P. J.Berckaaans Co. M Augusta . Georgia 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT 
GRAPES, continuud 
Ives. Bunch very large; berry large; blue; skin thick; flesh 
>ulpy, sweet, very musky; vigorous grower and prolific 
>carer. Very hardy and popular as a wine grape. 10 cts. 
each, 80 cts. for 10, $5 per 100. 
Lindley. Bunch medium, loose; berry medium to large; color 
red; flesh tender, sweet, rich, aromatic flavor. Midseason. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10, $0 per 100. 
Moore’s Diamond. Large; greenish white; juicy; little pulp 
and of very good quality. Yields abundantly; fruit perfect 
and showy. Ripens very early in .July: the best very early 
white variety. 15 cts. each, $1 for 10, $6 per 100. 
Moore’s Early. Bunch medium; berry large, round; black, 
with heavy blue bloom; medium quality. Very early, de¬ 
sirable market sort. 15 cts. each. $1.25 for 10, $0 per 100. 
Niagara. Bunch and berry large; greenish yellow; flesh puipy, 
sweet, foxy. Its remarkable size and fine appearance give 
it much popularity as a market variety; vigorous and pro¬ 
lific. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. for 10, 85 per 100. 
Worden. Resembles Concord, but is a few days earlier and 
generally regarded as a better grape. 15 cts. each, 81.25 
for 10, $G per 100. 
Bullace, or Muscadine Type 
(Vilis rotundifolia, or Vulpina) 
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 culti¬ 
vation reduced to the simplest form. Plant from 20 to 80 feet 
in a row, trained on an arbor or trellis. 
EACH IO IOO 1,000 
Strong, 2 -year, trans¬ 
planted vines.So 15 $1 25 $10 00 $70 00 
-Towers. Bunches have from fifteen to twenty-five berries, 
black, and of sweet, vinous flavor. Matures from end of 
September to end of October, or four to six weeks later than 
Scuppernong. 
Scuppernong. Berries large, seldom more than eight to ten 
in a cluster; color brown; skin thick; flesh pulpy', very 
vinous, sweet, and of a peculiar musky aroma. A certain 
urop may be expected annually. Vine is free from all disease 
and insect depredations. Fruit has never been known to 
decay before maturity. Wonderfully prolific. Popular wine 
grape; wine, when properly prepared, resembles Muscatel. 
MISCELLANEOUS FRUITS 
ELAEAGNUS (Japan Oleaster) 
Elaeagnus edulis (Longipes). Gumi fruit of the Japanese. A 
low-growing ornamental shrub, which produces in early 
May enormous quantities of fruit, which is one-third of an 
inch in length, oblong, bright red, and covered with minute 
white dots. This plant is not sufficiently appreciated, and 
should be more extensively cultivated, as the fruit is very 
ornamental and makes an excellent jelly or marmalade; the 
flavor is sharp, pungent, and rather agreeable. Foliage light 
green, silvery beneath. Produces very fragrant flowers 
April 1. Plants perfectly hardy, and grow in almost any 
situation. each 10 100 
Strong, field-grown plants, bearing 
size, 3 to 4 ft.$0 75 $6 00 $50 00 
strong, field-grown plants, 2 to 3 ft., 
very bushy . 50 4 00 30 00 
strong field-grown plants.. well- 
branched. 18 to 24 in. 25 2 00 18 00 
E. Simonii (Simon’s Oleaster). Fruit larger than Edulis; 
matures here in March. Owing to its early blooming prop¬ 
erties, the fruit is apt to be killed in this latitude by late 
frosts. The plant is an evergreen and is very ornamental. 
each 10 
24 to 30 in., very bushy (O. G.).$1 00 $8 00 
IS to 24 in., bushy (O. G.). 75 G 00 
15 to 18 in., well branched (O. G.). 50 4 00 
12 to 15 in., from pots. 25 2 00 
ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA 
Loquat; Japan Medlar; Biwa of the Japanese) 
Trees of medium height, with long, glossy evergreen leaves; 
flowers white, in spikes, produced in early winter. The fruit, 
which is borne in cjusters, matures from the end of February 
to April. Owing to ; ts early season of blooming, fruit is seldom 
Elaeagnus edulis 
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perfected north of Charleston, but otherwise the tree is per¬ 
fectly hardy, and is extremely ornamental. This plant is well 
adapted to the southern coast belt. 
Medlar, Japan. Seedling. Fruit the size of a Wild Goose Plum, 
round or oblong, bright yellow, subacid and refreshing. 
Two-year seedlings, pot-grown, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $17.50 
per 100. 
M., Giant. Grafted plants, all pot-grown. Same as Japan 
Medlar, but fruit four times as large. One-year, 50 cts. each, 
$4 for 10. 
M., Palermo. A new variety from Florida. Of medium size, 
oblong shape, pale vellow color, with some fine russet netting 
scattered over surface. Of good quality. each 10 
2 yrs., heavy, pot-grown, grafted.$6 75 $0 00 
1-yr., pot-grown, grafted. 50 4 00 
MULBERRIES 
Prices, except where noted: each 10 100 
7 to 9 ft.$0 25 $2 00 $15 00 
5 to G ft. 20 1 50 12 00 
Downing. Fruit of rich, subacid flavor; lasts six weeks. Stands 
winters of western and middle states. 
Hicks’ Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet, in¬ 
sipid; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit produced during 
four months. 
Russian. Very hardy; largely planted for hedges and wind¬ 
breaks in the western states: fruit small and of little value. 
Stubbs. A native variety from Laurens County, Georgia. 
Produces an immense quantity of fruit of enormous size, 
li to 1} inches in length, of excellent Quality. Bears for 
about two months Extremely scarce and difficult to prop¬ 
agate. Strong, one-year, budded trees, 50 cts. each. 
OLIVE (Picholine) 
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, 
thus bearing a crop annually. Makes excellent oil, and stands 
with the best for pickling. Olives have been cultivated on the 
roast 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. 
Pot-grown plants: each 10 100 
24 to 30 in., branched.$0 50 $4 00 $30 00 
18 to 24 in., branched. 35 3 00 25 00 
15 to 18 in. 25 2 00 17 50 
POMEGRANATES 
The Pomegranate is hardy in the Gulf States, and the cen¬ 
tral sections of Georgia and the Carolinas. The plants will 
sometimes attain a height of 20 or more feet. The plant is of 
good form and foliage, the bright scarlet flowers make this a 
most ornamental plant. It bears early and profusely. There is 
a growing demand for the fruit in the eastern markets, and the 
Pomegranate is being grown in some sections on a large scale. 
each 10 100 
4 to 5 ft., extra heavy.$0 75 86 00 
30 to 36 in., very bushy. 50 4 00 
24 to 30 in., well branched. 25 2 00 $17 50 
Purple-seeded, or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, with crim¬ 
son cheek; flesh purplish crimson, sweet, best quality. 
Subacid. Very large; highly colored. Pulp juicy, subacid. 
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