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P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY’S TREE AND PLANT CATALOG. 
Miscellaneous Fruits. 
MULBERRIES 
per 100. 
OLIVES 
POT AND FIEI.D*GROWN PLANTS. 
15 to 18 inches high_25c each, $2 for 10, $17.50 per 100 
24 to 30 inches, bushy. .50c each, 4 for 10, 35.00 per 100 
Piclioline. A variety much esteemed in California for 
its rapid growth and early licaring. The tree is also less 
subject to damage by insects than most other varieties, and 
ripens its fruit in twelve months, thus beariug acrop an¬ 
nually. Makes excellent oil, and stands as the best for 
pickling. 
25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15- 
Japan Oleaster (Elaeagnus Ed- 
ulis) at Fruitland. 
ELAEAGNUS — JAPAN OLEAS¬ 
TER. 
Gumi Fruit of th^ Japanese.) 
Hicks’ Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit 
sweet, insipid ; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit pro¬ 
duced during four months. 
Moms Multtcaulxis. This is one of the varieties used 
f r silk worm culture. 5 to 6 feet, well branched, 1.50 for 
10; SS per 100. 
Downing’s. Fruit of a rich, subacid 
flavor; busts six weeks. Stands winters of 
Western and Middle States. 
Biwa of the Japanese.) 
POT GROWN. 
2-years, 15 to 18 in. .25c each, $2.00 for 10, 817.50 per 100 
2- years, 20 to 24 in .. 85c each, 2.50 for 10 , 20.00 per 100 
3- years, 24 to 30 in... 50c each, 8.00 for 10, 25.00 per 100 
Trees of medium height, with long, glossy leaves, which 
are evergreen; flowers white, in spikes; and produced in 
winter; fruit of the size of the Wild (loose plum, round or 
oblong; bright yellow and produced in clusters ; subacid 
and refreshing. Maturity from end of February to April. 
Not fruitful north of Charleston, but tree otherwise per¬ 
fectly hardy here. This is well adapted to the coast belt. 
Giant Japan Medlar. Same as aliove, hut fruit four 
times as large. Grafted plants, all pot-grown, 6-8 inches, 
50 cents each. 
Truck Farming at the South 
By A. Oemler. A work giving the experience of a 
succossfnl grower of vegetables or “garden truck” for 
Northern markets. Essential to any one who con¬ 
templates entering this profitable field of agriculture. 
Illustrated, 271 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth, 81.00. 
ERIOBOTRYA- JAPONICA 
(LOQUAT) (MEDLAR) 
Kliragnus eduliH (Lougipes). A low-growing shrub, lie 
have sjiccimeii plants alsnit 10 feet high and 15 feet spread, 
which have for a number of years produ<*ed immense quanti¬ 
ties of fruit., which rijiens here early in May, and continues 
through a |>eriod of four weeks. Fruit about one third inch in 
length oblong; bright red and covered with minute white 
dots l'his plant is well worthy of cultivation, |>oih for orna¬ 
ment mid for its fruit,which is juicy and edible,with a sharp, 
rather pungent, agreeable flavor; makes a beautiful jelly. 
Foliage light green, silvered beneath. Flowers fragrant. 
Plant, perfectly hardy, almost evergreen. Strong field- 
grown plants, 18-24 in ; 25 cents each; $2 for 10. 
Elaeagnus Slmonil (Simon’s Oleaster.) Fruit larger 
than edulis; matures here in March. Owing to its early 
blooming properties, the fruit is aptto he killed by late 
frosts. The plant is an evergreen amt is very ornamental. 
Pot-grown plants, 18-24 in.,.25 cents each ; $2 for 10 
3-4 feet, well branched. 50 ceuts each; $4 for 10 
Olives have been cultivated on the coast of Georgia and 
South Carolina for many years, and an excellent quality 
of oil has been produced. A peculiarity of the Olive is that 
it flourishes and bears abundant.crops on rocky and barren 
soils, where no other fruit trees are successful. 
HICK’S MUUtERRY. 
