Stark Bro`s Nurseries & Orchards Co.

A growing legacy since 1816. For over 200 years, Stark Bro`s has helped people around America provide delicious home-grown food for their families. In 1816, James Hart Stark and a small band of pioneers migrated by covered wagon from Bourbon County, Kentucky to settle on the fertile western banks of the Mississippi. Little did James know that the apple-tree scions he carried in his saddlebags would one day launch an international nursery dynasty. James Stark was skilled at the art of grafting to produce better fruit varieties, and demand grew quickly for superior trees he grew. The railroads opened the door to nationwide shipping, and soon, Stark Bro`s was a household name.