Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. STARK BRO’S Special 1926 LOW PRICES -to- Market These Prices Good As Long As Our Present Supply Lasts ORDER QUICK! Before We Are Sold Out On What You May Want Many varieties of vegetable seed are SHORT CROP THIS YEAR. Many items on this list are quoted at very low prices simply because we desire to multiply the number of our market gardener customers. This list is being sent to gardeners WHO KNOW QUAL- ITY—AND WHO KNOW LOW PRICES WHEN THEY SEE THEM. MONEY BACK. Any seed received from us may be returned to us any time within 10 days after your receipt of same, if it is not satisfactory — and money paid for same will be re- funded. Stark Bro’s N. & O. Co., gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description, purity, productiveness or any other matter of any seeds, plants or bulbs they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms they are at once to be returned. STARK BRO’S SEEDSMEN & NURSERYMEN at Louisiana, Mo., for 110 Years Form No. 110— 50M— 1-‘26 Standard Vegetables Beans, Corn and Peas are shipped by express at your expense. 25 lbs. or more at 100-lb. Prices. BEANS— BUSH— By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Burpee’s Stringless G. Pod 1.00 1.80 16.00 Black Valentine 1.00 1.80 16.00 Bountiful 1.00 1.85 17.00 Davis Kidney Wax .90 1.60 15.00 Giant Stringless G. Pod .90 1.60 15.00 Golden Wax — Improved .90 1.60 15.00 Hodson Wax 1.00 1.95 18.00 Horticultural Dwarf 1.00 1.95 18.00 Masterpiece 1.00 1.95 18.00 New Robust .85 1.60 15.00 Lady Washington Navy .75 1.40 13.00 Pencil Pod Black Wax .85 1.60 14.00 Prolific Black Wax 1.00 1.90 17.00 Red Kidney .80 1.50 14.00 Refugee (1000 to 1) .85 1.60 15.00 Royal Dwarf Kidney 1.00 1.90 18.00 Stringless Green Refugee 1.25 2.20 20.00 Sure Crop 1.00 1.95 18.00 Tennessee Green Pod 1.00 1.90 18.00 Valentine — Ex. Early Red .80 1.50 14.00 Wardwell’s Kidney Wax .95 1.80 17.00 White Marrowfat .85 1.60 15.00 BEANS— POLE— By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Burger’s Stringless G. Pod 1.35 2.40 22.00 Golden Cluster Wax 1.15 2.10 19.00 Horticultural 1.00 1.90 18.00 Kentucky Wonder 1.25 2.10 19.00 Kentucky Wonder Wax 1.35 2.50 24.00 Lazy Wife .75 1.40 13.00 Yard Long (Asparagus) 2.50 4.00 35.00 BUSH LIMA— By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Burpee’s Fordhook 1.50 2.80 27.00 Burpee’s Improved 1.35 2.50 24.00 Henderson Improved 1.15 2.10 20.00 POLE LIMA— By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Carolina (Sieva) .90 1.60 15.00 Challenger — ( Potato ) 1.20 2.30 21.00 Early Leviathan .90 1.70 16.00 Improved Giant Podded 1.25 2.30 22.00 King of the Garden 1.20 2.20 20.00 Seibert’s Early Pole 1.25 2.40 22.00 BEETS — Postpaid X lb >. 