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P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY’S TREE AND PLANT CATALOG. 
GRAPHS-Continued 
VITIS ROTUNDIFOLIA, orVULPINA 
(Bullace, or Muscadine Type) 
Strong: 2 years transplanted vines, 15 cents each. 81.25 per 10; 810 per 100; 870 per 1000. 
This type is purely Southern and is of no value for the Northern or Western States. Vine is free from all disease. The fruit 
never decays. The product is very large, and the cultivation reduced to the simplest form. Plant from 20 to 30 feet in a row. 
trained on arbor or trellis, and never trim. 
Flowers. Bunches have from 15 to 25 berries, black and of 
sweet vinous flavor. Matures from end of September to end of 
October, or four to six weeks later than Scupper non g. 
Miscellaneous Fruits 
James. Berries very large size: blue-black; in clusters 
from six to ten ; skin very thin; pulp tough, sweet and juicy 
but not dissolving ; quality very good. A showy fruit. Ripens 
after Scuppernong. 
Scuppernong. Berries large ; seldom more than 8 to 10 in 
a cluster; color brown; skin thick; flesh pulpy; very vinous; 
sweet and of a peculiar musky aroma; a certain crop may be 
expected annually; vine is tree from ail disease and insect 
depredations; fruit has never been known to decay l>efore 
maturity; wonderfully prolific; popular wine grape; wine 
when properly prepared resembles Muscatel. 
Thomas. Bunches from 6 to 10 berries. Berries slightly ob¬ 
long; large; violet; quite transparent; pulp tender sweet and of 
a delightful vinous flavor. Best of type. Maturity middle to end 
of August. Very little musky aroma. Makes a superior red 
wine. 
EL^AGNUS-JAPAN OLEASTER 
ELA1AGNUS KDULIS (Longipes) Gumi Fruit of the Japanese) 
Strong, field-grown plants, 3 feet, very bushy, 50 cents each; 84 per lO; 825 per 100. 
Strong, Held-grown plants, well branched, 24 inches, 25 cents each; 82 per 10; 818 per lOO. 
A low-growing shrub. We have specimen plants about 10 feet high and 15 feet spread, which have for a number of years pro¬ 
duced enormous quantities of fruit, which ripens here early in May. and continues through a period of four weeks Fruit about 
one-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 iis 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. 
EL A2 AGNUS SIMONII (Simon's Oleaster.) 
Pot-grswn, 15 to'18 Inches, 25 cents each, 82 per 10. 
Fruit larger than Ednlis; matures here in March Owing to 
its early blooming properties the fruit is apt to he killed by late 
frosts. The plant is an evergreen and is very ornamental. 
ERIOBOTRYA—JAPONIC A 
(LOQLAT) (MEDLAR) 
(Biwa of the Japanese) 
POT GROWN 
4 years, 3 to 4 feet, heavy..75 cents each 
3 years, 24 to 30 inches .50 cents each, 83 00 per 10 
2 years, 18 to 24 inches .35 cents each, 2.50 per lO 
2 years, 10 to 1 2 inches. .25 cents each, 2.00 per lO 
Japan Medlar. Treesof 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; sub acid and 
refreshing. Maturity from end of February to April. Not 
fruitful north of C harleston, but tree otherwise perfectly hardy 
here. This is well adapted to the coast belt. 
Giant. Japan Medlar. 5 to 6 inches, 50cents each. Grafted 
>lants, all pot-grown. Same as above, but fruit four times as 
arge. 
MULBERRIES 
7 to 9 feet, 25 cents each; 82 per 10; 815 per 100. 
Downing. Fruit of rich, sub-acid flavor; lasts six weeks 
Stands winters of Western and Middle States, 
Hicks’ Everbearing Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet, 
insipid; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit produced during 
four months. 
MULBERRIES FOR SILK WORM 
CULTURE 
Mortis Alba, or More f ti. Transplanted trees, G to 7 feet, 
well branched, 25 cents each, §2 per 10 $17 50 per 100. This is 
the principal variety used in Europe for silk worm culture 
Morns M ulticanlis. 5 to 6 feet, well branched. $1.50 per 
10, $8 per 100. This is largely used in the United States fur silk 
worm culture. 
OLIVE-Picholine 
POT AND FIELD-GROWN PLANTS 
24 to 30 inches, bushy. 50 cents each 
18 to 24 inches,branched. .. .50 cents each, 84 per lO 
15 to 18 ins high, 25c each, 82 per 10, 81 7.50 per 1 OO 
A variety much esteemed in California for its rapid growth 
and early hearing. 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 with the best for pickling. 
Olives have been cultivated on the coast of Georgia and 
South Carolina for many years, and an excellent quality of oij 
Inn been produced. A peculiarity of the Olive is that it flour¬ 
ishes and bears abundant crops on rocky and barren soils, 
where no other fruit trees are successful. 
POMEGRANATES 
24 to 30 inches, 25 cents each, 82 per lO, 817 50 
per 100. 
Purple Seeded or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, with 
crimson cheek; flesh purplish-crimson; sweet and of the best- 
quality. 
Suhacid. Very large, highly colored. Pulp very juicy 
sub-acid. 
Turkestan. A new variety, highly recommended, but not 
fruited with us. Said to be the hardiest of all. 
GRAPE CULTURIST 
By A. S. Puller. This is one of the very best of works on the culture of the hardy grapes, with 
full directions for all departments of propagation, culture, etc., with 150 excellent engravings, illus¬ 
trating, planting, training, grafting, etc. 282 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth, $1.50. 
