom- ing season. First — the ordinary fruit spur buds. Next — the ter- minal bloom-buds. And, then, lateral bloom-buds. Two sets of blooms may get frosted — and still the third can produce an abun- dance of fruit. We know of no ether apple that does this. The Proof of Its Greatness FROST “GOT” FIRST BLOOM BUT TREE BORE 36 APPLES This remarkable photo was sent us by Mr. Geo. E. Smith , Bristol Co., Mass., who wrote: — “ This Stark’s Golden Deli- cious is 3 years planted. The tree is 12 feet tall. Bore 3 dozen apples, the re- sult of second blooming, as frost got the first blossoms. It also bore last year, when 2 years old. They don’t fall off like other varieties, but hold on like grape fruit. Not one apple fell off this tree this year. No sign of disease. Best variety for New England.” FOURTH CROP IN 4 YEARS This is the fourth crop in succession on the Stark’s Golden Delicious top- grafted tree shown in photos on Pages 20 and 29. Its regular bearing ability amazes all beholders. Bore a big crop even in 1921, the year of the 3 frosts and 2 freezes — froze at Easter Time when in bloom. Hardy--Grow Faster Than Others “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are hardy and grow faster than other trees. Everyone says it beats anything they ever saw. Had apples this year, when frosts and freezes killed all other varie- ties.”— S. P. Swank, Wabash Co., Ind. 2-Year-Old Trees Bear Despite Blizzard “I put out Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees 2 years ago. They bore several apples last spring af- ter going through that hard bliz- zard we had. The freeze killed everything else I had in fruit crops. I am well pleased with them and the Stark’s Golden De- licious trees are now a good deal larger than the apple trees that were set out a year before the Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — J. P. Lawrence, McCurtain Co., Okla. “Unequalled Bearing Record of Original Tree” The original tree in West Vir- ginia, a state where late frosts are often very destructive, has borne practically every year since we first heard of the orig- inal tree. The originator in his statement to us said — “Four 5 ears ago there were no apples in this country (due to late frosts) but Stark’s Golden Deli- cious had a full crop. Blossoms very hardy — never failed to bear.” — A. H. Mullins. Stark’s Golden Delicious 50 APPLES AT 3 YEARS IN AVIS. In Wisconsin where only hardy varieties are successful, Stark's Golden Delicious has made an enviable record in extreme vigor, great hardiness, and early heavy bearing. Mr. John Kuenzli, Milwaukee Co., Wise, wrote : — “ Ph’oto shows three year old tree bearing 50 apples." L Director Faurot of the Missouri Exp. Station Strongly Impressed with Frost Resistance. “The young trees of Golden De- licious which we set last spring made better growth than any other variety which we planted. “This inclination of Golden De- licious to bear in unfavorable sea- sons, I consider of more impor- tance, especially in the Ozarks, than quality.”— F. W. Faurot, Di- rector Missouri State Exp. Sta. Long Blooming Period — Dodges Frost— Later Than Rome “Stark’s Golden Delicious start- ed to bloom a few days before Rome Beauty — and the laterals lasted in bloom several days later than the Rome Beauty.” — (Long Blooming Period— dodges frost) Jas. U. Harris, Mesa Co., Colorado. (Later— “The Stark’s Golden Delicious in my judgment is one of the greatest apples ever brought forward. A large yellow apple of delicious flavor, heavy bearing and splendid keeper.”) Unharmed, Though Baldwins Suffered “Though Baldwins, McIntosh and some other varieties were in- jured during Spring freeze, our Stark’s Golden Delicious appears perfectly normal.” — S. P. Hollis- ter, Prof. Pomology, Conn. Sta. Bore 46 Apples When 2 Years Old “My Stark’s Golden Delicious set out 2 years ago are surely wonders. Last spring I cut them all back very heavily except one. I saw it was going to bear. It was full of blooms and 42 apples stuck regardless of the many freezes and frosts we had. Later there were more blooms put out and a second crop of 4 apples stuck, making 46 in all, while most of all other varieties were killed. The apples now measure 10 to 11 inches around.” — R. D. Hall, Cochise Co., Ariz. 3-Different-Bloom Habit “The fruit bud formation of the Stark’s Golden Delicious tree is the height of perfection. It forms fruit buds of every type — spur, terminal and basal or leaf.” — G. C. Starcher, Hort. Ala. Exp. Sta. Only Variety To Escape Injury After the fearful frosts and freezes of Spring, 1921, Thomas F. Rigg, President American Poultry Association, Ft. Wayne, Ind. wrote: — “Severe damage to all varieties of apples except Stark’s Golden Delicious. Its buds not injured.” 30 Degrees Below And No Injury “Golden Delicious gave some fruit at second season after they were budded on the large trees and each season after. I feel that they will be a good apple to withstand frost as they have such a long blooming period; also hardy here as we had a win- ter with 30 degrees below zero and trees are in good condition.” J. A. Waters, Farlin Co., Idaho. Editor’s Note: Mr. Waters sent us forty bushels of Golden Delicious from his orchard. The Proof of Its Greatness Bore Despite Very Cold Weather “This year my Stark’s Golden Delicious, 3 years old, bore in spite of very cold weather here. I have found this variety to be the thriftiest grower, the young- est bearer, and able to stand more cold weather than any apple I know of. All my trees of this variety have grown fine this year.” — W. A. Stair, Cleburn Co., Arkansas. Bore Despite Frost In N. J. “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that I set out bloomed at the age of 2 years and we allow- ed only one apple to the tree to bear. This year, in spite of frost and freezes, we had apples on sev- eral of these 3 year old trees. The Stark’s Golden Delicious var- iety is strong, thrifty, and certain- ly bears very young.” — Robert E. Forbes, Burlington Co., N. J. Succeeds In Canada A fruit tree is more apt to defy frosts, if it blooms late. Listen to this: — “Our Stark’s Golden De- licious blossomed May 26. The blooms are looking very strong this spring.” — Evans Bro’s, Pen- ticton, B. C. No Danger From Frost “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees now 3 years old have made a rapid growth. They are health- ier and more vigorous than other trees. Stark’s Golden Delicious trees run no danger of frost catch- ing them as they bloom so late. I also have 40 Stark Delicious (red) and certainly have no kick coming on them.” — J. R. Osborne, Cleve- land Co., North Carolina. Only Variety That Bore “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are 2 years from whips. They bore this year — 2 years old. All my trees failed to bear except the Stark’s Golden Delicious. They are in all respects better than any of the other varieties I have. Stood the frosts and freezes we had last May. One of the 2-year- old trees bore 13 apples.” — D. Armentrout, Clinton Co., Iowa. Bears When All Others Fail “The Stark’s Golden Delicious are growing faster than the Win- ter Banana planted 2 years prev- ious. I haven’t had any Winter Banana apples as yet, but I did have Stark’s Golden Delicious ap- ples on my trees this year, when all other apples froze in the Spring. I wish I had land enough to plant 1000 apple trees. They would be Stark Delicious (red) and Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — Wm. Heileg, Lycoming Co., Pa. Bore After Illinois Freezes Says Ex. Pres. 111. Hort. Society “My 15 Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees are now 3 years old. One of them bore when 2 years of age. This year 5 out of the 15 bore apples. This variety is a very robust grower. It is the youngest bearer out of 20 varie- ties that I have. The heavy frost in April didn’t touch my Stark’s Golden Delicious trees.” — A. W. Brayton, Ogle Co., Illinois. ENORMOUS STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS Above shows the immense size of this variety of apple — grown by J. L. Webster, Chelan Co., Wash, in the famous, "Golden Delicious Orchards ” These apples aver- aged as large as 48 to the bushel — much larger than we show in our books. Stark's Golden Delicious A Great Degree of Hardiness The hardiness of Stark's Golden Delicious trees has been amply demonstrated. There is no question but that it is one of the hardiest of the commercial apple varieties. Reports have come to us from most reliable growers and noted horti- culturists who have tried out Stark’s Golden Delicious in northern Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, Wisconsin, Canada and other northern points empha- size the FACT that this tree is wonderfully hardy. Many have repeatedly declared this variety to be “as hardy as Weal- thy”. It has successfully gone through winters where the thermometer fell to “30 below” in Idaho — “withstood two of the hardest winters in Maine’s history without injury” — “bore after 28 below in Minnesota.” In bud and bloom it is naturally extremely hardy. Also its famous 3-time-blooming habit is one of the frosts and freezes. Withstood Severe N. Y. Winter “Here in New York, the Stark’s Golden Delicious is entirely hardy. The trees that were out during the severe winter came through with- out injury.” — Prof. Jos. Oskamp, Ext. Prof. Pomology, N. Y. State Col. of Agri., Cornell University. BIG CROP IN 4-YR. IN CANADA Evans Bro’s, Penticton, Canada, sent in the photo above and wrote : — “Here is a 4- year-old Stark’s Golden Delicious grafted on a Baldwin. Bore 80 apples this year. Approximate height 18 feet — spread 8 feet.” reasons for its resistance to late Hardy As Wealthy and Snow “Stark’s Golden Delicious has blossoms after the very severe winter. This variety - can stand as much cold as the Wealthy and Snow apple trees. We did not lose one of our Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees — and they are the strongest growers in our orchard, too.” — Sebastian Zangwirth, Win- nebago Co., Wise. Survived Severe Canadian Winter “My Stark’s Golden Delicious have come through 2 of the cold- est winters that we have had in years. The temperature fell to 27 and 28 degrees below zero sev- eral times. Last spring my trees came out fine and did well all sum- mer, despite the fact that it was very dry. Of all the trees that I have ordered from you, I have lost only one.” — Alfred Desfardius, Glenelm, Quebec. Bore Despite Hardest Winter “My Stark’s Golden Delicious was a l-yr.-old whip when plant- ed 3 years ago. When 2-yrs.-old it had two apples. This year, in spite of frosts and freezes it bore 14 apples. It is vigorous and HARDY, having withstood two of the most trying winters in 40 years in Maine. Healthy and bears young. Fruit has exceed- ingly rich and colorful flavor — su- perior to Grimes Golden.” — H. A. Richardson, Portland Co., Maine. The Proof of Its Greatness Defied Worst Winter In N. H. History “Stark’s Golden Delicious pass- ed through very severe weather last winter here in New Hamp- shire. The weather killed fruit trees and even forest trees, broke them down. In all my experience I never saw a worse winter. De- spite this terrific winter, the Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are now in bloom, though only 2 years old. It is the very hardiest and most rapid grower of all of the 68 varieties I have under my care.” — E. Si Walker, Belknap Co., New Hampshire. Survived Hard Test In Minn. “I planted several Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees 3 years ago in oiir home orchard. They have passed through 2 winters without injury, although I have given them no special care. Last summer was the driest and hottest we have had for years, and in the winter the thermometer went as far as 30 degrees below zero.” — Ed A. Solseth, Chippewa Co., Minn. BORE 125 APPLES IN 4th YEAR “ This A-yr.-old tree is 9 ft. tall and bore 125 apples this year,” writes Mrs. L. Karnell, King Co., Wash. “ They have borne ever since they were two yrs. old.” 3 YRS. OLD— 12 FT. TALL When he sent us this photo, Mr. Geo. E. Smith, Bristol Co., Mass., stated : — ‘ This S-yr.-old Stark’s Golden Delicious was loaded with fruit this year, but some one stole all the best ones. It is fully 12 ft. tall, with 10 ft. spread — ap- ples very large.” Unharmed By Drought and Zero Weather “Planted Stark’s Golden Deli- cious in the Spring of 1919, doing fine. One-third more vigorous than Wealthy here and a much better appearing tree. The win- ter after being set out (winter of 1919) was our hardest winter on trees, as it was a dry fall and froze early. The coldest weather was 25 below zero, but the Stark’s Golden Delicious came through all right.” — Frank Benda, Rush Co., Minnesota. Hardy In New York “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees on our test grounds here are per- fectly hardy. Our Stark’s Golden Delicious are making a splendid growth.” — Prof. George H. Howe, N. Y. Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y. Hardier Than Wealthy “I find Stark’s Golden Delicious trees to be 100% more vigorous here than other apple trees. It has been down to 25 degrees be- low zero, but it hasn’t hurt Stark’s Golden Delicious one bit. I be- lieve they are hardier than Weal- thy.”— B. A. Kidder, Lyon Co., Minnesota. Stark's Golden Delicious Most Vigorous Tree Grown The Variety That Possesses Astonishing Vigor and Vitality The unanimous opinion of apple authorities and growers is that the Stark's Golden Delicious is the most vigorous growing variety ever introduced. This is a pretty strong statement, but it is no more positive than the declaration made by growers who have had a few years of orchard experience with this variety. It is also easily the strongest growing variety in our nurseries throughout the country. And, of course, as we said before, it bears young in spite of the fact that it sots forth such amazing growth. This variety is the exception that proves the rule that an apple tree that is making very strong wood growth tends to delay bearing. Contrary to other varieties, the stronger the growth, the more fruit is borne by Stark’s Golden Delicious. Every one of 250 Tree Or- chard Bears 3rd Summer One of the most striking in- stances of the combination of great vigor and early bearing is that shown in the 250 tree N. J. orchard where every tree made vigorous growth and bore heavily the 3rd summer after planting. (See photo on page 26.) Mr. Chas. Riedenbaker, the owner of these trees, a successful l-YR. STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS TREES IN OUR PACKING SHEDS This variety shows its superiority in the nursery rows, too. Just look at the splendid size of this 1 -yr. nursery stock. Note the big, healthy roots. Prof. Paddock, of Ohio University, who saw these trees in our apple nurseries, said, “I never saw such fine yearling trees in my life. Some showed fruit spurs and fruit buds for next year." 38 The Proof of Its Greatness orchardist in Burlington Co., N. J., furnishes proof of the re- markable vigor of this variety — even under unfavorable circum- stances. Two years ago he added 250 Stark's Golden Delicious trees to his plantings. This past summer, “those 250 trees all bore — from 20 to 80 big apples each." Mr. Rie- denbaker further states:- — “The trees are very rapid growers and hardy. I never knew of any other apple that bore so young and had such heavy crops. It is the best apple grown— very large, line color, exquisite flavor." MISSOURI PROFESSORS INSPECT- ING 14-MO NT HS-OLD STARK'S GOEDEN DEEICIOUS Prof. Leonard Haseman, Chief Inspec- tor, Missouri State Agricultural College, Columbia, Mo., with Mr. S. Lloyd, his assistant, inspecting wonderful growth of 14 -mos. old Stark’s Golden Delicious in Paul and Lloyd Stark’s orchard — which now contains 15,000 Stark’s Golden De- licious trees. WIDE— SPREADING ROOT SYSTEM These are the roots of the Original Gol- den Delicious tree, when we first saw the tree. Note the wide-spreading, excep- tionally strong brace roots obtained de - spite fact that soil is very thin, being cnly 1 1-2 to 2 feet above solid rock on a steep mountain side. It was necessary for us to be sure that the root system (the foundation) of this variety was strong and resistant to disease. The young Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in- herit these admirable root-growth char- 0, cteristics. See photo of 1 -yr. nursery stocks on page 16 and page 38. And E. N. Ricks, Wayne Co., N. Carolina, writes: — “I don’t know what it is about your trees that makes them grow and bear so well, but they have got any- thing beat that I ever saw* in the way of fruit trees — and I have been in over 20 different states! My Stark’s Golden Delicious, planted 2 years ago, had fine ap- ples on them this year." Ideal Growth in Orchard The growth of the tree in the orchard is upright spreading. Many experts who have pruned Golden Delicious trees say it is an ideal grower in orchard. The limbs do not form sharp crotches but are well braced and are strong and tough, thus having a- bfiity to bear immense crops without breaking. Finest Yearlings Prof. Paddock Ever Examined “In regard to the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious in your Arkansas and Southern Missouri propagat- ing grounds, that I visited. I never saw such fine yearling trees in my life. The Stark’s Golden Delicious stock was exceptionally fine. The young trees presented a sturdy, vigorous growth and some of them showed the presence of fruit spurs and fruit buds for next year." — Wendell Paddock, O. State Horticulturist, Columbus, O. Stark’s Golden Delicious BEARING AT 2-YRS. IN MO. “This is one of my Stark's Golden De- licious set cut 2 years ago. It is 11 ft. tall, 7 jt. spread. 