.*. To Our Patrons 
T HE FRUITLAND NURSERIES represent an inheritance of artis¬ 
tic ideals, commercial integrity and business efficiency. So long as 
they endure they will remain a monument to the enthusiasm, courage 
and capacity of their founder — the late Mr. P. J. Berckmans and 
his sons, L. A., R. C. and P. J. A. It is the purpose of the present 
management to carry out the ideas and policies that have been associated 
with this business through it’s entire history of sixty-five years. These 
Nurseries constitute a business and will be run on business principles, but 
they are also an art, a science and a program of community betterment. 
To achieve these ends Fruitland Nurseries are ideally located. The 
higher slopes and hill-tops of our properties represent an exposure to 
weather conditions calculated to inure our plants to the lower tempera¬ 
tures of the North and East, while scattered through our ample acres are 
protected “pockets” and low “bottoms” ideally suited to the propagation 
of the more strictly Southern fruits, flowers and ornamentals. The 
climate of Augusta has become famous throughout the nation as combin¬ 
ing the bracing air of the North with the milder temperatures of the 
lower South. Our soils vary from stiff clay to loose sand. These condi¬ 
tions enable us to acquire such a quality in our propagation and to offer 
such a wide variety of stock as cannot be surpassed anywhere. 
Here we acclimate many of the ornamentals and evergreens of colder 
climates with great success; and we prepare for successful growing under 
wide climatic conditions those particular plants, fruits and flowers which 
are the pride and glory of the middle South. 
Azaleas, magnolias, camellia japonicas, wisterias, roses, crape myrtles, 
pecans, grapes and many of the deciduous fruits find a perfect habitat 
at the Fruitland Nurseries. 
We can stock you in peaches, grapes and figs in such a variety as 
to cover almost the whole season in a succession of perfect fruit. 
Besides our wide variety of out-door conditions we have slat-house 
areas, greenhouses and cold frames, facilities that enable us to grow plants 
unsurpassed for size, vigor and adaptability to all climatic changes. 
Our establishment is open for inspection any week-day. Visitors are 
gladly welcomed, and will be afforded every opportunity to make a careful 
inspection of the grounds. The office is on Washington Road (a con¬ 
tinuation of Broad St., Augusta), and is about a mile from the terminus 
of the Lake View electric car line. If you cannot visit us in person, we 
shall be pleased to answer by mail any inquiries about the trees, shrubs 
and plants listed in this catalog or to furnish other horticultural 
information. 
Fruitland Nurseries 
BAILIE & GWIN, Proprietors 