1 lb. 5 lb. Crosby’s Egyptian .30 .90 4.00 Crimson Globe .25 .75 3.25 Detroit Dark Red .25 .75 3.25 Eclipse .25 .75 3.25 Extra Early Egyptian .25 .75 3.25 Improved Blood .25 .75 3.25 Long Smooth Blood .25 .75 3.25 BEETS— SUGAR— Postpaid V* lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Lane’s Imperial .15 .40 1.85 Klein Wanzleben .15 .40 1.85 1 BEETS — MANGEL — Postpaid H lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Giant Half Sugar Rose .20 .40 1.85 Golden Tankard .20 .40 1.85 Mam. Prize Long Red .15 .35 1.60 BRUSSEL’S SPROUTS — Postpaid oz. *4 lb. 1 lb. Long Island Improved .30 .65 2.00 CABBAGE — Postpaid oz. H lb. 1 lb. All Head Early .20 .75 1.75 Burpee’s Surehead .30 .90 2.80 Copenhagen Market .30 .90 2.80 Danish Ballhead .30 .90 2.80 Early Jersey Wakefield .30 .90 2.50 Golden Acre 1.25 4.50 15.00 Lg. Wakefield (Charleston) .25 .80 2.25 Red Dutch .25 .85 2.35 Savoy .20 .75 1.75 Succession .30 .90 2.50 Wisconsin Hollander 1.00 3.50 12.00 Wisconsin All Seasons 2.00 6.00 18.00 CHINESE CABBAGE oz. U lb. 1 lb. Pe Tsai .30 .75 2.25 Wong Bok .30 .75 2.25 CARROTS — Postpaid H lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Chantenay .25 .65 3.00 Improved Long Orange .25 .65 3.00 Golden Ball .30 .85 3.50 Heart of Orange 1.00 3.00 12.00 Oxheart .25 .65 3.00 Short Horn .30 .85 3.50 Yellow Belgian .25 .60 2.75 CAULIFLOWER— Postpaid oz. H lb. 1 lb. Dry Weather 3.25 9.00 25.00 Early Snowball 3.25 9.00 25.00 Early Dwarf Erfurt 2.25 7.00 20.00 Perfection 3.25 9.00 25.00 Veitch’s Autumn Giant 1.00 3.00 9.00 CELERY — Postpaid oz. H lb. 1 lb. Columbia .30 .80 2.20 Easy Blanching .30 .80 2.20 Giant Pascal .30 .80 2.00 Gold. Self Blanching (Am.) .45 1.25 4.00 Gold. Self Blanching (Fr.) .45 1.25 4.00 White Plume .30 .90 2.85 Winter Queen .30 .80 2.20 CUCUMBERS— Postpaid H lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Arlington White Spine .35 1.00 4.25 Davis Perfect .60 2.00 Early Fortune .35 1.00 4.25 Early Green Cluster .35 1.00 4.50 Early Green Prolific .35 1.00 4.50 Everbearing .35 1.00 4.25 Gherkin (West India) .35 1.00 4.25 Japanese Climbing .30 .80 3.50 London Long Green .35 .90 3.75 Stay Green .40 1.50 5.00 White Wonder .35 1.00 4.25 QUALITY SUGAR CORN In addition to the standard varieties listed below, we wish especially to direct the attention of Market Gardeners to our new varieties, Jumbo Gold, Mexican Wonder and “Three Ear”. We have satisfied ourselves that these varieties have real quality, else we would not place them in our list with the old standard varieties such as Golden Bantam, Howling: Mob and Stoweirs Evergrreen. Jumbo Gold is the largest-eared yellow corn of outstanding high quality we have tested. Mexican Wonder as an improvement over the Black Mexican has unusual productiveness combined with a delicious table quality. Stark’s new “Three Ear”, a hybrid corn which produces almost uniformly three ears to the stalk. An extremely vigorous plant which endures unfavorable weather conditions, together with the “three ear” habit and excellent table quality, recom- mends this to everyone interested in good sugar corn. Corn- — 25 lbs. or more at 100-lb. Prices. CORN — SUGAR — By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Black Mexican 1.25 2.25 21.00 Country Gentlemen 1.35 2.50 22.00 Crosby's Early .90 1.60 14.00 Early Minnesota .90 1.60 14.00 Extra Early Adams .75 1.30 11.00 Golden Bantam 1.00 1.80 15.00 Golden Giant 1.25 2.25 21.00 Howling Mob .90 1.60 14.00 Jumbo Gold 2.50 4.50 Mammoth White Cory .80 1.40 12.00 Mexican Wonder 2.00 3.50 30.00 “Three Ear” 2.00 3.75 Stowell's