1. Ahead of all other kinds.” — G. W. Staples, Benton Co , Mo. Made 1-3 to 1-2 Better Growth Than Other Varieties “I run onto orchardists in near- ly every community of this state who have planted Stark’s Golden Delicious. In our own Experi- ment Station orchards, we have 120 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees alongside of Rome, Willow Twig, York and Jonathan — and the Stark’s Golden Delicious has made from 1-3 to 1-2 more growth than any of the other four varieties.” — - F. W. Faurot, Director Mo. State Exp. Station, Mt. Grove, Mo. LATER — Prof. Faurot decided to set out an orchard for his per- sonal profit. He had decided to plant Grimes Golden, but after seeing the behavior of Stark’s Gol- den Delicious in the Mo. State Exp. Sta., he eliminated Grimes and planted Golden Delicious. Finest Rooted Trees “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are the finest rooted trees I have ever planted. They made the best growth of any variety I ever saw.” — Alfred W. Vose, Providence Co., R. I. Bore-At 2, 3, and 4 Years “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore when 2 years old. I have found that they are the only kinds of apples to plant and Stark’s Golden Delicious and those I have are surely doing the best of any variety in my orchard. The trees are now 4 years old and I have Stark’s Golden Delicious apples to exhibit at the fair. This variety is the best I know of. They bring the highest prices on the market today. I will mail you an order this Fall for more Stark’s Golden Delicious trees.” — Albert Beam, Pend Oreille Co., Wash. Best Trees Because Biggest Roots “I really believe it would pay me to pull up all my 6 year old trees of other varieties and reset my orchard with Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious. All my Stark’s Golden Delicious are doing fine. They are the best trees I ever laid eyes on. I guess t,h$ reason is they had the foun- dation— the big root system that you folks grow on your trees so successfully.” — rG. B. Garst, Roa- noke Co., Virginia. 18-310 NTHS- OLD TREE Stark's Golden Delicious in Paul Stark's orchard 18 mos. after ^planting. Observe the wonderful, shapely growth. The Proof of Its Greatness 1000 Trees Averaged 6 Foot Growth Each “The 1000 one year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees I set out last fall put on a 6 foot growth this season. All my neighbors have visited my orchard (Stark tree orchard) and marvel at the growth of the Stark’s Golden De- licious trees. They are magnifi- cent in every way, the foliage is very abundant, large and a rich dark green. I fully believe Stark’s Golden Delicious to be the apple sensation of the century.” — O. O. Sutton, Pres. Riverview Orchards Co., Braxton Co., W. Va. Exceptionally Strong Grower “The Stark’s Golden Delicious is an exceptionally strong grower. Must be classed as “best” in qual- ity. Has as long a season as Rome Beauty and Stayman Wine- sap.” — Prof. J. H. Gourley, Chief Department of Horticulture, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. GREW LUSTILY DESPITE DROUGHT L. T. Stringer, Sumner Co., Tenn., planted this Stark’s Golden Delicious tree in the Spring. This photo was taken in Sept, same year. He wrote : — “ Despite very dry . season, it has grown fine. Two branches have grown 40 in. two, 55 in. und two 50 inches .” BORE AT 14 MOS. IX ILLINOIS Fred R. Carpenter, Champaign Co., III. forwarded the above photo and wrote : — “This Stark’s Golden Delicious tree is 14 months old and is bearing.’’ Planted 500 — Wish Had Planted 1500 “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees just received are just as fine as frog’s hair. Never saw such clean, healthy, well-rooted trees as the Stark’s Golden Delicious. Wish now I had bought 1500 in- stead of 500!” — Garland J. Hop- kins, Prop. GARLAND OR- CHARDS, Botetourt Co., Va. Grown To Twice Size Other Varieties. “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are much more vigorous and di- sease resistant. In fact, my 3 yr. old trees of this variety are al- most twice the size of any other variety planted at the same time. It is absolutely the most wonder- ful yellow apple tree that 1 have ever seen.” — Clinton H. Stockey, Fairfax Co., Virginia. 41 Starks Golden Delicious Wonderfully Disease Resistant Undoubtedly the abundant vitality and vigor of the Stark’s Golden Delicious variety has much to do with its fine disease-resistance. Back in Massachusetts, they have proved themselves re- sistant to Fire-Blight and the attacks of many insect pests. Fred Hinds, the well-known orchardist in Middlesex Co., Mass, states:— “The Stark’s Golden Delicious were practically free from insect pests that were so prevalent here. Also, they were not affected with fire-blight, which was among our worries.” Disease Resistance a Big Asset For Orchardist It is an undeniable fact that this great golden apple and the tree that bears it, are both strongly resistant to many diseases, — including apple scab on fruit and foliage, blotch, etc. We have seen crops of this var- iety given only one spray with a small hand sprayer and yet there was not a scabby apple in the whole crop. There has never been any signs of collar-rot on the old original tree or the younger trees of this variety. In fact, Horticulturists from many states who have visited our test orchards and nurseries have remarked frequently on the freedom of our Stark’s Golden Delicious from many forms of diseases. Prof. W. A. Brock, of Illinois University and Secretary of Illinois Horticultural Society called our attention to the fact that in an orchard containing a large number of varieties, many of which were badly affected by Scab, Golden; Delicious trees were entirely free from scab on both fruit and foliage. THIS 4-YEAK-OLD TREE HAS BORNE 3 CROPS F. D. Straight, Allegan Co., Mich., states : — “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bear when mere babies — and you can’t kill 'em with an axe, that’ s ' all.” 42 The Proof of Its Greatness Healthiest Trees He Ever Saw “Apples examined on March 9th were quite firm and juicy — texture and juice was all that could be desired in an apple at this season.” “This tree (Stark’s Golden De- licious) strikes me as the most healthy and vigorous that I have ever seen.” — H. L. Lantz, Asst. Chief Pom. Section, Iowa Agric. Exp. Sta., Ames, Iowa. Healthier Than Other Varieties “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees were 2 years old last spring. They are healthier and thriftier than any trees I have ever planted. I also have Stark Delicious (red) and I am well pleased with them. — Lum Calhoun, Avery Co., NV C. Free From Disease “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are free from disease, vigor- ous, thrifty and have put on good growth. They are very hardy. One tree had apples on it the 3rd summer.” — Wm. H. Stites, Hill- head Orchards, Henderson Co., Kentucky. Not Affected By Disease “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees have grown faster than other varieties that I have and are not affected in any way by any di- sease.”— R. L. Graham, Tazewell Co., Virginia. None Can Compare With It “I have never seen any variety that can compare with Stark’s. Gol- den Delicious in disease resistance and vigor. None of mine have be- come diseased or died. Further- more I have never found one of them that was troubled with Bor- ers.”— F. A. Herzog, Marion Co., Missouri. Wonderfully Disease Resistant “We have found Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in our orchard to be wonderfully disease resistant, vigorous and thrifty. Our trees of this variety are doing fine and are two years old and bore fruit this year.” — Dr. Amelia Weicksel, Manager for Dr. K. L. Storm, Bucks Co., Pa. BEARS EVERY YEAR IN OUR TEST ORCHARD When all others jailed Stark's Golden Delicious bore this enormous crop. Nev- er missed crop since two years old in our celebrated Test Orchards, where hun- dreds of varieties are tested for years. For young heavy regular bearing, vigor- ous growth, luxuriant healthy foliage and all ‘round orchard worth, have never seen its equal. Entirely free from scab — other sorts nearby badly affected. Most Disease Resistant Trees I Ever Saw “Stark’s Golden Delicious that I have are certainly the most vig- orous trees I ever saw. They resist disease the best of any trees 1 have ever planted. They are as hardy as an oak. I fully believe that Stark’s Golden Delicious is going to be the best apple in W. Va.” — Geo. I. Baldwin, Marvin Co., W. Va. Free From Fire-Blight and Other Diseases “Stark’s Golden Delicious is the best apple variety of all for di- sease resistance and early bearing. My Stark’s Golden Delicious are free from any fire-blight or any disease of any kind while other varieties near are blighted. My Stark’s Golden Delicious bore at 2 years of age — and I have Stark’s Golden Delicious apples again this year, (the third year) though the frosts got all my Northern Spy and Baldwin.” — Wm. E. Heileg, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania. 43 Stark's Golden Delicious Apples Cling Tightly Permitting A Long Picking Season - Stark’s Golden Delicious on ac- count of its long, strong stem and clinging characteristic, can be picked during a long period al- though the proper time for pick- ing is soon after the Jonathan are picked. With short stemmed apples, like Jonathans and Grimes, if al- lowed to become ripe, a large part of the crop may be lost by dropping to the ground or by windstorms. Many years test has proved that Stark’s Golden Deli- cious can be picked any time from early picking season — soon after Grimes or Jonathan is the proper time — or it can be left on the tree for a month or longer, if necessary. We have left Stark’s Golden Delicious crops on the tree for test as late as November 15th. During this time they have gone through heavy freezes. These apples, picked at two week intervals, and then put in storage have all held up remarkably well — the later picked apples keeping YIELDS 45 EBS. IN 4th. YEAR Herman Klotz, King Co., Wash., in sending us above photo states : — “ This year I picked a full box — 45 lbs. — from this A-yr.-old Stark’s Golden Delicious tree, bore last year too. Every apple perfect — no disease. No rain for 3 mos. --not an apple fell but all other varie- ties lost half of their fruit.” practically as well as the early picked ones. Golden Delicious with its ability for holding-on tightly matures heavy crops and even in severe wind storms the fruit hangs on. The limbs are strong enough not to break even when the trees of many other varieties are damaged and much of their crop knocked off. Pres, of Ind. Hort. Society Says Wonderful Commercial Characters Mr. W. M. Walton, ex-president of the Indiana Horticultural Soc- iety, after inspecting crops of Golden Delicious said: — “The long stems of the fruit keeps it from dropping. The best quality of the Ben Davis is that you can pick when you want to or delay a week or ten days. Golden Delicious has this extremely valuable character. I never heard of such a bearing record before. All the scientists will have to eat their own words, ‘that strong wood growth does not go with early bearing.’ I consider Golden Delicious an ex- ception which proves the rule. To get an apple of the quality and productiveness of Golden Deli- cious that will not rush one in har- vest time is a wonderfully fine thing for the large grower as it means a much longer harvesting season.” Hangs On Despite High Winds “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple has a very long stem. This enables it to stand quite a wind storm and not fall. The long stem can give more than a short stem.” — Silas Wilson, owner famous Wilson Orchards, Idaho. Baldwins and Grimes Blew Off — Golden Delicious Stuck On “Stark’s Golden Delicious ap- ples stand storms. We had a se- vere storm yesterday which blew off two-thirds of my Baldwins and one-half of my Grimes Golden. In the same block, not a single Stark’s Golden Delicious was on the ground after the storm.” — R. A. Knisely, York Co., Penna. The Proof of Its Greatness Testimony of the States Arranged by States Alphabetically for Quick Reference Most- of fhe leading fruit authorities of America — the state horticul- turists and foremost commercial orchardists — have given their testimony in this hook — the result of careful tests and investigations. Never before in the history of fruit growing has any variety received such a strong endorsement — both for its fruit and the tree qualities. Read this testimony from these careful, conservative authorities and we believe that you will find the answer to any question you may have in mind You can now go ahea l and plant that commercial orchard of Stark’s Golden Delicious with confidence, knowing that you have behind you the unanimous endorsement of America’s best informed horticul- turists and growers. How To Use This Book On account of lack of space in this small book, it is, of course, possible to publish only a few of the thousands of reports received from every section of America. If you do not find all of the points covered under the state you are inter- ested in, we suggest that you refer to the neighboring states where the or- chard conditions are practically the same. You will doubtless find every question answered by the growers themselves. More reports from growers In your state will be sent yon on re- quest. We can doubtless furnish you with all the reports you wish — doubt- less some from growers right in your neighborhood. 750,000 Already in Orchards — Sold Out Early Every Season. Far-seeing American orchard- ists have planted 750,000 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in every apple-growing section of the U S. Although 750,000 is an ex- ceptionally large quantity, nev- ertheless the only thing that has limited the planting of Golden Delicious is the fact that Stark Bro’s could not propagate them fast enough to meet the demand of orchardists who immediately recognized its money-making val- ue. Every season we have sold our entire available supply of this variety long before the plant- ing season was over. The wise orchardist who plants Golden De- licious will have, within a few years, a money-making crop that v ill bring highest prices on the market and will be enabled to take advantage of the publicity that has been given this variety and help to fulfill the big con- stantly increasing demand for apples of this variety by the ap- ple-consuming public. The Ideal Profit Combination Stark Delicious and Stark’s Golden Delicious! What a combination! Plant big orchards of them and gather the big profits that are sure to come! Stark Delicious is here. Its reputation is se- cure and it is recognized as the king of red apples all over appledom. Gol- den Delicious, its ideal market mate is the most talked of apple — the yellow apple that is revolutionizing apple growing and has given a new color to the late winter fruit stands of America. MOST BEAUTIFUL APPLE IN WORLD For 50 years American orchard grow- ers have been looking for a widely suc- cessful. long keeping golden apple equal- ing Grimes Golden in quality and with- out Grimes Golden tree weakness. In this apple we have found it — in Golden Delicious. Stark's Golden Delicious U. S. Department of Agriculture SEE PAGE 18— Prof. Close, Wash. D. C. ►SEE PAGE 23— Prof. Close, Wash. D.C. SEE PAGE 19— Col. Brackett, Wash. D.C. A Real Acquisition Says U. S. Pomologist “From what we are seeing of this variety, it appears to be with- out question, another real acquisi- tion to the apple variety list. “It was not until this season that I had a real introduction to its merits. It would seem from the reports that the Golden Delicious has a remarkable wide range of adaptability, as does the Delicious. I received late last spring, Golden Delicious which had been held in storage from the previous season’s trop, the apple when received, be- ing in excellent condition. This suggests that in the Golden Deli- cious there is a variety which like tne Delicious, comes in season in the late fall, but will hold well in storage throughout the winter. Of course an important point in a var- iety having the color of Golden Delicious is the ability to with- stand storage conditions without scald. This, of course, is an out- standing weakness of the Grimes Golden when held for any consid- erable length of time in cold stor- age.”— Prof. H. P. Gould, Pomolo- gist, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. Fresh And Crisp Until March Says U. S. Pomologist On March 20, C. P. Close, Chief Pomologist, Bureau of Plant In- dustry, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Washington, D. C., wrote us: — , “The Stark’s Golden Delicious ap- ple picked last fall arrived in good condition today (March 20). The flesh was crisp and of fine quality. I am glad to note that this variety keeps so well.” Alabama SEE PAGE 34 — Prof. Starcher, Ala. Bearing Near The Gulf Of Mexico. “Two years ago, I top-worked an old yellow English apple tree at Auburn, Alabama, to Golden Delicious, in a territory not sup- posed to be in the apple belt. It made a heavy growth the 1st year and a heavy crop one year after being grafted. I later top-work- ed another part of the same tree to Golden Delicious. It made an exceptionally vigorous growth and set a fine crop. Fruit practically free from disease; large, beauti- fully shaped and unusual quality. Young trees growing in the neigh- borhood have made unusually heavy growth. I am thoroughly convinced that this apple is very promising, even at the extreme lower edge of the apple belt.” — G. C. Starcher, formerly Prof, of Horticulture, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Lee Co., Alabama. Arizona SEE PAGE 34— R. D. Hall, Ariz. Arizona State Horticulturist Says His Growers Well Pleased “We find Stark’s Golden Deli- cious maintined its reputation of good keeping quality. It was in perfect condition, flavor excellent (Feb. 6th). “We have bearing trees of this variety scattered throughout Ari- zona and our growers seem well pleased with it. “We thank you for the oppor- tunity to see something further of this fine new variety of yours.” — F. J. Crider, State Horticulturist, Tucson, Arizona. Never Saw Anything Grow like ’Em “I never saw anything grow like Stark’s Golden Delicious. They bloomed last year and had apples (at 2 years old.).” — ;W. H. Mar- shall, Cochise Co., Ariz. The Proof of Its Greatness Arkansas SEE PAGE 15 — Prof. Cooper, Ark. SEE PAGE 25 — Prof. Cooper, Ark. SEE PAGE 35— W. A. Stair, Ark. Arkansas Extension Horticultur- ist Believes Will Make A Leading Variety “Please allow me to state that both varieties possessed excellent quality and were in good condi- tion. I am already finely impress- ed with the Delicious and I also believe that with the excellent tree habits it has, combined with the quality and storage possibili- ties, the Golden Delicious will make one of our leading yellow apples.” — C. Woolsey, Extension Horticulturist, Arkansas Experi- ment Station. Bear Younger Than Others “Starke Golden Delicious trees are much younger bearers than others. This variety will pay for itself many times over before oth- er varieties are beginning to bear. The apples are also proving to be wonderfully good keepers and I shall want 500 more trees of this same variety.” — F. W. Garner, Greene Co., Arkansas. 