Peaches and Plate Books
The history of fruit cultivars is a voluminous topic–in part because new varieties are always coming down the pike, but also because each cultivar has a story to tell, often […]
Category Archives: Stark Brothers
The Shannon Improved (Part 2)
To pick up the thread from my last post– another old Stark catalog has recently come into my possession: a very nicely- preserved copy of Centennial Fruits, published in 1916 in […]
The Shannon Improved (Part 1)
I am reveling in the recent acquisition of a Stark Bros. Nursery plate book from 1898. Of the apple cultivars described in the book, six originated in N.W. Arkansas […]
