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- Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Company Trade Card, "Burbank's 5 Greatest Creations," 1901 - Luther Burbank's 1893 catalog, <em>New Creations in Fruits and Flowers</em>, captured the attention of established nursery businesses, including Stark Brothers Nurseries in Missouri. Clarence Stark traveled to California to see Burbank's creations for himself and purchased the rights to sell some of Burbank's plum varieties. This began an exclusive distribution partnership that continued after Burbank's death.
- 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Company Trade Card, "Burbank's 5 Greatest Creations," 1901
Luther Burbank's 1893 catalog, New Creations in Fruits and Flowers, captured the attention of established nursery businesses, including Stark Brothers Nurseries in Missouri. Clarence Stark traveled to California to see Burbank's creations for himself and purchased the rights to sell some of Burbank's plum varieties. This began an exclusive distribution partnership that continued after Burbank's death.
- Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co. Catalog, 1958 -
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co. Catalog, 1958
- Letter from Elizabeth Burbank to E.G. Liebold regarding Donation of the "Little Office," March 23, 1928 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened a "Bureau of Information" in 1910 to sell seeds and souvenirs, but it served other purposes over the years. Burbank's widow called the building the "little office" when she offered it to Henry Ford in 1928 for inclusion in Greenfield Village.
- March 23, 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Elizabeth Burbank to E.G. Liebold regarding Donation of the "Little Office," March 23, 1928
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened a "Bureau of Information" in 1910 to sell seeds and souvenirs, but it served other purposes over the years. Burbank's widow called the building the "little office" when she offered it to Henry Ford in 1928 for inclusion in Greenfield Village.
- Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Company Trade Card, Advertising "Gold $3,000.00 Plum" Trees, 1901 - Luther Burbank's 1893 catalog, <em>New Creations in Fruits and Flowers</em>, captured the attention of established nursery businesses, including Stark Brothers Nurseries in Missouri. Clarence Stark traveled to California to see Burbank's creations for himself and purchased the rights to sell some of Burbank's plum varieties. This began an exclusive distribution partnership that continued after Burbank's death.
- 1900-1901
- Collections - Artifact
Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Company Trade Card, Advertising "Gold $3,000.00 Plum" Trees, 1901
Luther Burbank's 1893 catalog, New Creations in Fruits and Flowers, captured the attention of established nursery businesses, including Stark Brothers Nurseries in Missouri. Clarence Stark traveled to California to see Burbank's creations for himself and purchased the rights to sell some of Burbank's plum varieties. This began an exclusive distribution partnership that continued after Burbank's death.
- Trade Card for Stark Bro's Nurseries, Starking "Double Red" Delicious and Ordinary Delicious Apple Trees, 1914-1940 -
- 1914-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Stark Bro's Nurseries, Starking "Double Red" Delicious and Ordinary Delicious Apple Trees, 1914-1940
- Stark Fruits as Grown by Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co., 1902 -
- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
Stark Fruits as Grown by Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co., 1902