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P. J. Berckmans Company’s 
Tree and Plant Catalogue 
ERYOBOTRYA, continued 
Maturity from end of February to April. Not fruitful 
north of Charleston, but tree otherwise perfectly hardy 
here. This fruit is well adapted to the coast belt. 
Giant Japan Medlar. Very large fruit and very 
very early bearer. Grafted plants, 50 cents each. 
MULBERRIES 
25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Hicks' Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific ; fruit 
sweet, insipid; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit 
produced during four months. 
Downing’s. Fruit of a rich, subacid flavor; lasts 
six weeks. Stands winters of western and middle 
states. 
OLIVES 
Pot-grown plants, 12 to 15 inches high, 25 cents each; 
24 to 30 inches, 60 cents each. 
Picholine. A variety much esteemed in California 
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, thus 
bearing a crop annually. Makes excellent oil, and 
stands as the best for pickling. 
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. 
POMEGRANATES 
25 cents each. 
Purple-Seeded, or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, 
with crimson cheek ; flesh purplish crimson, sweet, 
and of best quality. 
PAW - PAW (Asimina triloba) 
4-feet trees, 25 cents each; 6-feet, 50 cents each. 
Custard Apple. A small tree, bearing an oblong 
fruit; yellow, with sweet pulp. Thrives best in rich 
soil. 
QUINCES 
25 cents each, $2 for 10. 
Angers. Large, pear-shaped. Thrifty; on own 
roots. 
GRAPES 
Native Varieties 
Nothing but varieties that have stood severe tests are included in the following lists, but we can also 
supply a few vines each of some twenty additional varieties. 
Our stock consists of upwards of 100,000 extra strong 1- and 2-year-old vines. 
PRICE OF ASSORTMENTS-OUR SELECTION OF VARIETIES 
10 Strong Vines in 10 best varieties for table use.$1 00 
100 Strong Vines in 10 best varieties for table use.8 00 
vines. Special quotations will be given for lots of 
The prices quoted are for very strong and healthy 
1,000 and upwards. 
Agawam (Rogers’ No. 15). Large, dark red. 15 
cts. each, $1.25 for 10, $6 per 100. 
Black Defiance. Bunch large ; berry large, black 
with a fine bloom, sweet, vinous and juicy. Ripens 
late. 15 cts. each, #1.25 for 10. 
Berckmans (crossof Clinton and Delaware). Bunch 
larger than Delaware, but not as compact; berry one - 
third larger than Delaware, of same color and qual¬ 
ity. Maturity, middle to end of July. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 for 10. 
Brighton. Bunches medium ; berries large, red¬ 
dish, skin thin; quality best ; an excellent early table 
or market grape; vigorous. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 
10, $6 per 100. 
Catawba. Bunches and berries large ; deep red, 
with lilac bloom ; juicy, vinous and of musky flavor. 
Failed to yield good crops for many years, but of 
late seems to do better in some localities. 10 cts. 
each, 80 cts. for 10. 
Concord. Bunches and berries very large ; blue- 
black, with bloom; skin thin, cracks easily; flesh 
sweet, pulpy, tender, quality good. Very prolific 
and a vigorous grower. One of the most reliable and 
profitable varieties for general cultivation. 10 cts. 
each, 80 cts. for 10, $3 per 100, $20 per i,ooo. 
Delaware. Bunch compact; berries medium ; light 
red ; quality best; moderate grower, but vine very 
healthy; very prolific, and more free from disease 
than any other variety grown ; unsurpassed for table 
and white wine. 15 cts. each, #1.25 for 10. 
Diana. Bunches large, compact; berries large, 
reddish lilac; sweet; very productive. Ripens about 
August 15 to 25. 15c. each, $1 .25 for 10, $8 pefioo. 
Elvira. Pale green; skin thin; sweet and juicy; 
one of the most reliable grapes for the mountain re¬ 
gions. 10 cts. each, $1 for 10, $5 per 100. 
Ives. Bunches very large; berries large, blue; 
skin thick; flesh pulpy, sweet, very musky ; very vig¬ 
orous grower and prolific bearer. Very hardy and 
popular as a wine grape. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. for 10, 
£3 per 100, #20 per 1,000. 
Moore’s Diamond. Large, greenish white, juicy, 
little pulp, and of very good quality. Yields abun¬ 
dantly; fruit perfect and showy. Ripens very early 
in July; the best very early white variety. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 for 10, $6 per 100, #50 per 1,000. 
Niagara. Bunch and berry large, greenish yellow ; 
flesh pulpy, sweet, foxy. Its remarkable size and fine 
appearance give it much popularity as a market 
variety; vigorous and prolific. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. 
for 10, $4 per 100, #30 per 1,000. 
Worden. Seedling of Concord, which it resembles. 
Berries larger, and ripens a little earlier. Quality 
very good. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. for 10, $6 per 100. 
VITIS ROTUNDIFOLIA, or VULPINA 
(Bullace, or Muscadine Type) 
This type is purely southern, and is of no value for the northern or western states. Vine is free from all 
diseases. The fruit never decays. The product is very large, and the cultivation reduced to the simplest 
form. Plant from 20 to 30 feet in the rows, trained on arbor or trellis, and never trim. All two years old , 
once transplanted. 
Scuppemong. Old favorite; too well known to need and of sweet, vinous flavor. Matures end of Sept, to end 
description. 15 cts. each, #1.25 for 10, $10 per 100. of Oct., or four to six weeks later than Scuppemong. 
Flowers. Bunches have from 15 to 25 berries, black j 15 cts. each, $1.25 for io, $10 per 100. 