9 Out Of 10 Trees Bore At 3 Yrs. “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees were set out Spring of 1919. 7 out of the 10 trees bloomed in 1920 and had 22 apples. 9 of the 10 bloomed and bore about 100 apples this year (1921). They are by far the youngest bearers and are the most thrifty I ever bought.” — S. D. Kenison, Yell Co., Arkansas. Bloom 3 Different Times “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are far superior to all others. Trees of this variety in my or- chard have bloomed three differ- ent times in one spring, and with each blooming they have set fruit. Young Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that I set out two years ago last February bloomed and bore fruit this past summer.” — Paul Hayden, Faulkner Co., Ark. Fine and Firm 9 Months After Picking “The other day I received a Stark’s Golden Delicious apple that had been picked last Septem- ber, and I was certainly surprised to see here in June of the follow- ing year a last year’s apple, and have it reach me in the condition this one did. It was fine and firm and the flavor was all there. The flavor reminds me of Grimes. For me this is saying a great . deal. Certainly the keeping qualities of this apple are remarkable.” — Prof. Geo. G. Becker, Chief In- spector, Arkansas State Plant Board, Little Rock, Ark. 2 -YEAR-OLD STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS TREE BEARING 14 BIG APPLES J. R Cooper, State Horticulturist of Arkansas, took this photo of this tree, planted only 2 years ago, in orchard of Arkansas Exp . Station. He says “ It bore 14 fine Stark’s Golden Delicious as big as those shown in your color plate.” Stark’s Golden Delicious California SEE PAGE 19— Luther Burbank, Calif . SEE PAGE 25— Luther Burbank, Calif. SEE PAGE 11— Prof. Whitten, Calif. SEE PAGE 24 — Prof. Whitten, Calif. SEE PAGE 23— Prof. Whitten, Calif. Keeping Praised By Burbank “Stark’s Golden Delicious apple (picked last year) received in June this year reached me in best condition — tender, sweet and de- licious. We have found Stark’s Golden Delicious an unusually young bearer.” — Luther Burbank, 128 Apples At 2 Years “The Stark’s Golden Delicious I planted in 1918, bore in 1920. One tree bore 128 apples, another 70 apples. In 1920, despite hea- vy thinning, I gathered more than 80 pounds of large, perfect fruit from one tree (when 2 years old). In 1921, when 3 years old, the larger of these 2 trees was 12 ft. 18 BIG APPLES ON 2-YR. TREE Ira A. Klein of Tuolumne Co., Calif., sent in the above photo saying : — -“It bore 18 fine apples this year. Was planted m 1918.” Look at the simply marvelous growth of this tree. high, beautifully shaped and look- ed to be at least 5 years old.” — Frank L. Wingard, Fresno Co. Famous Authority Instantly Rec- ognized It As Leading Apple The late Dr. J. C. Whitten, head of the Department of Pomology, California . Agricultural Experi- ment Station, formerly head of the Horticultural Department in Missouri, than whom there was no higher authority declared years ago. when he first investigated this variety — “Golden Delicious will prove itself to be one of the lead- ing apples of the country.” Tropical Flavor In March “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apples (picked last year) reached me in good condition in late Feb- ruary. For nearly a month I gave them a severe test for keeping qualities. They stood it remark- ably well. In March I divided them and gave a “taste” to sever- al friends. They were all highly pleased. This apple has a delight- fully delicious individuality all its own. Fine, juicy texture. Flav- or reminds me of the tropical rich- ness of a banana. Its attractive golden color is a prophecy of the satisfying quality within” — Frank Femmons, Madera Co., Calif. Bore Fruit After Frost “Got” First Bloom — All Bore “I had one little experience with my Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. When one of these trees was only one year planted, I picked two ap- ples off the tree at harvest time. Last summer they were two years old and every tree bore from six to fifteen apples. Now, these trees did this, despite the fact that we had a severe frost. This frost killed the first bloom but the sec- ond bloom on the Stark’s Golden Delicious trees set and matured six to twelve fine apples to the tree. Despite the fact that these trees are bearing so young, they are also growing into fine big, well-branched trees. — J. E. Par- rish, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. N. J„ Md., Del., & Washington, D. C. New Jersey No Scald After Keeping 9 Months Prof. M. A. Blake, Chief in Horti- culture N. J. Agr. Exp. Station, for- merly with the Rhode Island and Mass. Exp. Stations, President of the Society for Horticultural Science, Pres, of the N. J. State Hort. Socie- ty, stands among the leaders in hort- icultural educational work and in scientific advancement. His opinion carries the weight of conservatism, careful thought, and experience. “This appears to be a most at- tractive yellow apple of fine quality. It would seem that an- other variety has appeared that is going to make a strong bid to place itself in our commercial list.” “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple picked last Fall that we re- ceived and ate in late June, year after, arrived here in perfect con- dition (after 1,000 mile journey in hot June) and did not show any bruises or scald. When eaten it proved to be juicy and had re- tained its flavor very well.” — M. A. Blake, Chief in Horticulture, Agricultural Exp. Sta., New Brunswick, N. J. 3 Years Old— 15 Feet Tall “I have a Stark’s Golden Deli- cious tree only 3 years old. It is now over 15 feet tall with a spread of about 8 feet. This variety is ahead in everything.” — A. M. Beck- er, Cumberland Co., N. J. Bore 80 Apples At 3 Years Old “I planted 250 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 3 years ago. Some of them actually bore apples when the trees were only 18 months planted. This year, with the trees not quite 3 years old, they are ALL bearing! One of the 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees was loaded down with 80 apples and others were quite heavily loaded. I find Stark’s Golden De- licious very hardy, rapid grower and the apple itself cannot be beaten for eating. The flavor is fine. It is the best yellow apple growm. I never knew of any oth- er apple that bore so young and had such heavy crops of fine large apples.” — Chas. Riedenbaker, Bur- lington Co., N. J. Bore Despite Frost In N. J. “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that I set out bloomed at the age of 2 years and we allow- ed only one apple to the tree to bear. This year, in spite of frost and freezes, we had apples on sev- eral of these 3 year old trees. The Stark’s Golden Delicious var- iety is strong, thrifty, and certain- ly bears very young.” — Robert E. Forbes, Burlington Co., N. J. More Juicy Than Grimes From report of New Jersey State Horticultural Society: — “Specimens of Stark’s Golden Delicious received were of good size, attractive and of high qual- ity. The flavor and quality is ful- ly equal and in some respects, superior to Grimes Golden. It is more juicy than Grimes Golden and will undoubtedly keep longer in storage.” Grow Better Than Other Varieties “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees planted 3 years ago have made more growth than other var- ieties in my orchard. 2 of the Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore fruit this past summer. They are now 10 feet high with nice tops. All of the fruit trees that I purchased from you are doing fine.” — W Burroughs, Atlantic Co. Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Rear At 15 Mos. — Keep Perfectly “My Stark’s Golden Delicious made a very splendid growth dur- ing the past 27 months since plant- ing. I am enclosing herewith a small kodak view taken last month v/hich shows more clearly than words can tell of the early bearing ability of the variety. It has something over a hundred nice apples on at the present time. “The few apples which the tree bore last year kept very well un- til about New Years when they were so tempting looking that we ate them. They were then as sound and fine looking as when they were picked off the tree. Their flavor was certainly deli- cious too. I think it is truly the best apple I ever had in my or- chards.”— A. Russell Paul, War- ren Co., N. J. Grow Big — Bear Young “I have Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that bloomed and bore this past year. The trees are growing very nicely. One of my Stayman Winesaps now 2 years old had 10 good sized apples on it this past summer.” — Lester E. Bates, West- mont Co., N. J. Bore 6 Apples At 2 Years “There were 6 apples on one Stark’s Golden Delicious tree this year. This tree was set out 2 years ago. The trees do fine with us, at the present time (Oct. 25th) they are still full leaved and green.” — B. H. Reed & Sons, Mer- cer Co., N. J. Never Saw Any Variety Grow Like It. “I have Stark’s Golden Deli- cious that bore at 2 years old. Never saw anything grow like Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — J. S. Robbins, Monmouth Co., N. J. Maryland E. C. Auchter, is head of the Depart- ment of Horticulture, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, formerly Assistant Professor of Horti- culture and Assistant Horticulturist of West Virginia Experiment Station. Professor Auchter has done much valuable work along horticultural lines and is a recognized authority on such subjects as pruning, fertilizers and fruit spur work. He has been an important factor in advancing the aorticultural development of West Virginia and Maryland. One Makes One Want More “Our class in Systematic Pom- ology tested some Stark’s Golden Delicious apples the other day. The quality was exceptionally fine. All of the class preferred the Stark’s Golden Delicious. It seem- ed to have a little more acid and snap in its taste and made one want more. Texture very fine and tender, flesh juicy and a bet- ter keeper.” — E. C. Auchter, Head Dept, of Horticulture, Maryland. Later: It looks as if this var- iety is destined to play a promi- nent part in certain apple growing regions. — E. C. Auchter. Bears At Two Years Of Age. My two-year-old Stark’s Gold- en Delicious had blossoms. These trees seem to be unusually vigorous, outgrowing a majority of others and having nice clean bark and vigorous dark green leaves. — H. H. Boyer, Baltimore, Maryland. Later: “My Golden Delicious are bearing a few apples and I am waiting for these to ripen as I am extremely anxious to sample them. This is a two year old tree.” Surpass Every Other Tree “My Golden Delicious trees are two years old and by far surpass every other apple tree I ever saw grow. I had to move the tree after it was planted and fhis delayed bearing.”— Harry S. Grover, Hartford Co., Maryland. Only Stark Bro’s Can Sell Golden Delicious Trees Remarkable Vigor And Hardiness “The Stark’s Golden Delicious variety is certainly a wonderful grower. I have one tree of this variety that is now 10 feet high, after being torn down almost to the roots by a dog — it persists in growing.” — Andrew J. A. Omers, Baltimore Co., Maryland. Not 2 Years Old — 8 Feet Tall “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees excel all others in vigor and thrift- iness. I have one Stark’s Golden Delicious tree that isn’t two years old, that is now 8 feet tall. It is also the hardiest and most prolific tree that I have been able to find anywhere. I am now thinking ser- iously of planting ten thousand more trees, and frankly, I wouldn’t think of planting trees from any other nursery than Stark Bro’s.” — Marshall W. Brooks, Washington Co., Md. Thrifty, Doing Fine. “My Golden Delicious trees are two years old this fall. They bloomed this summer. The tree is thrifty — doing fine and has .made more rapid growth than any other variety. It is now eight inches in circumference.” — Hiram Post, Worchester Co. Maryland. Bore Despite Maryland Frosts “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees I bought from you 2 years ago have made a wonderful growth. They had a lot of blooms this spring and despite cold weath- er, with frost, there are half a doz- en apples on them now.” — J. E.^ Toler, Montgomery Co., Maryland. Better Than Grimes Golden “I picked two Stark’s Golden Delicious apples from my trees this Fall — and the flavor was fine — very much better than Grimes Golden and I believe that Stark’s Golden Delicious is the coming yellow apple.” — B. H. Knepper, Washington Co., Maryland. Long Blooming Season. “My Golden Delicious three years old, has made better growth than any other apple tree I ever planted— and no signs of disease of any kind. Had at least sixty blooms last spring when that awful freeze came which killed all bloom. Other •dooms came out later.” — Roy H. Singer, Carroll Co., Maryland. ^ Delaware C. A. McCue, Professor of Horti- •ulture of the Delaware College. Newark, Delaware; Instructor of Horticulture at the Michigan Agri- cultural College : Professor of Horti- culture. and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station at Delaware is one of the Eastern leaders in horticul- ture. Delaware growers have recogn- ized his ability and most of them have been wise enough to follow his mature- advice. Delaware Authority Delighted “I received a sample of Stark’s Golden Delicious apple late in December. The apple was cer- tainly in fine condition, despite the fact that it had been shipped several thousand miles, and had been exhibited in several apple shows. I was very much impress- ed with its quality, flavor and keeping possibilities. With the market for yellow apples success- fully paved by Grimes Golden,. I am sure that there will be no dif- ficulty in marketing this great yel- low apple to succeed Grimes on the market.” — Prof. C. A. McCue, Dean and Director Not Subject To Blight “It has been my experience with Stark’s Golden Delicious, trees that they are not as subject to blight as many other varieties. This is one of the most thrifty varieties I have ever seen.” — Hor- ace H. Hudson, Sussex Co., Del. Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Washington, D. C. Strong Statement From The U. S. Pomologist The Golden Delicious which you were good enough to send a few days ago was placed in the refrigerator and remained there until today (June 20th) when it was taken out and tested by a dozen or more of the office force. They all pronounced its flavor rich and pleasing. The flesh was firm and crisp and in general, the apple was in splendid con- dition. I am glad that the Golden Delicious holds up so well in stor- age.— Prof. C. P. Close, U. S. Pomologist, Washington, D. C. 2-Yr.-01d Trees Bear 15 Apples “I have Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees 2 years old, one of which bore 15 apples this season, they sure are thrifty trees and bear very young.” — William E. Allen, Washington D. C. Youngest Bearer In Orchard “I have a Stark’s Golden Deli- cious tree, planted only two years ago, that bore 15 apples this sum- mer. This is certainly a very thrifty variety, and the youngest bearer I have ever seen. I bought Stayman Winesap trees from you some years ago and I wish you could see the crop of apples on them this year.” — William E. Allen, Washington, D. C. Tested By U. S. Pomologist I tested specimens of Golden Delicious grown near Washing- ton, D. C. this season and they gave me my first introduction to the real snap and spiciness of the apple. — Prof. H. P. Gould, Pomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. U. S. Pomologist Says A Real Ac- quisition No Scald from Storage ‘‘From what we are seeing of Golden Delicious, it appears to be without question another real ac- quisition to the apple list. “It was not until this season that I had a real introduction to its merits. It seems from the re- forts that the Golden Delicious has a remarkably wide range of adaptability as does the red Deli- cious. Late last spring I received Golden Delicious which had been held in storage from the previous season’s crop — they were in ex- cellent condition. This suggests that Golden Dlicious will hold well in storage throughout the winter. Of course, an important point in a variety having the color of Gol- den Delicious is the ability to withstand storage without scald. This, of course, is an outstanding weakness of Grimes Golden when held for any considerable length of time in cold storage.” — H. P. Gould, Pomologist, U. S. Dept, of Agr., Washington, D. C. (Editor’s Note: The point brought out so forcibly by Prof. Gould regarding the ability to withstand storage scald is one of the strong points of the Golden Delicious. Year after year we have kept Golden Delicious in storage until late summer — 10 months after picking. The Gol- den Delicious has always come out of storage with bright yellow gol- den color without showing scald. These same apples have been ship- ped to practically every state in the Union in mid-summer and many reports from apple authori- ses can be read under chapter of “Keeping Qualities.”) Only Stark Bro’s Can Sell Golden Delicious Trees The Proof of Its Greatness Colorado SEE PAGE 31 — James U. Harris, Colo. SEE PAGE 34 — Jas. U. Harris, Colo. SEE PAGE 23 — Prof. Sandster, Colo. Will Displace Grimes Golden The Golden Delicious is a fine commercial apple that will un- doubtedly displace Grimes Golden and other yellow apples in the market. I was much surprised at its keeping qualities and its qual- ity.