Evergreen 1.00 1.80 15.00 White Evergreen .80 1.40 12.00 CORN — POP — By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Australian Hulless .65 1.10 10.00 Blue Snow 1.75 3.00 Queen's Golden .60 1.00 9.50 White Rice .50 .90 8.50 EGGPLANT— Postpaid oz. H lb- 1 lb. Black Beauty .55 1.90 6.00 New York Purple .45 1.60 5.00 QUALITY LETTUCE After several years’ trials we have located a strain of Wayahead lettuce which has proven to be unusually fine, entirely uniform in type, giving us a variety which produces the earliest solid heads of good size among the head_ lettuce varieties. Among the others, Big Boston, Early Prizehead, California Cream Butter and New York are outstanding varieties of high quality. LETTUCE— Postpaid Big Boston Black Seeded Simpson Black Seeded Tennis Ball California Cream Butter Early May King Early Prizehead Grand Rapids Hanson Iceberg Mignonette New York (or Wonderful) Paris White Cos Salamander Wayahead a lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. .50 1.50 6.00 .45 1.40 5.50 .30 1.00 4.00 .40 1.35 6.00 .30 1.00 4.00 .50 1.50 6.00 .30 .90 3.50 .45 1.40 5.50 .45 1.40 5.50 .80 2.75 11.00 .80 2.75 11.00 .50 1.50 6.00 .50 1.50 6.00 .90 2.80 12.00 3 MUSKMELONS— Postpaid M lb> 1 lb. 5 lb. Banana .25 .75 3.00 Bay View .25 .75 3.00 Burpee’s Spicy .25 .75 3.00 Burrell’s Gem .25 .60 2.50 Extra Early Hackensack .25 .75 3.00 Emerald Gem .25 .75 3.00 Golden Champlain .75 2.00 7.50 Hearts of Gold .60 1.50 5.00 Henderson’s Bush .30 1.00 4.00 Honey Ball .75 2.00 7.50 Honey Dew .30 1.00 4.00 Improved Osage .30 1.00 4.00 Paul Rose .30 1.00 4.00 Pollock 10-25 .25 .75 3.00 Rocky Ford (Stark Strain) .25 .75 3.00 Tip Top .35 1.00 4.00 LUSCIOUS WATERMELONS Melon growers should not miss the opportunity to plant our three fine melons. Champ Clark and Honey Giant are “home products” grown in Pike County for many years. Giant of Giants is the best of the extra large varieties. The new Champ Clark is the earliest large oblong melon, with attractive color- ing and excellent quality. WATERMELONS— Postpaid M lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Alabama Sweet .20 .60 2.40 Baby Delight .60 2.00 8.00 Champ Clark 2.25 6.50 Coles Early .20 .60 2.40 Florida Favorite .20 .60 2.40 Fordhook Early .25 .65 2.50 Georgia Rattlesnake .20 .60 2.40 Giant of Giants 2.00 6.00 Halbert’s Honey .25 .65 2.50 Honey Giant 1.75 5.00 20.00 Ice Cream (Peerless) .25 .75 3.00 Irish Gray .30 .90 3.25 Klecyley Sweet .30 .90 3.25 Luscious Golden Sweet .30 .90 3.25 Mclver’s Sugar .25 .75 3.00 Sugar Stick .30 .80 3.20 Tom Watson .30 .80 3.20 LOW PRICES ON ONIONS The very short crop of onion seed due to unfavorable condi- tions in the seed growing districts has produced a serious sit- uation in the onion seed market. The prices quoted below are as low as we can consistently make them and orders for onion seed must be accepted subject to stock being unsold. Onion seed, sets and frost proof plants will be in great demand and orders placed as early as possible are liable to be most suc- cessful in obtaining supplies. BUY ONION SEED NOW AT THESE PRICES! Postpaid Prices M lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Ex. Early