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P. J. Berckmans Company , Augusta , Georgia 
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 r. Plants perfectly hardy, and grow in almost any 
situation. each io ioo 
Strong, field-grown plants, bearing 
size, 3 to 4 ft.£o 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 
18 to 24 in., bushy (O. G.). 75 6 00 
15 to 18 in., well branched (O. G.). 50 4 oo 
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 clusters, matures from the end of February 
to April. Owing to its early season of blooming, fruit is seldom 
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. We offer three varieties, 
as below: 
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. 
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 yellow color, with some fine russet 
netting scattered over surface. Of good quality. 
each 10 
2 yrs., heavy, pot-grown, grafted.£0 75 £6 00 
i-yr., pot-grown, grafted . 50 4 00 
MULBERRIES 
Prices, except where noted: each io ioo 
7 to 9 ft.£0 25 £2 00 £15 00 
5 to 6 ft. 20 1 50 12 00 
Alba, or Moretti. This is the principal variety 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. 
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, 
1 14 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 
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. 
Pot-grown plants: each io ioo 
18 to 24 in., well branched.£0 50 £4 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 heirs early and profusely. There is 
a growing demand for the fruit in the eastern markets and the 
Pomegranate is being grown in some scetions on a large scale. 
each io ioo 
4 to 5 ft., extra heavy.£0 75 £6 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. 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 
Our firm has had an experience of thirty years in Landscape Work, and has maintained for a num¬ 
ber of years a special department which is entirely devoted to this art. To those desiring landscape 
advice, we beg to offer our services. 
We are prepared to make professional visits, at nominal charges, and give consultation and advice 
on all landscape subjects, such as the layout and planting of city and suburban home grounds, private 
estates, parks, cemeteries, villages and civic improvements. Grading and planting plans will be fur¬ 
nished for the improvement of new, or the renovating of old grounds for landscape effect. 
Topographical maps, surveys, plans for drainage systems, etc., will be supplied by our engineering 
department. 
We are also prepared to contract and execute plans for grading, the location of roads, drives, walks 
and general landscape work. 
This department is under the personal supervision of one of our firm, and the members of our Land¬ 
scape Department are expert landscape architects and engineers, and are trained in such operations as 
the devising of plans for the establishing of proper grades and ground surfaces; the disposal of drainage 
and sewerage; the construction of boulevards, avenues, driveways, roads and walks; the location of 
buildings of every class; the laying out of villages, parks, cemeteries, estates, city and suburban home 
grounds, both for utilitarian and esthetic effects; also the proper selection, placing apd care of trees, 
shrubs and plants for their special purposes, and according to the existing conditions as to location, soil 
and climate. 
We solicit correspondence from any one who is interested in landscape architecture. 
Owing to the increased business of our Landscape Department, we have moved this department to 
414 Harison Building, Augusta, Ga., where all correspondence for this department should be addressed. 
Landscape Architects P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY, Augusta, Ga. 