— E. P. Sandster, Horticultur- ist, Colorado Agricultural College All That We Claim “All my young Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are doing fine and growing good. This is a very hardy variety and I am sure that the trees are all that you claim. One of them had five perfect ap- ples on it last summer. I also could say a good word for your Stark Delicious. These trees in my orchard have been bearing ev- ery year for the last five years. This year they were loaded and I sold 15 bushels from one tree alone.” — C. A. Smaha, Jefferson Co., Colorado. Hardiest Variety In Orchard “I have Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees that are now 16 months planted. This is the hardiest var- iety that I have ever seen. Its vigor is wonderful. I have one tree, 16 months old, that is now 8 V2 feet high although is was pruned back 40 inches just this last spring. By actual measure- ment, it had made a growth of 5 feet 2 inches since the first of April this year. I have 25 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees and all of them will measure at least 8 feet tall.” — A. B. Harmon, Garfield Co. — ♦ — Connecticut SEE PAGE 34— Prof. Hollister, Conn. Crisp and Juicy “Very attractive, crisp, juicy. Where they can be grown like these specimens, I would advise growers to plant heavily.” — S. P. Hollister, Prof. Hort., Conn. 40 APPEES ON 2-YR. TOP GRAFTS Photo above shows 40 Stark’s Golden Delicious apples on 2-yr.-old top-graft in orchard of S. Swank, Wabash Co., Ind. Bore Splendidly At 3 Years “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees turned out very good for me. One of them, only three years old, bore 14 apples this last summer. They were fine, large apples and we were certainly very much pleased with them.” — Mrs. John Evans, P'airfield Co., Conn. ♦ Delaware SEE PAGE 4— B. G. Pratt, Dela. Delaware Authority Delighted “I received a sample of Stark’s Golden Delicious apple late in December. The apple was cer- tainly in fine condition, despite the fact that it had been shipped several thousand miles, and had been exhibited in several apple shows. I was very much impress- ed with its quality, flavor and keeping possibilities. With the market for yellow apples success- fully paved by Grimes Golden, I am sure that there will be no dif- ficulty in marketing this great yel- low apple to succeed Grimes on the market.” — Prof. G. A. McCue, Dean and Director Not Subject To Blight “It has been my experience with Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that they are not as subject to blight as many other varieties. This is one of the most thrifty varieties I have ever seen.” — Hor- ace H. Hudson, Sussex Co., Del. 49 Stark’s Golden Delicious Georgia Idaho Georgia Horticulturist Thinks Will Become a Favorite “We tested it and found the quality very delicious and should, in my estimation, become a favor- ite apple at this season, as- it will be an extender of the season of the Grimes Golden. I would like, if possible, to have three or four of these apples from you for the use of my class in Pomology if convenient for you to send them. I also hope this winter to plant some of the Golden Delicious here.” — T. H. McHatton, Horti- culturist, State College of Agri- culture, Georgia. Created A Sensation Says Georgia Orchardist “Our Stark’s Golden Delicious began fruiting this year and we have them on exhibit here where they are creating a sensation and much inquiry — well suited for this section and there has been noth- ing finer hereabouts — notwith- standing that this apple county has taken first prizes many times at apple shows.” — Rabun County, Georgia, Apple Company. “A LL BIG APPLE BUYERS SAY GOLDEN DELICIOUS FINEST AND SHOWIEST APPLE Tree as hardy as Stark Delicious and YSealthy. Sets an apple for every blos- som, every apple set grows to maturity — clings fast to tree.” — Photo shows Si- las Wilson, owner 750 Acre Orchard, in his Golden Delicious Orchard Trees, Can- yon Co., Idaho. SEL PAGE 34 — J. A. Waters, Idaho. SEE PAGE 44 — Silas Wilson, Idaho. SEE PAGE 18 — Silas Wilson, Idaho. State Horticulturist Surprised “The Golden Delicious reached me in very good condition. I am certainly surprised that it will stand up so well after having been shipped around from various dis- tricts. The Golden Delicious has a very good flavor.” — C. C. Vin- cent, Professor of Horticulture, University of Idaho. Unquestionably More Vigorous # “All my Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees are fine and are un- questionably more vigorous than any other variety I have ever planted. I consider all stock pur- chased of Stark Bro’s superior — very noticeably so.” — J. W. Slaughter, Ingham Co., Michigan. Former Director of Horticulture, Idaho Technical Institute. Heaviest Bearers In Famous Orchard “Our Stark’s Golden Delicious are bearing heavier than any other variety in the famous Silas Wilson orchards this year.” — J. P. Gray, Pres. Wilson Orchards Co., Can- yon Co., Idaho. Bore When Others Failed “My block of Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are now 3 years old. One of these bore when all ether trees (I have 100 fruit trees in my small orchard) failed to bear.” — W. S. Addington, Koot- enai Co., Idaho. Best Yellow Apple “As an apple of flavor, show and keeping qualities, the Stark’s Golden Delicious can’t be beaten. Much superior to all other yellow apples.” — B. Boudinier, Payette Co., Idaho. 4-Years-Old — 12 Feet Tall “I have Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees in my orchard that are four years old. They average 12 feet high. None of them have ever had any disease of any kind.” — Carl Seek, Twin Falls Co., Idaho The Proof of Its Greatness Illinois SEE PAGE 35— A. W. Brayton, III. PAGE 41 — F. R. Carpenter, 111. SEE PAGE 8— C. I. Rewis, 111. SEE PAGE 29 — Adam Roth, 111. SEE PAGE 26— Prof. Ruth, 111. SEE PAGE 19— E. H. Rielil, 111. A Marvelous Keeper “In late June I received a sam- ple of Stark’s Golden Delicious apple that had been picked the previous September. I can cer- tainly say that it is a marvellous keeper as well as an apple of ex- traordinarily high quality. In this tree you certainly have a Bonan- za. The tree is undoubtedly vi- gorous, both in bearing wood and resistant to fruit and foliage di- seases.”— Prof. W. S. Brock, Sec- retary Illinois State Horticultural Society, Urbana, Illinois. Its Very Nature Assures Regular Bearing “It is very probable that Stark’s Golden Delicious will prove an an- nual bearing sort. The nature of its fruit-bud formation goes a long way to prove this. The apple has a rich golden color, wonderful aroma, fine texure and flavor. Its extra long keeping ability has been proven, too. Apples are free from habit of dropping at or near maturity. Both fruit and foliage are free from diseases and tests indicate high disease-resis- tance. Extremely vigorous trees. You are performing a service to horticulturists in finding, testing and introducing this variety.” — W. A. Ruth, Assistant Professor Pomology, Univ. of Illinois. A Heavy Cropper “I picked 8 bushels Stark’s Gol- den Delicious off 2 trees. This variety is certainly prolific and the apple is large, smooth and good in- side.”— Ross P. Shinn, Pike Co., Illinois. ROOK AT BIG SIZE OF THESE APPRES Here are a few average size specimens of Stark’s Golden Delicious apples. You " an grow them as big as these — right in pour own home or commercial orchard. “The showiest apple the commercial buy- ers ever saw”, says Silas Wilson, Prop . 750 acre orchard. Canyon Co., Idaho. Wonderful Quality “The quality of the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious apple is so wonder- ful, and it’s keeping quality so re- markable, that these two charac- teristics, combined with the fact that it hangs well on the tree and bears big crops, makes me believe that this variety should be planted in numbers equal to all other var- ieties of apple trees put together.” — A. B. Anthony, Whiteside Co., Illinois. Bore Though Planted Only A Year “I planted some Stark’s Golden Delicious trees one year ago last March. This year one of these trees bore fruit. This variety is far ahead of anything else in niy orchard. I must say that the Stark’s Golden Delicious apple is the finest 1 ever ate. I am glad to say that I now have planted a Demonstration Orchard of 250 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. All these trees have made a simply enormous growth.” — Joe Brangen- berg, Calhoun Co., 111. Stark's Golden Delicious Illinois .LOOK AT THIS 5VZ MOS. TREE!. This photo was sent to us by Henry Sherwin, Scott Co., III., who wrote : — “A Stark’s Golden Delicious tree 5 1-2 mos. jrom planting — bigger now than trees my neighbor bought from another nur- sery and planted 4 years ago.” Bore Young — Grew Big “I have 3 year old Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees with as many as 60 apples per tree on them. All these trees also bore when two years old. Despite the fact that they bore when so young, they have all grown into big fine trees.” — Adam Roth, Galhoun Co., Illinois. Far Superior To Trees He Got Elsewhere “I am pleased with and proud of my Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. They have made a good growth and are strong, sturdy, healthy looking trees. In fact, all the fruit trees I bought of Stark Bro’s are far superior to any of the fruit trees I ever could get elsewhere.” — N. W. Peterson, Peoria Co., 111. Ideal In Growth and Heavy Bearers “Stark’s Golden Delicious bids fair to supersede ALL apples on our long list. The tree is ideal in growth, unusually healthy, very young and profuse bearer and the quality of the fruit is the very best.” — Jos. Gerardi, St. Clair Co. 2-Yr.-01d Tree Bears 50 Apples “One of my two year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees set 50 ap- ples this year. Although these trees have gone through two very dry seasons, they have made won- derful growth. If I were setting out another orchard I certainly would plant nothing else but Stark trees.” — Fred Biggs, Ver- milion Co., 111. Youngest Bearer Of 20 Varieties “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are now 3 years old. One bore at 2 years of age. This year 5 out of 15 bore crops. They are very robust growers, too. The youngest bearer out of 20 varie- ties that I have.” — A. W. Bray- ton, Grundy Co., 111. Fruited At 18 Months “The Stark’s Golden Delicious tree that I set out a year ago this Spring bore three well-developed apples this year. Remember, this tree is only 18 months in the ground.” — B. R. Smedley, Schuy- ler Co., 111. Set Fruit When 1 Yr. Planted “Just one year ago this past spring I set 74 Stark’s Golden De- licious trees in some newly clear- ed ground. On the first of May this year I found 27 blooms on one tree. These 27 blooms set 6 ap- ples. I know this seems almost incredible, but it’s a fact. All these Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are making wonderful growth and I expect to pick quite a little crop of apples off them when they are two years old.” — J. E. Nelson, Calhoun Co., Illinois. The Proof of Its Greatness Indiana SEE PAGE 19— Prof. Cullinan, Ind. SEE PAGE 6 — B. W. Douglas, Ind. SEE PAGE 34— Thos. F. Bigg, Ind. SEE PAGE 7— Thos. Bigg, Ind. SEE PAGE 33 — S. P. Swank, Ind. SEE PAGE 44— W. M. Walton, Ind. Early and Annual Bearing Ten- dency Impressed Indiana “Bearing on one-year wood is a most valuable asset. Another val- uable characteristic is very vigor- ous growth under different envir- onments. I think your Company may justly be proud of Stark’s Golden Delicious. I was greatly impressed by the appearance of the fruit and tree of this sort — it shows a remarkable tendency to come into bearing early and to bear annual crops. This is a val- uable asset. However, one of the most important points in its favor is its keeping quality. Unfortu- nately, many of our best apples are not good keepers. A trip to your nurseries at Farmington, Arkansas, and Marionville, Mo., was certainly av rare treat. I was amazed at the remarkable growth which you are able to secure on j our nursery stock in a single sea- son. I had never seen the equal to it in the country. The length of the season and soil there are favorable to this and I know these trees received the best care. I can see how you are able to rec- ommend very strongly one year old trees for planting.” — F. P. Cullinan, Associate in Pomology, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Apples Not Damaged By Insects “I think Stark’s Golden Deli- cious is the world’s greatest apple. Here in my orchard not a single Stark’s Golden Delicious apple was damaged by insects. All of the other varieties were badly worm- eaten. Furthermore, the heavy bearing ability of the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees can’t be beat- en. I had to prop and tie up the limbs of my trees of this variety because of the extra heavy crop.” — J. W. Arthur, Wabash Co., Ind. Will Be Tremendous Bearer “All reports indicate that Stark’s Golden Delicious will be a tremendous bearer and that it will bear at an early age. I received in August some Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apples picked the year be- fore. The apple ranks very high in quality and it has more juice than Grimes Golden. I think you will make no mistake in planting Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — wrote Benj. W. Douglass when Sec’y. Indiana Fruit Assn, in answer to inquiry made by Ind. Orchardist. Young Tree Bore Big Crops “One of my young Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees had at least a full peck of fine apples on it this past summer. This is one of the same trees that bore when two years old. We are delighted with the general healthy appearance of these trees.” — Mrs. T. G. Pearson, Owen Co., Ind. MARVELOUS 2-YEAB OED TBEE Prof. Otis Crane , College Agriculture Instructor , Marion, Ind, sends in photo above, stating : — “ This tree, set out 2 yrs. ago, is now 9 ft. tall. Though it grew three feet eight inches this summer, it aJso bore 21 apples. I picked all but 6. Stark's Golden Delicious “AAV AY AHEAD OF ANY OTHER” “ Away ahead of any other variety !” declares W. II. Willey (above), Wab- aunsee Co., Kansas. Tree is 2 years old — 9 feet tall, with 6 ft. spread. Free From Disease In Indiana “Stark’s Golden Delicious are the best trees I ever saw. No di- sease. They bloom late and are absolutely hardy. I have 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that are 3 inches in diameter and 10 feet high. They bore when 2 years old and bore again this year, despite the frosts and freezes — when many other varieties failed.” — S. M. Hotchkiss, Jackson Co. Bears Every Year In Indiana “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are now 3 years old. They bore when two years old and bore again this year when many other varieties failed on account of frost. Stark’s Golden Delicious are the best trees I ever saw. They have no disease, bloom late and are absolutely hardy. I have i-year-old Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees that are 10 feet high and are 3 inches in diameter. Everybody who sees them say they are the finest trees they ever saw. I have about 3000 Stark’s trees and everyone of them is a perfect picture.” — S. M. Hotchkiss, Jack- son Co., Indiana. Iowa SEE PAGE 28— H. F. Edens, Iowa. SEE PAGE 43 — Prof. Eantz, Iowra SEE PAGE 35 — D. Armentrout, Iowa. SEE PAGE 31— T. J. Kelly, Iowa. SEE PAGE 23 — Prof. Beach, Iowa. SEE PAGE 18— Prof. Beach, Iowa. SEE PAGE 11 — Prof. Beach, Iowa. “Certainly Deserved Award” “I was very glad to learn that the Golden Delicious was award- ed the Wilder Silver Medal by the American Pomological Society. It certainly deserves this award as it has a great deal of merit, much more than any which have come into existence in a number of years.”— T. J. Maney, Chief Dept, of Pomology, Iowa Exp. Station. Bearing Full Crop At 4 Years “I could not ask for any better or hardier trees, or better apples than the Stark’s Golden Delicious. My trees of this variety look fine. All of them bloomed and bore at three years and are bearing a full crop again this year.” — John A. Demuch, Monroe Co., Iowa. Delightful Flavor After Keeping 9 Months *“I received a Stark’s Golden Delicious a few days ago (June) — that was picked last Fall. The apple was in excellent condition and had a delightful flavor. That proves to me that Stark’s Golden Delicious is an excellent keeper and it certainly is a fine tasting apple.” — John Thompson, Editor The Iowa Homestead, Des Moines. Young Bearer — Heavy Cropper “Had several Stark’s Golden Delicious bear this year. A very strong, healthy grower. Young bearer and heavy cropper. Fruit large.” — M. J. Worth & Sons, Mondamin Co., Iowa. Remarkable Growth — Much Hardier “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees (planted 2 yrs. ago) had a lot of bloom on them this year. They are lots hardier than other varieties, too.” — Guy Hummer, Johnson Co., Iowa. The Proof of Its Greatness Kansas SEE PAGE 24 — Prof. Kelly, Kansas. Congratulations From Kansas Agricultural College Congratulations on the success accomplished with your creation — the Golden Delicious: you are maintaining the good record and prestige that has been held for a long time by the Stark family. — W. M. Jardine, President Kan- sas State Agricultural College. Thrifty Growers In Kansas. “I do not believe that we can say too much for Stark's Golden Delicious. I have visited quite a number of our orchards here in Kansas where we planted Stark's Golden Delicious and they are growing thriftily." — E. G. Kelly, Ext. Entomologist, Kans. Exp. Sta. “I Call Them ‘Everbearers’ !" “Stark's Golden Delicious trees beat anything in my 50-acre or- chard. I have about 300 Stark's Golden Delicious trees and I wish all the tree’s in my entire orchard were like them. I call all my Stark's Golden Delicious “ever- bearers" as they bloom three times in the spring. That makes them frost-proof. This variety bore in my orchard when two years old and this year Stark’s Golden De- licious apples won First Prize and Second Prize at our county fair. They are also the fastest growers I ever saw and, should I decide to increase my acreage, I would cer- tainly plant Stark’s Golden Deli- cious."