Red 1.00 3.50 15.00 Mammoth Silver King .90 3.25 14.00 Ohio Yellow Globe 2.00 6.50 30.00 Prizetaker (Giant) 1.75 6.00 25.00 Southport Red Globe 2.00 6.50 30.00 Southport White Globe 2.75 9.00 Southport Yellow Globe 2.00 6.50 30.00 White Barletta 1.25 4.00 16.00 White Italian Tripoli 1.35 4.50 18.00 White Portugal 2.00 6.50 30.00 4 PEAS — 25 lbs. or more at 100 lb. Prices Peas — By Express 5 lb. 10 lb. 100 lb. Alaska .90 1.70 15.00 Alderman 1.00 1.90 18.00 American Wonder .90 1.70 15.00 Bliss Everbearing .90 1.70 15.00 Blue Bantam 1.25 2.25 21.00 Champion of England 1.00 1.90 18.00 Daisy (Dwarf Telephone) 1.00 1.90 18.00 Dwarf Defiance 1.00 1.95 18.50 Dwarf Gray Sugar 1.00 1.90 18.00 Extra Early Dispatch .90 1.75 17.00 Extra Early Gradus 1.00 1.90 18.00 Extra Early Premium Gem 1.00 1.90 18.00 Hundredfold 1.25 2.25 21.00 Little Marvel 1.00 1.90 18.00 Nott’s Excelsior .90 1.70 16.00 Telephone 1.00 1.80 17.00 Thomas Laxton 1.00 1.90 18.50 PEPPERS — Postpaid oz. K lb. 1 lb. Bull Nose .25 .75 2.50 Chinese Giant .60 1.80 6.00 Giant Pimiento (Stark’s) 1.50 4.50 15.00 Golden Queen .40 1.50 5.00 Harris Earliest .75 2.00 6.00 Long Red Cayenne .35 1.10 3.50 Neapolitan .30 .90 3.00 Pimiento .30 .90 3.00 Ruby King .25 .75 2.50 Sunnybrook 1.00 3.00 8.00 Sweet Upright .40 1.35 4.50 Tabasco .35 1.25 4.00 PUMPKINS— Postpaid K lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Big Tom .30 .90 3.75 Genuine Mammoth .25 .75 3.50 Golden Oblong .25 .75 3.50 Large Cheese .25 .70 3.00 Small Sugar .25 .75 3.50 Striped Cushaw .30 .90 3.75 RADISHES FOR QUICK RESULTS We wish to recommend our Special Scarlet Globe radish for Market Gardeners. This is so remarkably uniform that the entire salable crop can often be harvested in two pullings. This makes for uniformity of product, prompt clearing of the ground for other crops and special adaptation to succession plantings. RADISH— Postpaid M lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Chinese Rose .30 .60 2.50 Cincinnati Market .30 .80 3.20 Crimson Giant .20 .60 2.50 Early Long Scarlet .30 .80 3.50 French Breakfast .30 .80 3.50 Half Long Scarlet .20 .60 2.50 Philadelphia White Box .20 .60 2.50 Rapid Red .30 .90 3.25 Round Black Spanish .20 .60 2.50 Stark’s Special Scarlet Globe .35 1.00 4.00 Scarlet Globe .25 .85 3.25 Scarlet Turnip White Tip .20 .60 2.50 White Chinese .20 .60 2.50 White Icicle .25 .65 2.75 White Strasburg .25 .65 2.75 5 TOMATO Stark’s BLIGHT RESISTER (Improved Norton) Raised over 20 tons of “Blight Resisters” per acre. “I want to tell you, out of 12 to 1,400 acres of tomatoes raised here for Reid, Murdoch & Co., last year, I raised over 20 tons per acre. They told me it was the largest yield per acre raised of all — they were Stark’s ‘‘Blight Resisters”. — I. N. Bryan, Pierceton, Indiana. MARGLOBE We are pleased to announce an addition to our tomato list in the form of Marglobe. This is an early wilt-resistant type of tomato which has been produced by crossing the Marvel and the Globe varieties as indicated by the name. Marglobe has given wonderful results with both market gardeners and truck growers and we can fully recommend it for planting, especially