m 
P.J.BER CKMANS CO! 
10 
$ 8.00 
6.00 
4.00 
3.00 
2.00 
100 
$30.00 
20.00 
17.50 
color deep orange; flesh lender and juicy, seedless. 
Ripens at Augusta in September or October. All of 
our Satsuma are grafted and budded upon Citrus 
trifoliata and are field-grown. 
PRICES: Each 10 100 
18-24 inches.$0.75 $5.00 
12-18 in., branched.50 3.50 $25.00 
Elaeagnus {Japan Oleaster) 
Elaeagnus edulis. (Lonffipm ). Gumi fruit of the 
Japanese. A low-growing shrub. In early April pro¬ 
duces very fragrant, reddish-yellow flowers which are 
immediately followed by bright red edible fruit, 
which is one-third of an inch in length; oblong, cov¬ 
ered with minute white dots. This fruit makes an 
excellent jelly and marmalade; flavor is sharp, pun¬ 
gent, and rather agreeable: foliage light-green, silvery 
beneath. A beautiful ornamental shrub, almost ever¬ 
green. 
PRICES: K aeh 
4-5 ft., very bushy.$1.00 
3-4 ft., bushy. 75 
2-3 ft., well-branched.50 
18-24 inches, well branched.35 
12-18 inches, branched.25 
E. Simonii. Simon’s Oleaster. This plant is evergreen, 
and is very ornamental. It bears edible fruit larger 
than that of Elaegnus edulis. Matures here in 
nijT/ipo' Fruit is used for jellies, jams, etc. 
rKlCEo : Each 10 
15 to 18 in., very strong.$0.75 $6.00 
13 to 15 in., strong. 50 4.00 
Eriobotrya Japonica 
Loquat: Japan Medlar ; Biwa of the 
Japanese. 
Eriobotrya Japonica. This plant is practically hardv 
in the Piedmont Zone, but is at its best* in the 
c oastal Zone. Trees of medium height, with long 
glossy, evergreen leaves; fruit brierht-vellow, round 
or oblong, about the size of a Wild ‘Goose Plum: 
borne in clusters from the end of February until 
■May: seldom perfects fruit in this locality', but i‘ 
verv successful southward. 
PRICES: Each 
3-yr. plants, from nots, seedlings.$0.35 
2 -vr. plants, from nots, seedlings.25 
Giant. Fruit four times as large ns the common Jap- 
ddtS Meillar: foliage remarkably handsome. 
PRICES: Each 10 
Strong, 2 yr., grafted .$0.50 $4.00 
Mulberries 
PRICES, except where noted: 
2 -years, grafted, very heavv, 
branched, 8 10 ft. 
1-year, grafted, 7 9 ft., heavv.. 
1-year, grafted, 5-7 ft. 
10 
$3.00 
2.25 
Each 
10 
100 
$0.50 
$4.00 
.35 
3.25 
$30.00 
.25 
2.25 
20.00 
Downing. Fruit of rich, subacid flavor; lasts six weeks. 
Stands winter of western and middle states. 
Hicks. Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet; excellent for 
poultry and hogs. Fruit produced during four 
months. 
Stubbs. Originated in Laurens County, Georgia. A tree 
of fine growth, beautiful foliage; fruit is of enormous 
size, frequently two inches in length, quality excel¬ 
lent; lasts about two months; an extremely rare 
variety. 
PRICES: Each 10 
2-year, budded.$0.50 $4.00 
1-year, budded.25 2.00 
Olives 
Picholine Olives were quite extensivel’• cultivated on 
the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, previous to 
the Civil War, and an excellent quality of oil was 
produced. Some of these plantings are still produc¬ 
ing fruit which is used quite successfully for pickling. 
There is no reason why the industry should not be 
revived. 
A peculiarity of the Olive is that it flourishes and 
bears abundant crops on rock and barren soils, where 
no other fruit trees are successful. 
PRICES: Each 10 100 
18 to 24 inches, well-branched, 
from pots and open ground. $0.50 $4.00 $30.00 
15 to 18 inches, from pots and 
open ground.35 3.00 25.00 
Pomegranates 
The Pomegranate is hardy in the gulf states and 
central sections of Georgia and the Carolinas. The 
plants will frequently attain a height of upward of 20 
feet. It is of good form and foliage; bright scarlet 
flowers make it a most ornamental plant. Tt bears 
early and profusely. The demand for the fruit is in¬ 
creasing in eastern markets, and the Pomegranate is 
being grown in some sections on an extensive scale. 
The fruit carries well to distant markets. 
PRICES: Each 10 100 
3-3% ft., very bushy .$0.50 $4.00 
2-3 ft., bushy.35 2.50 $22.50 
Paper Shell. A new variety from California. Extra 
fine quality. Will bear first year after transplanting. 
Skin very thin; hence the name Paper Shell. 
Purple-Seeded. Spanish Krm\ Lnrtre: 
crimson cheek; flesh purplish crimson, sweet; best 
quality. 
Rhoda. Large, thin skin; sweet; of good flavor. 
Subacid. Very large; highly colored. Pulp juicy, sub¬ 
acid. 
Sweet. Fruit very large: brilliantly colored. 
Ornamental Department 
Deciduous Shrubs 
han Ji in sel ? om that a »» the country, suburb or town cannot be improved in appearance and greatlv en¬ 
hanced in value by the judicious treatment of the grounds, irrespective of size- and for this TrSL Lnv 
bZJiff out rU certa e in flatures of The^lawn 1 ^ ShrUbher - v ' Planted and massed, is moTCecti^n 
of foundation walls features of the lawn ’ screen s ^e unsightly building or object, or to break the outline 
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cession 
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ges 
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rw T*l e ;„ dCmand for orn ® m ® nt ® 1 shrubs increases annualy. and to meet this we have increased our nlantimrs 
TE ln T 0 rna T nta,S 18 larff0r than over bef °re. and we are in a position to supply many vaJieties Tn 
mJriv If 1 Il V add i- 1( !i n t0 . tbe shrubs that are best adapted to the various sections of * the South w< 
manj of the hardier kinds suited to the colder sections of the North and North-West. 
e grow 
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