— S. Hahn, Montgomery Co., Kansas. Fruited Heavily At 2 Years “There is no question about the fact that Stark's Golden Delicious are far ahead of all other varie- ties. All my Stark’s Golden De- licious fruited heavily when two years old." — W. F. Simmons, Bourbon Co., Kansas. Kept Until August “I have lots of faith in Stark’s Golden Delicious, having seen and eaten its fruit in December and again in August (apples of crop of year before), showing its won- derful keeping qualities. The 100 Stark's Golden Delicious trees I bought of you last Spring were certainly fine one-year trees, straight stem and smooth, fine roots. All are growing fine — some making 3 foot of growth in year, which is extraordinary. The trees are very symmetrical in growth and make beautiful orchard trees." — Jas. Sharpe, owner fam- ous Sharpe Orchards, Pres. Kans. Hort. Society. 2-Year-Tree Bore 55 Apples “One of my two year old Stark's Golden Delicious trees bore 55 apples this summer. These trees are exceptionally thrifty, also." — P. P. Doze, King- man Co., Kansas. “I WOULD NOT TAKE $25.00 FOR THIS TREE!” So writes J. R. Stevens, Sumner Co., Kansas. “It measures 8 ft. 1 in. from ground to top — was set out a year ago Last April and I cut 2 ft. 4 in. from the main top this spring.” Stark’s Golden Delicious Kentucky SEE PAGE 43— W. H. Stites, Ky. Kentucky State Hort. Impressed With Commercial Characters “Received the Golden Delicious. All of our staff agree that it is an apple of the highest quality. From its firmness at this season of the year, it seems safe to assume that it has superior keeping qualities. Its clear skin, so free from blem- ishes or disfigurements of any kind, makes it one of the most at- tractive of all yellow apples. “From its abundant and early production as seen growing on the ^oung tree and as top grafts, I think you have ample justification for anticipating that it will become a very important and profitable commercial sort and I shall await with great interest the behavior of our own trees of this variety.” — Prof. C. W. Mathews, Horticultur- ist, University of Kentucky. PEARS 6 APPLES AT 2 YEARS Harry Wayne Crider, Miami Co., Jnd ., is here shown with his family beside a 2-yr.-old Stark's Golden Delicious tree. He writes: — “It bore 6 apples this year. Very quick in growth, thrifty and hardy." Bore Young Despite Freezes “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are now 3 years old. At 2 years they bore apples as fine as any I ever saw. This year, despite 3 hard freezes in the spring, they are yielding good crops of fruit. I have never grown trees that could equal the trees I have pur- chased from you, especially the Stark Delicious and Stark’s Gol- den Delicious. They are the fin- est fruit trees ever. I never plan- ted a Stark tree that failed to make good.” — Howard Moore, Butler Co., Kentucky. 3-Yr.-01ds Larger Than Other Varieties 7 Years Old “My Stark’s Golden Delicious 3 years old are larger than some 7 year old trees of other apple var- ieties I have. Very vigorous.” — E. Spurrier, Lyon County, Ky. Resists Diseases and Insects “The Stark’s Golden Delicious tree resists diseases and insect pests — and is a strong and thrifty grower.” — Asa Kelly, Ohio Co. 2-Yr.-01d Kentucky Trees Bear “I am well pleased with Stark’s Golden Delicious. They bloomed the 2nd year and two of them bore 5 apples each. They are the on- ly apple trees I would buy any more.” — S. H. Combs, Morgan Co., Kentucky. President Ky. Hort. Society Says: “Seems Very Hardy.” Have Stark’s Golden Delicious — 10 third summer; 50 second summer. One tree had two ap- ples on it third summer. They are vigorous, put on good growth are thrifty and have not develop- ed any disease. Trees seem very hardy. — W. H. Stites, Hlllhead, Orchard, President Kentucky State Horticultural Society. Stood Cold Weather Fine “My Stark’s Golden Delicious stood the cold weather fine. It put forth 45 blooms and now has 10 apples. Looking fine and healthy, too.” — J. M. Thornton, Calloway Co., Ky. 56 The Proof of Its Greatness Juicier Than Grimes Golden “Stark’s Golden Delicious is the most beautiful yellow apple I ever saw. Much larger and more at- tractive than Grimes Golden. The flavor is far superior to Grimes Golden, more juicy, spicier and higher flavor.” — Asa Kelly, Ohio Co., Kentucky. The “Growingest” Tree He Ever Set Out “I can certainly recommend Stark’s Golden Delicious trees as the “growingest” I ever set out. My Stark’s Golden Delicious, when I set it out two years ago was the smallest tree in the lot. Now — it is the largest tree of them all. It bore this year when 2 years old. Send me your price list, I want to buy more Stark’s Golden Delicious trees.” — Dan Martin, Clay Co., Ky. Extraordinarily Vigorous “Our experience with Stark’s Golden Delicious trees has proven them to be extraordinarily vigor- ous. This is one of the thriftiest of all varieties. Every tree is full of vitality. The name ‘Stark’ attached to apple trees, is recog- nized here by all intelligent far- mers, as a stamp of excellence.” — G. B. Bird, Pike Co., Ky. Louisiana Bore At 3-Years In Louisiana “My 3-year-old Stark’s Golden Delicious bore 9 apples.” — A. herz, St. Tammany Co., La. Made Best Growth of 20 Varieties “I have 20 varieties of apple trees on test and the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious made the best growth of all of them. Further- more, my Stark’s Golden Delicious bore apples this year.” — A. From- herz, St. Tammany Co., La. Growing Fine And Producing “Stark’s Golden Delicious are dandies. They are doing fine for me, growing and producing fruit of the finest quality. I want to buy some more.” — F. M. Rose, Morgan Co., Ky. BORE 21 APPLES AT 2 YRS. J. Ginther, Edwards Co., 111., said, when he mailed in above photos — “ This 2yr.-old Stark's Golden Delicious tree bore 21 apples this year. It is the great- est apple I ever saw.” — ♦ Maine SEE PAGE 3(5— -II. A. Richardson, Me. SEE PAGE 23 — Prof. Swe^tser, Me. Almost Sure Frost Dodger “I am glad to say that my Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore mighty young — when 3 yrs. old. They are making a very vig- orous, healthy growth. One re- markable fact about the Stark’s Golden Delicious variety is that the spur buds and the terminal buds blossom at different times, thereby extending the period of bloom and making this variety an almost sure frost dodger.” — Her- bert A. Richardson, Cumberland Co., Me. Believes Hardier Than McIntosh “I really believe that the Stark’s Golden Delicious variety is just as hardy as your Stark Delicious, which is a “World Beater”. I really believe that the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious is hardier than the McIntosh.” — Dobant Bro’s, Pen- obscot Co., Me. Stark's Golden Delicious 2-YR.-OLD STARK’S GOLDEN DE- LICIOUS IN KANSAS 9 FT. TALL Owned by L. Welty, Rice Co., Kansas, who declares all his to be “ very vigorous growers .” Maryland One Makes One Want More ‘‘Our class in Systematic Pom- ology tested some Stark’s Golden Delicious apples the other day. The quality was exceptionally fine. All of the class preferred the Stark’s Golden Delicious. It seem- ed to have a little more acid and snap in its taste and made one want more. Texture very fine and tender, flesh juicy and a bet- ter keeper.” — E. C. Auchter, Head Dept, of Horticulture, Maryland. Later: It looks as if this var- iety is destined to play a promi- nent part in certain apple growing regions. — E. C. Auchter. Remarkable Vigor And Hardiness “The Stark’s Golden Delicious variety is certainly a wonderful grower. I have one tree of this variety that is now 10 feet high, after being torn down almost to the roots by a dog — it persists in growing.” — Andrew J. A. Omers, .Baltimore Co., Maryland. Not 2 Years Old— —8 Feet Tall “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees excel all others in vigor and thrift- iness. I have one Stark’s Golden Delicious tree that isn’t two years old, that is now 8 feet tall. It is also the hardiest and most prolific tree that I have been able to find anywhere. I am now thinking ser- iously of planting ten thousand more trees, and frankly, I wouldn’t think of planting trees from any other nursery than Stark Pro’s.” — Marshall W. Brooks, Washington Co., Md. Long Blooming Season. “My Golden Delicious three years old, has made better growth than any other apple tree I ever planted — and no signs of disease of any kind. Had at least sixty blooms last spring when that awful freeze came which killed all bloom. Other blooms came out later.” — Roy H. Singer, Carroll Co., Maryland. Bore Despite Maryland Frosts “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees I bought from you 2 years ago have made a wonderful growth. They had a lot of blooms this spring and despite cold weath- er, with frost, there are half a doz- en apples on them now.” — J. E. Toler, Montgomery Co., Maryland. Better Than Grimes Golden “I picked two Stark’s Golden Delicious apples from my trees this Fall — and the flavor was fine —very much better than Grimes Golden and I believe that Stark’s Golden Delicious is the coming yellow apple.” — B. H. Knepper, Washington Co., Maryland. Thrifty, Doing Fine. “My Golden Delicious trees are two years old this fall. They bloomed this summer. The tree is thrifty — doing fine and has made more rapid growth than any other variety. It is now eight inches in circumference.” — Hiram Post, Worchester Co. Maryland. The Proof of Its Greatness Massachusetts SEE PAGE 42 — Fred Hinds, Mass. SEE PAGE 37 — G. E. Smith, Mass. SEE PAGE 33-— Geo. E. Smith, Mass. Praise From Dr. J. K. Shaw of Mass. Agr. Experiment Station “Golden Delicious is certainly a variety of good quality, much bet- ter than the ordinary line of com- mercial varieties. The variety is one of strong, vigorous growth, and it has the earmarks of early and regular bearing.” — J. K. Shaw, Research Professor of Pom- ology, Mass. Agr. Exp. Sta. Certainly Delicious “Stark’s Golden Delicious is certainly a DELICIOUS apple. Fine quality.” — Prof. F. C. Sears, Prof. Pomology, Amherst, Mass. Manager of Famous Bay Road Fruit Farm of Massachusetts Highly Pleased Mr. E. R. Crichett, Manager of Bay Road Fruit Farm, near Am- herst, Massachusetts, is joint part- ner in this nationally known or- chard with Prof. Sears and Prof. Waugh of Amherst Agricultural College. He says: — “The Golden Delicious is sure one fine apple and should think it would take well with us. As far as I can see — it has both the finish and quality.” — E. R. Crichett. Wishes He Had Taken Stark Bro’s Advice H. L. Cross, Ex-President of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association and a large manu- facturer, as well as a large grow- er, says: “I wish I had planted heavily of Stark Delicious ten or twelve years ago when Stark Bro’s urged me to plant them. Time has shown that Stark Delic- ious is a wonderful apple for Massachusetts and I am planting them now, but if I had followed Stark Bro’s advice, my trees would have been ten years old by this time.” Editor’s note: Stark Bro’s are now urging the planting of Gold- en Delicious. Those who planted Stark Delicious when we advised it years ago are orchardists who have made the big profits. We urge just as strongly the plant- ing of Golden Delicious for it will just as surely make big prof- its for the man who grows them. Bore After Mass. Freeze “I can say that my Stark’s Gol- den Delicious were not injured by the freezes and have now (May 16th) bloomed very full. Never saw trees of their age (3 yrs. old) with any such bloom. One tree matured 3 Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apples last year (2nd year).” — C. L. Hildreth, Middlesex Co., Mass. Bore Both At 2 and 3 Years “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore last year when two years old, and they set another nice crop this year. I find this variety best of all. There has not been a single apple drop off these trees this summer. At this date, September 27th, the leaves look as green and as healthy as they did in June.” — Geo. E. Smith, Bristol Co., Mass. 3-YR-OLD TREE IN MASS. “I bought this Stark's Golden Delicious of you 3 years ago. It bore big crop this year ” writes John Goulding, Middlesex Co., Mass. Stark’s Golden Delicious Michigan SEE PAGE 14— E. R. Taft, Mich. SEE PAGE 20 — Dr. Kellogg, Mich. SEE PAGE 42— F. D. Straight, Mich. SEE PAGE 7— Don E. Minor, Mich. Kept Exceptionally Well Until June In writing us on receiving, in June, sample of Stark’s Golden Delicious picked in the fall prev- ious, Prof. Roy E. Marshall, Mich- igan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich., wrote us: — “These Stark’s Golden Delicious apples certainly held up exception- ally well. They very strongly in- dicate that Stark’s Golden Deli- cious is one of the best keepers.” Bore At 2 Years In Michigan “I had 2-year old Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees that bore fruit for me this past summer — large and nearly perfect apples.”— E. D. Brooks, Ingham Co., Mich. TREE 5V2 MONTHS OLD IN MICH. When he sent us this photo, H. T. B'gelow, Van Buren Co., Mich., stated: “ The man standing beside tree is 6 ft. 1 in. tall. The Stark’s Golden Delicious tree, planted only 5 months and 15 days ago is 7 ft. 4 inches tall.” Michigan Authority Impressed With Late Blooming “It seems rather remarkable that the tree should bear so heavy a crop this year when other varie- ties are so complete a failure. If it continues to blossom very late in this way, it is certainly a very valuable variety characteristic. “From what I have seen of Golden Delicious, I would judge that it is very strong, vigorous grower, at least as young trees. An orchard that has been under my observation this season con- tains 250 Golden Delicious that were set last spring. The growth that was made during the first season averages from 50% to 100% more than that of the other varieties in the same orchard. Furthermore, it is evident that the flavor leaves little to be de- sired. It is mild and delicate, but at the same time has enough richness and spicinesjs to give it real quality. It also seems to have the quality possessed by only a few of our best varieties, that of reaching edible maturity com- paratively early in the season and then retaining this quality during a long storage period.” — V. R. Gardner, Professor of Horticulture, University of Mich. (Editor’s Note — Prof. Gardner, when head of the Department of Horticulture in Missouri, planted a large personal orchard includ- ing a large block of Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees.) Most Wonderful Young Bearer “Stark’s Golden Delicious is the most wonderful variety I ever saw for young bearing. One of my 3- y ear-old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees had sixty apples on it, be- sides those that fell off in a terri- ble storm we had. Stark’s Gol- den Delicious apples cling to the tree better than any apple I ever saw.”— F. Fluette, Huron Co, Mich. The Proof of Its Greatness Minnesota SEE PAGE 37— E. A. Solseth, Minn. SEE PAGE 37— Frank Benda, Minn. SEE PAGi; 37 — B. A. Ividder, Minn. Noted Northern Authority Says Most Promising “All here agreed that the Stark’s Golden Delicious is truly a remarkable apple. All are out- spoken in its praise. To me there is a distinct Grimes flavor in the Stark’s Golden Delicious, with the addition of crispness, sprightliness and juiciness that the Grimes Gol- den does not possess. It is an apple that will stand up well under shipment and will hold up well in storage, too.” “Golden Delicious is an exceed- ingly early bearing variety. It is one of the most promising varie- ties that has been put on the mar- ket in recent years. Its quality is equal or better than Grimes. The flavor is sprightly subacid which combined with its richness, gives it a quality equal to, or bet- ter than, Grimes. The fruit is borne not only on ordinary fruit spurs, but upon terminal buds and lateral buds. The production of fruit on one-year wood will tend to maintain cropping.” — Prof. W. H. Alderman, Chief, Division of Horticulture, University of Minn., St. Paul, Minn. Never Noticed Cold Winter “Stark’s Golden Delicious trees grow fine in this climate. Last winter we had 30 degrees below zero and this winter the thermo- meter was down to 24 degrees be- low. This variety doesn’t take any notice of the winter up here. They pull through every winter.” — S. N. Shutz, Brown Co., Minn. Perfectly Hardy In Minn. “Stark trees seem to be the most vigorous of any I have tried. I believe that the Stark’s Golden Delicious variety is O. K. to plant here along the rough bluffs, back and above Winona County. Our trees of this variety have thrived and lived through 36 degrees be- 8 V2 FT. TAKE WHEN 1 YEAR 7 MONTHS OLD “My Stark’s Golden Delicious have grown splendidly. Pruned hack to 2 ft. tall when planted 1 year 7 mos. ago. Now — 8 1-2 ft. tall,” writes Oscar Adel- gun Neosho Co., Kans. low zero this winter and survived 30 degrees below last winter.” W. K. Bates, Winona Co., Minn. Hardy In Minnesota “My Stark’s Golden Delicious here are as hardy as Wealthy.” — - C. F. Lomis, Nicollet Co., Minn. Bore After 28 Below Zero “My Stark’s Golden Delicious planted two years ago are very hardy — withstand cold very well and below zero weather (26 to 28 below) has not affected them in the least. One of them bore 5 ap- ples this year — apples large, flavor excellent.” — H. T. Schultz, Ram- sey Co., Minn. Grow Fine Despite 35 Below “Though we have had 35 de- grees below zero, your Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are grow- ing at a 100 per cent rate here.” — A. B. Erickson, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota. Stark’s Golden Delicious Mississippi Beal* Young — True To Name “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bloomed and bore in their third year. Stark’s Golden Deli- cious and Stark Delicious are the only two varieties that I will ever plant again. These two varieties have been true to name and have proven themselves best for me.” — A. W. Palmer, Tippah Co., Miss. Grew Despite Drought “I planted Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees last year. One of them had 7 blossoms on it last year which I consider remarkable. Despite drought they have done wonderfully well and have shown no signs other than health and hardiness. Stark’s Golden Deli- cious is going to be a great apple for this section where blight is generally bad.” — Ben H. Jones, Madison Co., Mississippi. Had Crop At 2 Years In Miss. “I had Stark’s Golden Delicious to bear at 2 years of age. It ex- cells all other varieties.” — Wm. M. Kimbrough, Sunflower Co. Every T*ee Bore At 2 Years “Two years ago I set out 5 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. All of these bore apples this year. The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are better than all the others put together and I am going to plant more this coming spring.” — Will- iam Vierling, St. Charles Co., Mo. Bore At 2-Yrs.