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P. J. BERG'KMANS COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA. 
MISCELLANEOUS FRUITS 
ELAEAGNUS (Japan Oleaster) 
Elaeagnus edulis (longipes). Gumi Fruit of the 
Japanese. A low-growing shrub. We have specimen 
plants about 10 feet high and 15 feet spread, which 
have for a number of years produced enormous 
quantities of fruit, which ripens here early in May, 
and continues through a period of four weeks. Fruit 
about onc-third inch in length, oblong; bright red 
and covered with minute white dots. This plant is 
well worthy of cultivation, both for ornament and 
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. Plants perfectly hardy. 
Each 10 100 
Strong, field-grown plants, bear¬ 
ing size . $0.75 $6.00 . 
Strong, field-grown plants, 3 ft., 
very bushy . 50 4.00 $25.00 
Strong, field-grown plants, well- 
branched, 24 inches .25 2.00 18.00 
Simonii (Simon's Oleaster). Fruit larger than Edu¬ 
lis; matures here in March. Owing to its early 
blooming properties, the fruit is apt to be killed 
by late frosts. The plant is an evergreen and is 
very ornamental. Pot-grown, 15 to 18 in., 25 cents 
i-ucu; $2.00 for 10. 
Elaeagnus edulis. 
ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA 
(Loquat; Japan Medlar; Biwa of the Japanese.) 
Medlar. Trees of medium height, with long, glossy 
evergreen leaves; flowers white, in spikes, and 
produced in winter; fruit of the size of the Wild 
Goose Plum; round or oblong; bright yellow and 
produced in clusters; subacid and refreshing. Ma¬ 
turity from end of February to April. Not fruitful 
north of Charleston, but tree otherwise perfectly 
hardy here. This is well adapted to the coast belt. 
Pot-grown, 1-year, 25 cents each *$2.00 for 10. 
Giant Medlar. Grafted plants, all* pot-grown. Same 
as above, but fruit four times as large. 1-year, 50 
cents each; $4.00 for 10. 
MULBERRIES 
Each 10 100 
7 to 9 feet . $ .25 $2.00 $15.00 
5 to 6 feet . 20 1.50 12.00 
Alba, or Moretti. This is the principal veriety used in 
Europe for silkworm culture. Transplanted trees, 
well-branched. 
Downing. Fruit of rich, subacid flavor; lasts six 
weeks. Stands winters of western and middle states. 
Hick’s Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet, 
insipid; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit pro¬ 
duced during four months. 
Stubbs. A native variety, producing an immense 
quantity of very large fruit of excellent quality. 
Produces fruit for about two months. 
OLIVE, PICHOLINE 
Each 10 100 
Pot-grown plants, 15 to 18 ins. high $0.25 $2.00 $17.50 
A variety much esteemed for its rapid growth and 
early bearing. The tree is also less subject to damage 
by insects than most other varieties, and ripens its 
fruit in twelve months, tnus bearing a crop annually* 
Makes excellent oil, and stands with the best for pick¬ 
ling. 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 pecu¬ 
liarity of the Olive is that it flourishes and bears 
abundant crops on rocky and barren soils, where no 
other fruit trees are successful. 
POMEGRANATES 
Each 10 100 
24 to 30 inches, well-branched. $0.25 $2.00 $17.50 
Purple-seeded, or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, with 
crimson cheek; flesh purplish crimson; sweet, best 
quality. 
Subacid. Very large; highly colored. Pulp juicy, 
subacid. 
Turkestan. A new variety, highly recommended. Said 
to be the hardiest of all. 
BOOKS 
(All prices quoted 
THE SPRAYING OF PLANTS: A Succinct Account of 
the History, Principles and Practice of the Applica¬ 
tion of Liquids and Powders to Plants for the Pur¬ 
pose of Destroying Insects and Fungi. By E. G. 
Lodoman. Small 12mo., cloth. 399 pp., $1.00. The 
only complete and historical discussion of this most 
important subject. Full particulars are given re¬ 
garding the materials and formulae used in spraying 
plants for the destruction of insects which prey upon 
them, and for the prevention of parasitic fungi; 
spraying apparatus, and specific directions are given 
for spraying of cultivated plants, including as well 
a chapter on the law regarding spraying with 
poisons. 
HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE GARDEN. By #dith 
L. Fullerton. The only adequate book on the home 
vegetable garden. 250 photographs by H. B. Fuller¬ 
ton. $2.20. 
are postpaid.) 
HOW TO MAKE A FRUIT GARDEN. By S. W. 
Fletcher. An eminently practical work on the sub¬ 
ject of fruits for the home. With 182 photographic 
illustrations by the author. $2.20. 
LAWN GRASS SEED. 
Special Southern Evergreen Lawn Grass. 
We have prepared especially for our own use a lawn 
grass^ mixture which has given us the best results in 
the South. We have tried many different mixtures, 
but the above will stand our hot summer sun better 
than any we have heretofore used. 
$3.00 per bushel. 
10 bushels and upward, $2.75 per bushel, packed, 
F. O. B. Augusta. 
No orders for less than 1 bushel received. 
