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2020 | A Year in Review with Stark Bro's Owner Cameron Brown Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchard Co. is proud to have served gardeners like you for over 200 years. 2020 was no exception. Hardships affected every industry, and we saw a desire for people to once again grow their own food. That's exactly what we're here for - to provide you with quality fruit trees, nut trees, berry plants, garden plants, landscape trees, and gardening tools and supplies while giving you the information you need to be successful in your growing journey. Thank you for choosing Stark Bro's, let's grow together.

An Antique Apple with A Lasting Impact There’s nothing more all American than apple pie for good reason. Two enduring legacies of American entrepreneurship find their roots in simple apple orchards in Missouri over a century ago.

Stark Bro’s re-introduces organic fruit trees — this time, with USDA certification More than 200 years ago, Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co. grew organic fruit trees because there was no other way. Now the Louisiana, MO-based company has come full circle, and is "re-introducing" organic trees to its national customer base. This time, the trees are USDA-certified and 100% non-GMO, something company founder James Hart Stark couldn’t possibly have imagined.

Scarlet Crush™ Apple Wins 2018 Green Thumb Award Stark Bro's new Honeycrisp/Cripps Pink cross, Stark® Scarlet Crush™, selected as a Direct Gardening Association 2018 Green Thumb Award winner.

Stark Bro's Selected as Fast-Track Award Winner Two-hundred year old nursery earns Missouri Chamber of Commerce Fast-Track award. One of seven companies honored for driving economic growth in Missouri.

Stark Bro's Continues Fruitful Partnership A partnership that's guaranteed to bear fruit: Growing Power and Stark Bro's are working together once again to offer healthy food options in Milwaukee.

Donation to California Urban-Farming Initiative 2017: Stark Bro's donates 70 fruit trees and berry plants to help support the city of West Sacramento's urban-farming initiative in California.

Cider Apple Blend Wins 2017 Glintcap Medal Blend, "Astringent Delight", which includes the new Stark® Franklin Cider™ apple, takes Bronze at the 2017 Glintcap International Cider & Perry competition.

Introducing 3 Game-Changing New Apples Three new apples: two Honeycrisp crosses and a bittersharp cider apple start off 2017, the 201st year in business for the world's oldest fruit-tree nursery.

Inaugural Missouri Grown Pioneer Award Stark Bro's has been to chosen to receive the Missouri Department of Agriculture's first Missouri Grown Pioneer Award on December 14, 2016.

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