-01d Despite Hail “My Stark’s Golden Delicious were planted 2 years ago. This year 2 of them bore. One had 4 apples and one other 5 apples. They did this despite the fact that we had a very severe hail storm in blooming time.” — C. Wunsch, St. Louis Co., Mo. Hung On Despite Heavy Wind Storm “Three years ago I planted some Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that are now splendid big trees. One of them bore 10 ap- ples this past summer. A heavy wind storm blew all the fruit off the other trees but the apples on the Stark’s Golden Delicious trees stuck on.” — John N. Johnson, Franklin Co., Mo. BORE 147 APPLES WHEN 3 YEARS OLD The above photo is of another Stark’s Golden Delicious three-yr.-old tree in orchard of A. Johnson, Jackson Co., Ore. Note the wonderful clusters of huge golden apples, as thick as they can stick on the branches. 62 The Proof of Its Greatness Missouri SEE PAGE 34 — Prof. Eaurot, Mo. SEE PAGE 40 — Prof. Faurot, Mo. SEF. PAGE 28 — Prof. Oskamp, Mo. SEE PAGE 39 — Prof. Haseman, Mo. SFE PAGE 29— J. E. Eggers, Mo. SEE PAGE 27 — J. E. Eggers, Mo. SEE PAGE 40 — G. W. Staples, Mo. SFE PAGE 43— F. A. Herzog, Mo. SEE PAGE 12— Paul Stark, Mo. SEE PAGE 13— E. W. Stark, Mo. SEE PAGE 2— Eloyd & Paul Stark Missouri’s Chief in Horticulture Says Public Demands Better Apples The quality of Golden Delicious is much above the average and seems to be the equal or even better than Jonathan or Grimes. Its good keeping qualities should make is valuable as it will come on the market after the Grimes has been exhausted, and will com- mand a big price. The vigor and hardiness of the tree is also a notable characteristic of this variety and the bearing habit of the tree insures a crop for almost every year. I predict, therefore, a great future for Golden Delicious and it will become, no doubt, one of our most valuable and dependable varieties of apple. The consuming public is now de- manding apples of greater qual- ity, better appearance and better keepers. This is another reason why Golden Delicious will be pop- ular.— T. J. Talbert, Professor of Horticulture, Missouri Univ. All Bore Beautiful Apples “I planted 6 Stark’s Golden De- licious trees two years ago this past spring and every one of them bore this year — all of them having from 4 to 5 apples on each tree. These apples are surely beauties. All my neighbors tell me they are the largest, finest trees of their age they ever saw. All my Stark Trees, and I have 200 of them are doing exceptionally fine. They are mostly Stark Delicious, Black Ben and Jonathan.” — G. M. Sta- ples, Benton Co., Mo. Director Faurot’s Opinion F. W. Faurot, Director of the Missouri Experiment Station, tested a Golden Delicious on June 22nd and wrote us: — “So far as my observations go, I can not see but what it was in as good condition as samples taken earlier in the season. So far as I am able, to judge from what I have seen of this apple at various times, it promises to be as good a storage apple as has ever been introduced, which is a migh- ty important factor in the con- sideration of a commercial variety.” In Perfect Condition In Late June “We received in June, Stark’s Golden Delicious apples that were picked last fall. The whole family sampled them and you would have been interested in hearing the de- lighted expressions from my youngsters. Regarding the apple as to texture and firmness, it is certainly all that could be asked. In my judgment, it is superior to the Grimes. The Stark’s Golden Delicious is far superior to all of your other yellow apples.” — Prof. L. Haseman, College of Agricul- ture, University of Mo. 2-Yr.-01d Trees Bear In Missouri “One of my two year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore this past summer. This var- iety has out grown all other kind of apple trees set out in my or- chard at the same time. They are almost twice as large as other ap- ple trees of the same age. There- fore, they are the youngest bear- ers that I have ever seen in all my experience with fruit trees.” — Judge W. E. Elliott, Grundy Co., Missouri. Every 2-Yr.-01d Tree Blooms and Bears “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees planted two years ago all had blooms and bore fruit this past Spring.” — L. Haskill, Texas Co., Missouri. Stark’s Golden Delicious The Opinion of Missouri’s Greatest Son The late Champ Clark, for eight years Speaker of the House of Representatives and one of the best loved men in American pub- lic life, who was our near neigh- bor, wrote us on November 6th, 1920. “Golden Delicious is the finest yellow apple I ever saw. The short time in which it comes into bearing; the super-abundance of its crop, together with the fine quality of the fruit is liable to revolutionize the apple business.” All Bore Golden Fruit In 2nd Year “I bought several Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees from you 2 years ago this Spring. They bore apples this last season. My Stark’s Golden Delicious are doing better and are more thrifty than other trees. We also have some very fine Stark Delicious (red) borne on young trees. All the peach trees I have purchased from you — J. H. Hale, Elberta, Cling, etc., are doing fine and bearing excell- ent crops.” — R. Nance, Pike Co. Bore Both In 3rd and 4th Year “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore in both their third and fourth years. I believe that they are superior to all other varieties. I am well pleased with Stark Deli- cious also and all other Stark Trees that I have planted.” — H. Inman, Douglas Co., Missouri. Kept Until July 29 “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apples exhibited July 29 (crop of last year) were very fine. There can be no doubt but that its keep- ing quality is remarkable.” — D. E. Eicher, Horticultural Agent Frisco R. R., Springfield, Mo. 2 Yr. Old Tree Bears Peck of Apples “I put out some Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 2 years ago this spring. They bore apples this year and proved themselves the youngest bearer I ever saw. This variety is far ahead of any other apple tree in vigor, thriftiness, di- sease resistance, late bloomer, har- diness and young bearing. One of these trees bore a peck or mare cf fine large apples this year when only two years planted. Flavor of the apple is certainly delicious. The Jonathan trees I bought from you are also doing fine.” — -Sam True, Adair Co., Mo. One Spray Gives Clean Fruit “I sprayed a crop of Golden Delicious with a hand Knapsack sprayer — spraying at the time the calyx cup was open. This one spray is the only one that was given this crop but practically all the crop was No. 1 fruit. I couldn’t find a single scab or blotch.” — Daws Grady, Pike Co. Youngest Bearer In Orchard “Two years ago this spring I planted some Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees. They bloomed the first year and one of them matur- ed one apple. This variety bears much younger than any other tree I have in my orchard. They are hardy and thrifty and free from disease. I have 300 Stark’s Gol- den Delicious and Stark Delicious trees and they have all thrived splendidly.” — A. C. McNatt, Law- rence Co., Missouri. Hardier Than Wealthy “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees have made 3 times the growth of all other varieties in my orchard. It is more vigorous and hardier than Wealthy. Further- more, it seems to be immune from scale and aphis even when other varieties are affected.” — O. K. King, Cooper Co., Mo. Has All Grimes’ Virtues — And None Of Grimes’ Faults “The Stark’s Golden Delicious is the coming yellow apple without any doubt. The apple has all the good qualities of the Grimes Gol- den and seemingly none of its faults.”— Mrs. W. G. Curd, Rails Co., Missouri. The Proof of Its Greatness Montana Montana Horticulturist Praises “Samples of Stark’s Golden De- licious reached me in January in perfect condition, despite the fact that they had been shipped several thousand miles and exhibited in several apple shows. They were still firm without any defects showing. The flesh was crisp and in fine shape for eating purposes and 1 certainly think very highly of the variety.” — Prof. F. M. Har- rington, Horticulturist, Agricul- tural Experiment Station, Univer- sity of Montana, Bozeman, Mont. Nebraska Nebr. Hort. Says Remarkable Condition “I received the Golden Delicious shipped to me June 14th. It was in very good condition considering the fact that it had been held over from last year’s crop. LATER: — “I received the fine Golden Delicious. Was in a re- xnarkable condition, considering the conditions and handling it had undergone since harvesting. “Our Golden Delicious in our experimental planting here are do- ing very well. I am very much interested in this variety.” — Prof. R. F. Howard, Horticulturist, Uni- versity of Nebraska. Best Rooted Variety “The Stark’s Golden Delicious variety have the best roots. The most vigorous tree we have ever seen. We planted some a year ago last spring and made another planting of 40 more Stark’s Gol- den Delicious this spring. “We have not lost a tree of the entire planting.” — L. A. Kropp, Otoe Co., Nebraska. Best Growing Tree In Orchard “Our Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bloomed in their second year. They are the thriftiest growing apple tree we have. We never before had an apple tree bloom when planted only 2 years. We want to also praise your Stark GREW 4 FT. IX OXE SEASOX “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are the finest nursery trees I ever purchased. One of them made a growth of 4 feet in 1 season,” writes J. N. Brust, Monon- galia Co., W. Va., in sending in above photo. Note symmetrical, upright spread- ing growth, the ideal strong orchard tree. Gold Plum. We sold all we could spare of these plums and could have sold hundreds of bushels more.” — J. Calder, Jefferson Co. The Finest, Youngest Bearer “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are the finest of all. Stark’s Gol- den Delicious is by far the young- est bearer. It grows as thrifty as a native Cottonwood tree in the Platte Bottom.” — Fred Stolley, Hall Co., Nebraska. Out Growing Any Other Kind. “Planted Golden Delicious two years ago. The following summer was hot and dry, but some of them blossomed. Have made a wonder- ful growth — out-grow any other tree I ever set out.” — B. A. Goble, Gage Co., Nebraska. Not One Tree Failed To Grow “Of all the Stark’s Golden De- licious trees received from you not one failed to grow, although the seasons have been very unfavor- able. I am surely satisfied with every tree you sent.” — Henry Munster, Douglas Co., Nebraska. Stark's Golden Delicious New Hampshire SEE PAGE 37— E. S. Walker, N. H. New Hampshire State Horticul- turist’s Opinion. In a paper which I read before our State Horticultural Society at Nashua, I stated that my ob- servations of Golden Delicious would indicate that the tree is a very vigorous grower and that it fruits more freely on young wood than any other variety I have ever seen. I also noted that an examination of fruit spurs indicated that they fruit very regularly. — Geo. F. Potter, Horticulturist, New Hampshire Experiment Station. “The Vermont grown Golden The Vermont grown Golden Delicious arrived in perfect con- dition. They were beautiful apples and would command at- BIG CROP IN 2 YEARS Here is a photo of Stark’s Golden De- licious top-worked on 2-yr. old tree, bearing 42 big apples second season af- ter top-working /’ — Wm. A. Atkinson, Prop. Blue Spruce Fruit Farms, Cumber- land Co., N. J. tention in any Apple Show. We kept some of them until Christ- mas day and the fruit was crisp and good. It is quite evident that Golden Delicious is a won- derful shipping apple.” — J. C. Kendall, Director of the New Hampshire State College. Pronounced High Quality In N. H. “Yesterday I received a sample of Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious (red) and tasted them. At a Farm Bureau meet- ing last evening the Stark’s Gol- den Delicious was pronounced to be of very high quality in flavor, texture and appearance. The red Delicious was considered to be a high quality apple.” — Robert T. Gould, President, N. H. Horticul- tural Society, Merrimack Co. Fine Vigorous Trees “My Golden Delicious are three years old now. One tree has more than a dozen clusters of blossoms and it is a fine vigorous tree. They are good, strong, sturdy trees.” — A. H. Bickford, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. “My Golden Delicious planted in 1919 and the terminals have bloomed every year since. They %re very rapid growers.” — E. S. Walker, Belknap Co., N. H. Nationally Known Editor Says “Finest” “Golden Delicious is certainly one of the finest apples being grown in America today. It will hold its aroma and flavor until June. — -something unusual among apples. I am satisfied this vari- ety is bound to become more and more popular as time goes on.” — C. I. Lewis, Editor AMERICAN FRUIT GROWER. 3 Years Old — 15 Feet Tall “I have a Stark’s Golden Deli- cious tree only 3 years old. It is now over 15 feet tall with a spread of about 8 feet. This variety is ahead in everything.” — A. M. Beck- er, Cumberland Co., N. J. The Proof of Its Greatness New Jersey SEE PAGE 4 — Seabrook Farms Co.,N.J. SEE PAGE 35 — R. E. Forbes, N. J. SEE PAGE 29 — Mr. Riedenbaker, N. J. SEE PAGE 38 — Chas. Riedenbaker, N.J. No Scald After Keeping 9 Months “This appears to be a most at- tractive yellow apple of fine quality. It would seem that an- other variety has appeared . that is going to make a strong bid to place itself in our commercial list.” “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple picked last Fall that we re- ceived and ate in late June, year after, arrived here in perfect con- dition (after 1,000 mile journey in hot June) and did not show any bruises or scald. When eaten it proved to be juicy and had re- tained its flavor very well.”— M. A. Blake, Chief in Horticulture, Agricultural Exp. Sta., New Brunswick, N. J. More Juicy Than Grimes From report of New Jersey State Horticultural Society: — “Specimens of Stark’s Golden Delicious received were of good size, attractive and of high qual- ity. The flavor and quality is ful- ly equal and in some respects, superior to Grimes Golden. It is more juicy than Grimes Golden and will undoubtedly keep longer in storage.” Grow Better Than Other Varieties “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees planted 3 years ago have made more growth than other var- ieties in my orchard. 2 of the Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore fruit this past summer. They are now 10 feet high with nice tops. All of the fruit trees that I purchased from you are doing fine.” — W Burroughs, Atlantic Co. Bear At 15 Mos. — Keep Perfectly “My Stark’s Golden Delicious made a very splendid growth dur- ing the past 27 months since plant- ing. I am enclosing herewith a small kodak view taken last month BORE OVER 100 APPLES AT 27 MONTHS This photo above was sent in by A. Russell Paul, Warren Co., N. J. Think of a tree bearing 12 apples at 15 months - and over 100 apples at 27 months. He declares it is the “ youngest , heaviest bearer of over 15 varieties.” v/hich shows more clearly than words can tell of the early bearing ability of the variety. It has something over a hundred nice apples on at the present time. “The few apples which the tree bore last year kept very well un- til about New Years when they were so tempting looking that we ate them. They were then as sound and fine looking as when they were picked off the tree. Their flavor was certainly deli- cious too. I think it is truly the best apple I ever had in my or- chards.”— A. Russell Paul, War- ren Co., N. J. Stark's Golden Delicious Grow Big — Bear Young “I have Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that bloomed and bore this past year. The trees are growing very nicely. One of my Stayman Winesaps now 2 years old had 10 good sized apples on it this past summer.” — Lester E. Bates, West- mont Co., N. J. Bore 6 Apples At 2 Years “There were 6 apples on one Stark’s Golden Delicious tree this year. This tree was set out 2 years ago. The trees do fine with us, at the present time (Oct. 25th) they are still full leaved and green.” — B. H. Reed & Sons, Mer- cer Co., N. J. Never Saw Any Variety Grow Like It. “I have Stark’s Golden Deli- cious that bore at 2 years old. Never saw anything grow like Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — J. S. Robbins, Monmouth Co., N. J. NOT 2 YRS. OLD BUT 8 ft. 4 in. TABU When Wm. F. Krick, Lebanon Co., Pa., sent in the above photo he wrote : — “ This Stark’s Golden Delicious tree is 8 ft. 4 inches tall with 4 ft. 2 in. spread, though it won’t be 2 years planted until next SpHng.” New Mexico Most Attractive — N. Mex. Hort. “Stark’s Golden Delicious cer- tainly looks fine and it is the most attractive yellow apple I have seen in a long time.” — Fabian Garcia, State Hort., N. Mexico. 3-Yr.