P.J. Berckavaas Co.k 
jugusta , Georgia 
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FRUIT DEPARTMENT 
MISCELLANEOUS FRUITS 
ELAEAGNUS (Japan Oleaster) 
Elseagnus edulis (Longipes). Gumi fruit of the Japa¬ 
nese. A low-growing ornamental shrub, which pro¬ 
duces 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 
Strong, bushy, field-grown plants, 
bearing size, 5 to 6 ft.$1 25 5io 00 
Strong, field-grown plants, bearing 
size, 4 to 5 ft. 1 00 8 00 
Strong, field-grown plants, very bushy, 
bearing size, 3 to 4 ft. 75 6 00 
Strong, well-branched plants, 12 to 
18 in. 25 2 00 
E. Simonii (Simon’s Oleaster). Fruit larger than 
Edulis; matures here in March. Owing to its early 
blooming properties, the fruit is apt to be killed in 
this latitude by late frosts. The plant is an ever¬ 
green and is very ornamental. each 10 
Strong plants, 12 to 15 in., from pots 
and open ground.$0 50 S4 00 
ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA 
(Loquat; Japan Medlar; Biwa of the Japanese) 
Trees of medium height, with long, glossy ever¬ 
green 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 perfectly hardy, and is extremely ornamental. 
This plant is well adapted to the southern coast 
belt. 
Medlar, Japan. Seedlings. Fruit the size of a Wild 
Goose Plum, round or oblong, bright yellow, subacid 
and refreshing. each too too 
3-yr. plants from 3-in. pots.. $0 35 $3 00 $25 00 
2-yr. plants from pots. 25 2 00 17 50 
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. 
MULBERRIES 
PRICES: each 10 100 
7 to 9 feet, heavy.So 35 $3 00 $25 00 
5 to 7 feet. 25 2 00 15 00 
Downing. Fruit of rich, subacid flavor; lasts six 
weeks. Stands winters of western and middle states. 
Hicks’ Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet, 
excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit produced 
during four months. 
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 pick¬ 
ling. Olives have been cultivated on the coast of Geor¬ 
gia 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 S30 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 
central sections of Georgia and the Carolinas. 
The plants will frequently attain a height of upward 
of 20 feet. It is of good form and foliage; bright 
scarlet flowers make it a most ornamental plant. 
It bears early and profusely. The demand for the 
fruit is increasing in eastern markets and the 
Pomegranate is being grown in some sections on an 
extensive scale. The fruit carries well to distant 
markets. 
EACH 10 100 
4 to 5 ft., extra heavy.So 75 56 00 
30 to 36 in., very bushy... . 50 4 00 
24 to 30 in., well branched. 25 2 00 Si7 50 
Paper Shell. A new variety from California. Extra- 
fine quality. Will bear first year after transplanting. 
Skin very thin, hence the name “Paper Shell." 
Purple-seeded, or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, 
with crimson cheek; flesh purplish crimson, sweet, 
best quality. 
Subacid. Very large; highly colored. Pulp juicy, 
subacid. 
Landscape Design 
Many places lack the charm they should possess because the owners have not come to see that the 
surroundings of the house or building, as well as the building itself, should be designed,—and that the 
house, approaches and surroundings should be planned together. Just as it is wise to employ an architect 
to plan the building, it is also proper that the surroundings be planned by those fully equipped, by special 
study and long observation, to successfully solve the problems of planning the landscape. 
The designing of the landscape has long been a feature of our business in which we have taken special 
pride, and we have landscape architects who have had long and varied experience in this profession. 
We offer our services to owners of city homes, suburban and country estates, trustees of educational 
and other institutions, park commissions, hotel proprietors, civic improvement leagues, cemetery com¬ 
panies, or corporations desiring to lay out or improve suburban properties or summer resorts. 
We consult with owners, architects, engineers and gardeners respecting the placing of buildings, lay¬ 
ing out of roads, grading of ground surfaces, and the treatment of old or new plantations. We design and 
revise the arrangement and planting of public squares, parks and streets, private grounds and gardens. 
We visit and study the property to be improved together with the surroundings, give verbal advice 
and prepare written reports. If the problems met with are such as can only be satisfactorily disposed of 
by means of drawings, we are prepared to make topographical surveys, design preliminary and general 
plans, furnish detailed grading, drainage and planting plans, specifications and estimates. Correspondence 
is invited. Address P. J. Berckmans Co., Inc** Landscape Architects, Terminal Bldg., Augusta, Ga. 
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