where the soil is infected with the wilt disease. As long as the stock lasts we will supply seed at the prices given below. TOMATOES— Postpaid Blight Resister Marglobe Acme Bonny Best Burpee’s Matchless Chalk’s Early Jewel Dwarf Giant Dwarf Stone Earliana (Stark’s Strain) Giant Ponderosa Golden Ponderosa John Baer June Pink Livingston’s Globe Peach Red Cherry Red Pear Red Rock St e Yellow Pear SPINACH — Postpaid King of Denmark Long Season New Zealand Savoy Round Thick Leaf Virginia Savoy SQUASH — Postpaid Banana Blue Hubbard Boston Marrow Cocozelle (Italian Marrow) Delicious (Stark’s Strain) Des Moines (Table Queen) Early White Bush Early Yellow Bush Fordhook Giant Summer Crookneck Golden Hubbard Hubbard (True Strain) Long White Marrow Mammoth Chili Winter Luxury (Pie Squash) oz. U lb. lb. 1.00 2.25 6.00 1.30 4.50 11.00 .30 .90 3.00 .30 .90 3.00 .25 .75 2.25 .35 1.00 3.25 .50 1.25 4.25 .35 1.00 3.25 .25 .75 2.25 .40 1.15 4.00 .40 1.15 4.00 .25 .75 2.25 .40 1.10 3.50 .40 1.20 4.00 .40 1.25 4.50 .40 1.25 4.50 .40 1.15 4.00 .25 .75 2.25 .35 .60 1.80 .40 1.25 4.00 X lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. .25 .85 3.00 .20 .45 1.75 .30 .90 3.25 .20 .50 2.25 .20 .45 1.75 .45 1.00 3.50 X lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. .30 .75 3.25 .40 .90 4.00 .25 .85 3.50 .35 .90 3.75 .35 .90 3.75 .35 .90 3.75 .25 .85 3.50 .25 .65 2.75 .35 .90 3.75 .35 .90 3.80 .40 1.00 4.25 .35 .90 3.75 .30 .80 3.50 .30 .75 3.25 .30 .80 3.50 6 TlJKmrs — Postpaid M lb. 1 lb. 5 ib. Early White Flat Dutch .30 .70 3.00 Golden Ball (Orange Jelly) .25 .55 2.10 Large Yellow (Amber Globe) .30 .70 3.00 Long White (Cow Horn) .25 .55 2.00 Purple Top Strap Leaf .25 .55 2.10 Purple Top White Globe .25 .60 2.25 Seven Top .25 .55 2.10 White Egg .25 .60 2.25 Yellow Aberdeen .25 .55 2.10 MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES ARTICHOKE oz. X lb. 1 lb. Green Globe — Postpaid $1.00 $3.00 $9.00 ASPARAGUS oz. X lb. 1 lb. Columbian Mam. White — Postpaid .15 .30 .90 Palmetto .15 .30 .90 Martha Washington .25 .80 2.25 Mary Washington .40 1.25 4.00 ENDIVE— Postpaid oz. X lb. 1 lb. Broad Batavian .10 .35 1.25 Green Curled .10 .35 1.25 KALE — Postpaid oz. X lb. 1 lb. Dwarf Green Curled .15 .40 1.15 KOHL RABI— Postpaid oz. X lb. 1 lb. Early White Vienna .20 .70 2.10 OKRA — Postpaid oz. X lb. 1 lb. Dwarf Green .10 .20 .60 White Velvet .10 .20 .60 PARSLEY — Postpaid oz. X lb. 1 lb. Extra Curled Dwarf .10 .25 .75 Hamburg (Turnip Rooted) .10 .30 .80 PARSNIP— Postpaid oz. X lb. 1 lb. Guernsey .15 .30 .80 RUT A BAGA — Postpaid X lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Large White .20 .65 2.60 Purple Top Yellow .20 .65 2.60 SALSIFY— Postpaid X lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Mam. Sandwich Island .75 2.25 9.25 SWISS CHARD— Postpaid X lb. 1 lb. 5 lb. Lucullus .30 .80 3.00 SEEDS FOR FALL DELIVERY We usually have a supply of the vegetable seeds commonly planted in late summer and fall and invite our market gardener friends to send in their orders for such seeds as they will need according to these prices, or send in their lists for an estimate on lowest prices for fall delivery. 7