-01d Tree Bears 100 Apples “My Stark’s Golden Delicious planted 3 years ago all bloomed and bore apples this year. One of these apple trees had almost 100 apples on it. All the Stark trees I bought have done very well.” — Enoch Bible, Otero Co., N. Mexico. Grew Despite Drought “I planted some Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 2 years ago this spring. In vigor and thriftiness they are simply fine. Despite the extreme drought here this year they stood up and made a splen- did growth.” — John Foster, Curry Co., New Mexico. Disease Resistant and Vigorous “Stark’s Golden Delicious is a very vigorous grower, very thrifty and disease resisting, a very late bloomer and early bearer. All trees of all kinds which I ordered from Stark Bro’s have done ex- tremely well, and no disease has appeared.” — O. L. Whitten, Dona Ana Co., N. M. 5 Out of 6 Two-Y r-Old Trees Bore “Two years ago I set out 6 Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. I find that they excel all others. Not only have they made a won- derful growth, but 5 out of 6 bore from 2 to 21 apples each this year. This variety is the youngest bear- er I have ever seen and are all vig- orous trees. In fact all the trees I have bought from Stark Bro’s have been full of vigor.” — William Coalson, Sierra Co., New Mexico. The Proof of Its Greatness New SEE PAGE 19— Prof. Bailey, N. Y. SEE PAGE 17— Prof. Hedrick, N. Y. SEE PAGE 23— Prof. Chandler, N. Y. SEE PAGE 17— Prof. Oskamp, N. Y. SEE PAGE 30— Prof. Oskamp, N. Y. SEE PAGE 36— Prof. Oskamp, N. Y. SEE PAGE 19— Prof. Howe, N. Y. SEE PAGE 37— Prof. Howe, N. Y. SEE PAGE 5— Dudley A. Palmer, N. Y. SFE PAGE 7— A. D. VanCleve, N. Y. Large and Extra Good Says Ex-Dean of Cornell Agr. College. “Golden Delicious — A large at- tractive yellow apple of uniform color. Texture fine grained, sol- id and consistent, flavor unusually good, pronounced aromatic qual- ity.”— Dr. L. H. Bailey, Ex-Dean of Cornell Agr. College and na- tionally known author of horticul- tural and agricultural books. Hedrick of N. Y. Recommends It “Golden Delicious Apple. — Gol- den Delicious is creating the sen- sation of the times among apple growers. It is being more wide- ly talked about than any other sort, and apple growers every- where want to know about it. Such fruits of Golden Delicious as have been seen by the writer have appeared promising indeed. They are excellent in quality, being of- ten better in this character than the well-known Grimes Golden, with which it must be compared. — U. P. Hedrick, New York State Experiment Station, in Rural New Yorker. Flesh Still Firm In June “Received Stark’s Golden Deli- cious apple picked last Fall. It arrived in excellent condition in June. The flesh was firm and sol- id as could be. Four or five of us here ate it with great satisfaction. It has a delightful taste. “This seems to me like a re- markably good fruit It is larg- er than our Grimes Golden and I believe of a more agreeable flav- or. In fact this looks to me like a genuine acquisition.” — -H. W. Collingwo^^ Editor The Rural Now Yorker. York S-YE.-OLD TREE BEARS 9 APPLES Dr. K. L. Storm, Bucks Co., Penna. vjrote, when sending in above photo : — “It had 9 good, fine apples on it — when only 2 yrs. old. It is 9 ft. tall, with 5 ft. spread. Vigorous, Healthy, Free from disease .” Delightful Flavor Late In June “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple picked last Fall that I ate this June was very pleasant in tex- ture, and was delightful. The apple was sound in texture and appearance was beautiful. It is of very high quality. “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple trees have made an excellent growth in our test orchards — and we all think highly of them.” — W. H. Chandler, Prof, of Pomological Research, N. Y. Agric. Col. at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 2-Yr.-01d N. Y. Tree Bears Fruit “My Stark’s Golden Delicious bore fruit this year — tree set out 2 years ago. All the trees have grown fine.” — Wm. Uber, Sarato- ga Co., N. Y. Stark's Golden Delicious N. Y. Officially Praises It “Stark’s Golden Delicious is de- scribed as a beautiful, golden yel- low apple with excellent flavor and very late keeping qualities. The trees of this variety are hardy and productive.” — excerpt from New Bulletin from Horticulturist of New York, Exp. Sta. S-Yr.-Old Tree Bore 50 Apples “I have Stark’s Golden Deli- cious now 3 years old. Last year one of the trees bore 5 apples. This year there were about 50 ap- ples on the same tree.” Robert Prichard, Oneida Co., N. Y. 20 Trees — All Bore When 2 Years Old “Out of 20 Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees that we bought of you 2 years ago some had 2 or 3 ap- ples each on them this year. They have grown faster than any other variety. I expect a full crop on both the Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious (red) next year.” — J. A. Gale, Ulster Co., New York. Bore When Others Failed “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 3 years old have made ex- ceptionally fine growth and have always been free from disease. One of these trees now has 12 ap- ples on it. Other varieties of the same age did not bear any this year.” — V. W. Rhodes, Oneida Co., New York. Will Command Highest Market “Stark’s Golden Delicious ap- ples will command the highest market prices. It is an apple of very high quality.” — A. D. Van Cleve, Niagara Co., N. Y. Bore At 3 Years “I planted your smallest size Stark’s Golden Delicious trees 3 years ago. One of them now has 8 apples on it. I find this variety very thrifty and vigorous also har- dy and young bearing.” — L. F. Underhill, Dutchess Co., N. Y. North Carolina SEE PAGE 43 — Lum Calhoun, N. C. SEE PAGE 35— J. R. Osborne, N. C. SEE PAGE 39— E. N. Ricks, N. C. North Carolina State Official Pleased With Stark’s Golden Delicious “The Stark’s Golden Delicious sample apple that I received late in December reached me in splen- did condition. The quality, and flavor were exceptionally good. I believe it will be a very valuable variety for this apple section.” — Prof. C. B. Matthews, State Horti- culturist, North Carolina Exp. Sta. Wonderful Young Bearing Record “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are now 2 years old. They had some apples on them this year, the second season since planting. These trees are strong, vigorous and rapid growers. I honestly be- lieve that you have the greatest apples on earth in Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious I don’t know what it is about Stark Trees that makes them grow and bear so well but they are bet- ter than anything I have ever seen in the way of fruit trees, and I have been over 20 different states.” — E. N. Ricks, Wayne Co., North Carolina. + North Dakota North Dakota Expert Prefers It “The sample of Stark’s Golden Delicious apples that had been shipped several thousand miles and exhibited in various apple shows, reached me in late Decem- ber. While it has all the good qualities of Grimes Golden in flavor, it has a texture and juici- ness far superior to Grimes. All these factors, coupled with its long keeping and young bearing qualities, warrant the faith that you have in this variety. This young bearing feature is one of the most important of all, espec- ially from the standpoint of grow- ers in the North.” — Prof. A. F. Yeager, North Dakota Exp Sta. The Proof of Its Greatness Ohio SEE PAGE 15 — Prof. Paddock, Ohio. SEE PAGE 18 — Prof. Paddock, Ohio. SEE PAGE 30— Prof. Paddock, Ohio. SEE PAGE 38 — Prof. Paiddock, Ohio. SEE PAGE 39 — Prof. Paddock, Ohio. SEE PAGE 18 — Prof. Gourley, Ohio. SEE PAGE 41 — Prof. Gourley, Ohio. SEE PAGE 26 — Prof. Green, Ohio. A New Edition Of Grimes — But A Longer Season. I perhaps cannot add to what I have already said in regard to Golden Delicious. It seems so much like a new edition of Grimes, but with a longer season and at least equal quality (some- times we think better) and that is saying a good deal. The trees I saw last summer at your place were an interesting sight, fruit- ing from spurs and freely from axillary buds. This condition should insure annual flowering of the tree. — Prof. J. H. Gourley, Chief in Horticulture, Ohio Ex- periment Station. Keeps Full Flavor Until March “I ate in January a Stark’s Gol- den Delicious picked last Fall. Again in March, I ate another one of the variety harvested late last fall. The apple I ate in March showed no loss of flavor .as com- pared with the one eaten in Janu- ary. There was no mealiness. All who tasted it expressed them- selves as much pleased with the flavor and texture.” — W. J. Green, Ohio State Ext. Horticulturist, Wooster, Ohio. Golden Delicious Apples Have Long, Tough Stems — Don’t Drop “Grimes Golden have short stems and are subject to break loose at base on account of their short stem. Necessarily you will nearly always get about one-third of them in wind falls, this long stem on Golden Delicious devel- ops strength, gets tough because it gets exercise from chance to vi- bration of winds.” — Harvey Bow- man, Clark Co., Ohio. “In A Class By Itself” “Stark’s Golden Delicious is in a class by itself. It is the first ap- ple I ever saw bear fruit onJL-year wood like the peach.” — D. L. Swartz, Fairfield Co., Ohio. Freest From Disease “I think the Stark’s Golden De- licious is freer from disease than any other variety. They bore at 2 years of age and bore again this year.” — A. S. Kissack, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Long Blooming Season “Golden Delicious blooms for one month.” — G. L. Swartz, Fair- field Co., Ohio. Full Of Fine Fruit Despite Freeze “3 years ago last spring I plant- ed some Stark’s Golden Delicious trees. One of them bore last year and several had crops on them this year. In vigor, thriftiness, disease resistance, late blooming, hardi- ness and young bearing, Stark’s Golden Delicious is better than any other variety I have.” — Lora A. Huston, Mahoning Co., Ohio. OHIO STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS A. Kissack, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio sends „n above photo, saying : — “Here’s a photo of that* Stark’s Golden Delicious tree that bore all those apples we sent you this year.” Stark's Golden Delicious Oklahoma SEE PAGE 33 — J. P. Lawrence, Okla. Unsurpassed Eating Qualities “Its rich golden color, combined with delightful aroma and unsur- passed eating qualities make the Stark's Golden Delicious the most wonderful yellow apple produced. It is an apple that when displayed will attract the buyer’s eye in com- petition with any variety grown and one that will fulfill the prom- ise of its looks. Let me congrat- ulate you on this superior apple — Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — Elva C. Barrows, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. Extra Big For Their Age “I found Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees very thrifty. They are extra big for their age. All of them doing fine. As a result of buying fruit trees from Stark Bro’s, I want to say that I wouldn’t buy any fruit trees from any other nursery I know Stark trees are the best in the world.” — F. Adair, Musk- ogee Co., Okla. BORE AT 2 YRS.— NOTE SIZE J. P. Lawrence, McCurtain Co., Okla., sent in the above photo and says : — “These Stark's Golden Delicious were set out 2 years ago this Fall and set sever- al apples last Spring. The trees are a good deal larger than other trees set out a whole year before.” Oregon SEE PAGE 32 — A. Johnson, Oregon. SEE PAGE 29— R. K. 31cCobban, Ore. SEE PAGE 30 — E. J. Stewart, Ore. Holds Quality Until June After Harvest “We received a Stark’s Golden Delicious apple in June, that had been picked the fall of the year before. Every one of the six or seven men here, including our Director, also sampled this apple, and agreed that for texture, quality, long keeping and general appearance, this is one of the best varieties that has ever come under our observation.” — Prof. W. S. Brown, Chief in Horticulture, Or- egon Agricultural College. 96 Big Apples on 3 Year Old Tree “I picked 96 big fine apples off of one of my 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees this year. Other trees of this same variety that I have bore 14 apples each. These trees have made wonderful growth. They are from 1-3 to 1-2 larger than any other variety in my orchard and they bear youn- ger. The Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees have the biggest apples I grow.” — Walter E. Meyer, Linn Co., Oregon. Not Troubled With Aphis “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees now 3 years old bore 6 ap- ples this year which were very fine ones. The tree is thrifty and a vigorous grower. This variety was not troubled with green Aphis.” — O. L. Kennedy, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Bears “Almost As Soon As Strawberries” “The Stark’s Golden Delicious apple tree shipped me two years ago set apples and is making a prolific growth. It is very satis- factory to be able to sample the fruit in so short a time from date of planting — almost as soon as strawberries. We shouted a loud hurrah! for Stark’s Golden Deli- cious when the blossoms appear- ed.”— G. W. Sheppard Washing- ton Co., Oregon. The Proof of Its Greatness Pennsylvania SEE PAGE 24 — Prof. Fletcher, Pa. SEE PAGE 3 — Am. Fruit Growers, Pa. sEE PAGE 19— F. M. Fagan, Pa. SEE PAGE 43— Dr. K. E. Storm, Pa. SEE PAGE 43— Wm. E. Ileileg, Pa. SEE PAGE 44— R. A. Ivnisely, Pa. SEE PAGE 3c— Wm. Heileg, Pa. Kept In Common Cellar Until Trees Blossomed Next Year “Stark’s Golden Delicious ap- ples were good in my common cel- lar storage until long after blos- soms of the following year’s crop had fallen. An apple which will keep good as long as this apple does, is certainly a wonder.” — T. Horace McFarland, Pres. Am. Pose Society, Dauphin Co., Pa. Yielded Fruit When All Others Failed “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are 2 years old. They bore this year when all others failed on ac- count of frost. It seems hardier than other varieties.” — C. H. Walp, Bucks Co., Penna. Bore At 3-Yrs. — Despite Frosts “My Stark’s Golden Delicious bloomed at 2 years and bore at 3 years. Though frosts and freez- es took all other apples in this country, my Stark’s Golden Deli- cious did fine. The trees had a lot of blooms on them and were beautiful. ” — Harper Me Gaff i ck, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania. Hold Bigger Crops Than Grimes Golden I have Stark’s Golden Delicious trees in my orchard some of which were planted 4 years ago and some 3 years ago. The 4 year old trees all had a full crop this past sum- mer. The 3 year old trees bore 8 to 10 apples each. This variety of apple trees is blessed with stiff, strong branches. The trees will hold a heavier load than Grimes Golden. The Stark’s Golden De- licious apples are certainly a beautiful fruit.” — S. L. Zellers, Lycoming Co., Pa. Extra Vigorous Variety “I found Stark’s Golden Deli- cious very thrifty and vigorous. “My orchard of about 40-acres is composed almost exclusively of Stark Delicious and Stark’s Gol- den Delicious. They are all do- ing well.” — Dr. John M. Gelwix, Franklin Co., Pa. Absolutely Free From Disease “The Stark’s Golden Delicious I planted are now two years old. They are absolutely free from dis- eases. They are all very good growers and have clean bark. It may interest you to know that trees bought from you have better roots and arrive just as fresh as trees from near by nurseries.” — Edward M. Kerper, Berks Co., Pa. 2-Yr.-Oid Tree Bears 25 Apples “I have Stark’s Golden Delicious trees now 2 years planted. One of these trees bore 25 apples and .me other bore 20 apples.” — Paul L7 olf, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania. FORE 5 BU. WHEN 4 YRS. OED M. H. Manger, Berks Co., Penn., sent in above photo, stating : — “This Stark's Golden Delicious tree is 4 yrs. old and bore 5 bu. this year. It's 12 feet tall, with 12 ft. spread .” Stark’s Golden Delicious Rhode Island SEE PAGE 40— A. W. Vose, R. I. In Same Class As Stark Delicious “I have often wondered why this new Golden Delicious apple was also given the name “Delici- ous” and your sample answered the question quite satisfactorily. The two apples are indeed very much on the same plane with re- gard to quality.” — A. E. Stene, Director, Rhode Island State College. Perfectly Hardy “I have found my Stark’s Gol- den Delicious trees perfectly har- dy and very young bearers. They have grown splendidly for me and my 2 year old Golden Delicious trees bore this year. Every Stark tree I have is alive and growing fine.” — Elbert A. Sisson, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Free From Disease Trouble “I noticed this year that where other varieties gave me very much trouble from different apple tree diseases, Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark trees gave me no such trouble at all. My 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees blossomed and bore this year.” — O. W. Stadig, Richland Co., R. I. STARK’S GOEDEN DELICIOUS IN UTAH Dr. Sumner Gleason, Davis Co., Utah, the originator of the Stark Early Elber- ta peach, sends in the above photo, say- ing : — uLook at this big lot of big ap- ples on this Stark’s Golden Delicious, top-worked only 3 years ago. South Carolina Bore At 2 Years in South Carolina “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are 3 years old this fall. This year, when just a little over 2 years old, they bore fruit. This variety seems to be immune from disease and grows splendidly.” — Mrs. E. D. Richardson, Pickens Co., S. C. South Dakota In Good Condition Until April “I received on March 12 a Stark’s Golden Delicious apple picked last Fall. I kept it in a steam heated office until the first of April — and the flesh was still in good condition. It is an apple that keeps well and among the best in quality.” — N. E. Hansen, Prof, of Horticulture, Brookings, A Marvel For Young Bearing “I regard Stark’s Golden Deli- cious as being a marvel for young bearing. This spring I was sur- prised to find Stark’s Golden Deli- cious blossoming from the termi- nal buds and it matured about 2 dozen apples this fall. I am sor- ry that I cannot send you any specimens, but they won’t keep in my household — they taste too good. Those Stark’s Golden De- licious trees lived through two of our worst winters.” — W. A. Sim- mons, President South Dakota Horticultural Society, Utah Hits The Spot “The Golden Delicious sent me surely “hit the spot.” If all Golden Delicious are as good as the sample sent, it is the best of all yellow apples that I have test- ed”— Tracy H. Abel, Acting Hor- ticulturist, Utah Exp. Station. 8 Apples On 2 Year Trees in Utah “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees are 2 years old. One of these had 8 fine apples on it this year. It is a fine, thrifty variety.” — B. L. Dart, Duchesne Co., Utah. 74 The Proof of Its Greatn ess Tennessee SEE PAGE 25 — Prof. Bentley, Tenn. SEE PAGE 41— L. T. Stringer, Tenn. Every Tree Bore At 3 Years “The Stark's Golden Delicious are the most beautiful trees in my young orchard. Those that are now 3 years old bore 13 to 15 yel- low apples each. I have two neighbors who put in orchards the same time I planted mine. They planted stock from other nurser- ies. Most of mine bore this year and my young orchard was a beau- tiful sight. On the other hand, my two neighbors are going to have to replant their orchards this year." — Mrs. Charles L. Sanders, Davidson Co., Tenn. Blooms On Laterals, Terminals and Spurs “The Stark's Golden Delicious is a superior variety in every way. I find that it bloomed on laterals and terminals as well as on spurs. Have been growing Stark Trees for over 25 years." — J. W. Waite, Bedford Co., Tenn. No Disease — Full of Fruit “I find all my Stark's Golden Delicious trees healthy and vigor- ous. They are free from disease All my trees were full of fruit." — - H. B. Heishell, Rhea Co., Tenn. Young Bearers Of Largest Apple “My Stark’s Golden Delicious trees bore at 3 years old. They are the best trees I have in my or- chard. The apples they bear are the best flavor, the largest and the best keepers of any yellow apple." — B. A. Johnson, Hawkins Co. Bore When 9 Months Planted “My Stark’s Golden Delicious that were set out just two years ago bore this year. One of them actually bore fruit only 9 months after being planted. It was set out in the late fall and had good sized apples on it the next August. I find Stark’s Golden Delicious trees much healthier. They stand the hot weather better and grow much faster." — John P. Staub, Knox Co., Tenn. Texas Bore Fine Crop — Despite Frost “Fruit was almost all killed here this year by late frost, but my 2 year old Stark's Golden De- licious had 9 big apples — the most delicious we have ever had." — J. II. Schafer, Lorain Co., Texas. Stand Drought Better Than Others “The Stark's Golden Delicious that I planted 3 years ago are the best looking trees I have ever seen. They have shown no signs of disease. Hot weather does not seem to hurt them and they can stand drought better than oth- er varieties." — J. N. Tholl, Tar- rant Co., Texas. Never Shown Any Disease Signs In my orchard, Stark’s Golden Delicious is exceptionally vigorous and no signs of disease. These trees are very young bearers, also. Have borne apples when only two years old. It is undoubtedly the fastest growing variety of all my 3000 fruit trees. I have planted nothing other than Stark Trees for 12 years. They have always given me perfect sat- isfaction."— A. J. Tippit, Brews- ter Co., Texas. STARK’S GOEDEN DELICIOUS TREE, 1 YR. OLD — 8 FT. 3 in. TALL Grew 76 inches from Spring to Fall de- spite complete drought from June to Cct. Photo by Henry A. Wills , Jack Co., Texas. Stark’s Golden Delicious Vermont SEE PAGE 5 — C. L. Witlierell, Vt. Vermont Authority Pronounces It Fine “My associates helped me to eat the Golden Delicious and judge its merits. We pronounced it fine. It seems to me in very fine condition (Feb. 1) and if we could grow Golden Delicious ap- ples in Vermont and have them in as good condition as those you sent, I think it would be a very good variety for us here.” — M. B. Cummings, Professor of Hor- ticulture, Vermont Agr. Ext. Sta. (Editor’s Note — Vermont and other northern sections are pro- ducing some of the best crops of Golden Delicious and commer- cial orchardists have quickly rec- ognized their value for the north.) Surpasses Other Varieties InVigor “One of my 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious bQre this past year. It surpasses most other varieties in vigor and thriftiness.” — F. B. Randall, Bennington Co. 2-YR.-OLD VIRGINIA TREE H. D. Didier, Roanoke Co., Va., writes, in sending in above photo : — “This is one of my 2-yr.-old Stark’s Golden Delicious bearing 14 apples.” Virginia SEE PAGE 15 — Prof. Ralston, Va. SEE PAGE 41 — G. J. Hopkins, Va. SEE PAGE 40 — G. B. Garst, Va. SEE PAGE 41— C. H. Stockey, Va. SEE PAGE 43— R. E. Graham, Va. Va. Authority Lauds It “I consider the Stark’s Golden Delicious apple very attractive in appearance and of excellent qual- ity.”— H. L. Price, Dean, of Agri- culture, Virginia Agric. Exp. Sta. Finest Eating Apple “I think that Stark’s Golden De- licious is first among apples for eating qualities. The Stark’s Gol- den Delicious at the Virginia Hor- ticulturists Meeting at Roanoke, Va., early in December made a hit. This variety was the leading sensation of the exhibit. Our 1500 Stark Trees, practically all Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Delicious, reached us a few days ago. It was the finest lot of nursery stock I have ever seen.” — J. Flint Waller, Augusta Co., Va. Beautiful Apples “People who attended the Vir- ginia Horticultural Meeting at Roanoke last week were very much interested in samples of Stark’s Golden Delicious display- ed there. I encouraged our people here to plant Stark Delicious when introduced some years ago and they have not been disappointed. I feel sure that they will be equal- ly pleased with the new Stark’s Golden Delicious.” — W. O. Mar- tin, County Agent, Craig Co., Va. Healthy, Though Trees Nearby Were Diseased “I saw Stark’s Golden Delicious apples in bearing in Garland Hop- kins orchard. The Stark’s Golden Delicious were free from disease and of good size while others were small and faulty.”— T. J. Harwell, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. i “Stark’s Golden Delicious, plan- ted 2 years ago are now 12 feet 4 inches high with large spreading heads.” — G. T. Napier, Lee Co., The Proof of Its Greatness Washington SEE PAGE 40— Albert Beam, Wash. SEE PAGE 3— J. E. Webster, Wash. SEE PAGE 5— J. G. Webster, Wash. SEE PAGE 9 — Webster Orchards, Wash. SEE PAGE 28— E. E. Winkler, Wash. SEE PAGE 35— J. L. W ebster, Wash. SEE PAGE 25— J. P. Eeaf, Wash. SEE PAGE 3< — Mrs. Karnell, Wash. SEE PAGE 44 — Herman Ivlotz, Wash. A Bright Future In The Northwest. Prof. 0. M. Morris, head of the Department of Agriculture of the Washington Agricultural College writes: “I am interested in Golden Delicious and its devel- opment. From what I can learn, it seems to have a bright future here in the Northwest.” 3-Year-Old Tree Bore Larger Apples Than Stark Delicious “The 3 year old Stark’s Golden Delicious trees that I have bore this year. One bore 6 apples — larger than Stark Delicious. The apples I raised this year are 10 inches around from stem to stem and 9 inches around the middle. Furthermore, Stark’s Golden Deli- cious trees are very vigorous growers. Every one that sees these trees are surprised at the size of the fruit they are bearing.” — Herman Klotz, King Co., Wash. “Very Heavy Producer” For American Fruit Growers, Inc. “The Stark’s Golden Delicious variety of apple tree is a fine bearing type and I believe will prove a very heavy producer. The apple it bears is one of won- derful quality, of attractive ap- pearance and of good keeping ability.” — -American Fruit Grow- ers, Inc., 2 Year Tree Bears 84 Apples. I have three Golden Delicious trees two years old. One had 84 apples; one 37 and the other 21. They were loaded with bloom and are now loaded with lovely apples, larger than the apples on my Stark Delicious tree.” — L. Weaver, Whatcom Co., Wash. WONDERFUL GROWTH AT 3 YRS. “ This tree bore 19 apples this year” unites Thomas D. Walls, King Co., Wash. West Virginia SEE PAGE 15— Prof. Crane, \V . Va. SEE PAGE 19 — Prof. Ivnowlton, Wr. Va. SEE PAGE 21— Gov. MacCorkle, Wr. Va. SEE PAGE 33— A. H. Mullins, W. Va. SEE PAGE 11— A. H. Mullins, AV. Va. SEE PAGE 41—0. O. Sutton, W. Va. SEE PAGE 43— G. I. Baldwin, W. Va. Commercial Qualities Excellent Says W. Va., Orchard Authority Prof. H. L. Crane, Associate Horticulturist of West Virginia said:- — “Considering the way this, variety bears I believe it will take the place of Ben Davis as a ‘bar- rel filler’. In addition to this, it has splendid appearance, high quality and late keeping. The Strong wood bears these terrific loads without breaking — a very important point in a commercial variety. Because of its long stems, the fruit does not drop — another important commercial factor. In spite of the immense crop of Golden Delicious that I Stark’s Golden Delicious saw, more than 50% of the apples vould run 72 to the bushel box.” (Editor’s Note — 72’s are very- large, fully 75% larger than many commercial sorts.) A Golden Delicious Planter Writes to Another Orchardist. “I have had thirteen years ex- perience in orcharding, set- ting out an average of 1000 trees per year and I have never seen such a grower as the Golden Delicious. My trees are now two years old and are making re- markable growth. Golden Deli- cious is giving the public a new standard of apple quality with which the older varieties find it very difficult to compete. It is spicy, fragrant, rich and a long keeper. The trees have a won- derful root system. I planted 1000 and never lost a single tree.” — O. O. Sutton, Broxton Co., West Virginia. Most Prolific Bearer “The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees which I planted two years ago have apples on them this year. They are more prolific than any other variety of trees I have ever planted. I think they are doing remarkably well.” — J. Hensen Whetzel, Hardy Co., W. Va. Youngest Bearer In This Locality “Stark’s Golden Delicious; prov- ed to be the youngest bearing, we have ever had in this locality. Trees of that variety that I plant- ed 2 years ago bloomed splendidly and bore fruit this year.” — James W. Porter, Wayne Co., W. Va. Hardiest Trees I Ever Saw “My Stark’s Golden Delicious are now 3 years old. They bore at. 2 years and they again bore this year, despite the fact that all my other varieties failed on ac- count of the frost. This variety is the hardiest I ever saw, and grow the fastest. Both Stark’s Golden Delicious and Stark Deli- cious are even more than you claim.” — J. P. Canon, Greenbrier Co., W. Va. Wisconsin »EE PAGE 15— Prof. Cranefield, Wis. •SEE PAGE 34^ — John Kuenzli, AVis. SEE PAGE 36 — S. Zangwirth, Wis. A Remarkable Apple Says Wisconsin Secretary (The following report was written by Secretary Cranefield some years ago when he first in- vestigated this variety. Since that time the hardiness and frost resistant qualities of the Golden Delicious have been thoroughly demonstrated and proved by large numbers of practical fruit growers not only in Wisconsin, but in other northern sections such as Minnesota, Canada, Maine, etc. See chapter on hardiness.) “The Golden Delicious is cer- tainly a remarkable apple both as to color and quality but more particularly as to its habits of bearing. It bears apparently in a wholly impartial way both from lateral and terminal buds as well as from spurs. . “Numerous unsolicited . testi- monials and photographs in the offices of Stark Bro’s testify to the very early bearing habit of this variety, trees at two years bearing a dozen or more fruits. Trees of this age were too young of course, to have formed spurs and must have borne from later- al buds. “If this apparent tendency holds under varying conditions of soil and treatment then we have a new apple of very great merit. So far as Wisconsin is concerned it must be tested thor- oughly for hardiness before it can be recommended for plant- ing in commercial orchards.” — Frederic Cranefield, Secretary W isconsin State Horticultural Society. Hardy as Wealthy or Snow The tree can stand as much cold as Wealthy or Snow. They had ten blossoms on them this year.” — Sebastain ZJangworth, Winnebago Co., Wis. Notice-Please Read! We have no connection whatever with any concern of a similar name, therefore be sure to address all communications to The Barnes Bros. Nursery Co. Yalesville, Conn. The Proof of Its Greatness STIIiLi PERFECT, FIRM, CRISP, JUICY AFTER BEING TAKEN OUT OF STORAGE 3 TIMES The above photo shows Stark's Golden Delicious on Feb. 1st. ajter they had been shipped 21n'0 miles , placed in and taker out of storage three times and again re-shipped ove - 1000 miles. J. Horace McFarland. Pres. Am. Civic Association assisted us in these severe tests — he was astounded at their wonderful ability to retain flavor after the many shipments and rough handling . Canada SEE PAGE 36— A. Desfardius, Quebec. SEE PAGE 35 — Evans Bros., B. C. SEE PAGE 36 — Evans Bros., B. C. SEE PAGE 18 — Mrs. Papworth, Canada. Hardy As Wealthy. It is suprising how the Stark’s Golden .Delicious trees have grown, clean and all right with a wide top. I think they have some fruit buds. I believe that they are as hardy as Wealthy. — B. J. Wiggins, Quebec, Canada. Most Vigorous Growing Tree “We have found Stark’s Gol- den Delicious to be the most vigor- ous growing tree in our orchard. It is also a very late bloomer.. The color of this apple is lighter than Grimes Golden at picking time, but at eating time, about March, is much more brilliant and a little deeper shade. We have found the growth of buds so strong in this variety that 3 large apples matured on one bud in many cases. A few buds matured as many as 5 apples of good size.” — Evans Bro’s, Penticton, B. C., Canada. Canadian Official Praises Its Long Keeping Qualities “Late in December I received a specimen of the Stark’s Golden Delicious apple. It arrived in good condition and was of very good quality.” — Prof. W. T. McCoun, Dominion Horticulturist, Central Exp. Farm, Ottawa Can. Stood Long Zero Winter In Canada “This has been the longest and coldest winter we have had since we planted our Stark’s Golden De- licious trees. It froze early in November and stayed cold until the first of March, frost going in- to the ground about 3 feet. The Stark’s Golden Delicious trees look all right and are fine and healthy.” — J. Crosby, Penticton, B. C., Canada. Bears A Bushel Of Apples “I am sending you today a photo of the 3-year old Stark’s Golden Delicious tree, taken the day before we picked a bushel box of apples from it.” — Mrs. A. A. Paporth, Kalso, B. C. Canada. Stark's Golden Delicious Table of Contents Page “We Practice What We Preach” 2 The Profit-Maker 3 Breaks All Price Records 5 ‘Unbeatable Combination” 6 Best Financial Returns 7 “Noteworthy Apple” by C. I. Lewis— 8 The Universal Favorite 10 “Trail of the Golden Apple” by Paul Stark 12 “Prophecy and Warning” by E. W. Stark 13 Supreme Court of Fruit World 14 Page Pilgrimage of National Leaders 15 State Hort. Recommendations—, 18 America’s Greatest Dietitian 20 Governor of W. Va. Praises It 21 J deal Late Keeper 22 Young and Heavy Bearer 26 Defies Frosts and Freezes 33 A Great Degree of Hardiness 36 Most Vigorous Tree Grown 38 Wonderfully Disease Resistant 42 Clinging Tendency of Apples 44 States 45-79 testimony by (Arranged by states Alphabetically) Front and back cover is made from ONE BIG PHOTOGRAPH. Open the book and the outside spread will show you a Golden Delicious tree bearing 35 bushels. Only Stark Bro’s Can Sell Golden Delicious Only Stark Bro’s can sell Golden Delicious. Stark Bro’s own the ORIGINAL Golden Delicious tree and ground. From this splendid “Mother Tree” Stark Bro's have produc d hundreds of thousands of Golden Delicious trees. All trees, buds, scions or cuttings, ere Fully and Legally Protected and controlled by Contracts. Anvone who infringes by attempting to sell Golden Delicious under its true name or any other name, will be promptly and effectively handled in the courts. A few7 cases of attempted infringement by nurserymen have been quickly handled by court action or by the infringer agreeing to burn all trees, etc., and agreeing to stop infringing. Reliable nurseries will not infringe, and others w^ho do not re- spect our rights will be prosecuted. ALL NURSERYMEN WERE OFFICIALLY WARNED— of our Legal Rights through TT. S. Postal Dept., Registry Division, so none could innocently infringe. We retain Services of leading National Detective Agency to protect our rights and our customer’s rights. If you hear of anyone else trying to sell trees, claimed to be Golden Delicious, notify us at once so we can notify our Detective Agency and Legal Dept, to take necessary action. WE GIVE EVERY GOLDEN DELICIOUS ORCHARDIST THE BENEFIT OF NATIONAL DETECTIVE PROTECTION The good name and reputation of Golden Delicious apple trees must be protected at ‘ill costs We have had reports that unscrupulous dealers have been trying to sell* on the apple markets, inferior yellow apples for genuine Golden Delicious Any attempts to substitute inferior yellow7 apples for Golden Delicious would hurt its great reputation. Therefore, Stark Bro’s, wishing to protect the Golden Deli- cioul IppS and also their thousands of customers who have planted Golden Deli- cious are protected by a National Detecti\e Ser\ice. Only the Genuine Bear This Label Look for it. It is your protection against inferior substitutes. You will find it attach- ed to all genuine Stark’s Golden De- licious trees. Re- member— STARK BRO’S Golden Delicious Greatest Yellow Apple Stark Bro’s Alone Sell These Trees and Offers $100.00 Reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing Golden Delicious trees, scions, buds or. cuttiugs and propagating therewith. Gol- den Delicious are sold ONLY by Stark Bro’s Nurseries, Louisiana, Missouri. Agi eement: — In receiving this tree you agree that you are tully aware that you have signed and will carry out to the letter, the Golden Deliciou* Purchase Agreement wherein, ai part of the consideration entering into the p archaic of thin tree, yon obligated, contracted and (Over) agreed “not to give away or sell or permit anyone elta to nke scions, buds or cuttings from the Golden Delicious tree* ^ . i _ * L _* o n(7flV0ftr8. ’ This Tag on ALL Genuine Stark’s Golden Delicious lake scions, duos or umaj. *■ — — “ ~ ---- , herein mentioned or their progeny, for a period of Z5 years, $1QQ REWARD! For the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing Golden Delicious trees, scions, buds or cuttings, and propagating therewith. Golden Deliciou* sold only by STARK BRO’S LOUISIANA, MO. 80 THREE- YEAR-OLD STARK’S GOLDEN DELICIOUS BEARING Loaded with big, glorious, golden apples. rough land and plant All of Mr. Johnson s Stark s Golden De- we recommended, hcious began bearing heavy crops in second acre orchard that brc and third year. A. Johnson, Kansas City, $13,000.00 last year M °-’ broke down at 65 years. Had only refused S40.000.00 ca S3, 000 saved. He cleared a “patch” of in health and financi;