P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY, AUGUSTA, СА. 
NIAGARA 
GRAPE 
NATIVE GRAPES, continued 
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. 
Niagara. Bunch and berry large; greenish yellow; flesh 
pulpy, sweet, foxy. Its remarkable size and fine appearance 
give it much popularity as a market variety; vigorous and 
prolific. 10 cts, each, 80 cts. for 10, $4 per 100. 
Zunch large; berries medium; blue-purple; pulp 
Progress. 
An excellent table Grape. 15 cts. each, 
dissolving; vinous. 
$1.25 for 10. 
Worden. Resembles Concord, but is a few days earlier and 
generally regarded as a better Grape. 15 cts. each, $1.25 
for 10. 
EUROPEAN VARIETIES 
For forcing under glass 
Strong vines, 50 cts. each 
Black Hamburg. Standard variety, yielding large bunches 
of dark purple berries of excellent quality. 
Muscat of Alexandria. Very large bunches; berries light 
yellow, of delicate muscat flavor. Extensively used for 
forcing. 
VITIS ROTUNDIFOLIA, or 
VULPINA 
(Bullace, or Muscadine Type) 
Strong, 2-year transplanted vines, 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10, 
$10 per 100, $70 per 1,000 
This type is purely southern and is of no value for the north- 
ern 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 an arbor or trellis. 
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 Seuppernong. 
James. Berries very large, blue-black, in clusters of from 
Six to ten; skin very thin; pulp tou h, sweet and juicy, but 
not dissolving; quality very good. A showy fruit. Ripens 
after 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 peeuliar musky aroma. А certain 
crop may be expected annually. Vine is free from all disease 
and insect depredations. Fruit has never been known to de- 
сау before maturity. Wonderfnully prolific. Popular wine 
grape; wine when properly prepared resembles Museatel. 
Thomas. Bunches from six to ten berries; berries slightly 
oblong, large; violet, quite transparent; pulp tender, sweet 
and of a delightful vinous flavor. Bestof the type. Maturity 
middle to end of August. Very little musky aroma. Makes 
а superior red wine. 
MISCELLANEOUS FRUITS 
Elaeagnus (JAPAN oLEASTER) 
Edulis (Longipes). Gumi Fruit of the Japanese. 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 cov- | 
егей with minute white dots. This plant is well worthy of | 
cultivation, both for ornament and for its fruit, which is | 
juiey and edible, with a sharp, rather pungent, agreeable | 
flavor; makes a beautiful jelly. Foliage light green, silvered 
beneath. Flowers fragrant. Plants perfectly hardy. 
Each 10 100 
Strong, field-grown plants, bearing 
BLO ry eh evi cuo аг eds INC $0 75 $6 00 
Strong, field-grown plants, 3 feet, 
WARY DOS ПУ са Puer conside 50 400 $25 00 
Strong, field. grown plants, well- 
branched, 24 іпсһев.............. 25 200 18 00 
Simonii (Simon's Oleaster). Fruit larger than Edulis; ma- 
tures herein March. Owing to its early blooming properties, 
the fruit is apt to be killed by late frosts. The plant is an 
evergreen and is very ornamental. Pot-grown, 15 to 18 in., 
25 cts. each, $2 for 10. 
Eriobotrya Japonica 
(LOQUAT; JAPAN MEDLAR; BIWA OF THE JAPANESE) 
Medlar. Trees of 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; subacid and refresh- 
ing. Maturity from end of February to April. Not fruitful 
north of Charleston, but tree otherwise perfectly hardy here. 
This is well adapted to the coast belt. Pot-grown, 1-year, 
25 cts. each, $2 for 10. 
Giant Medlar. Grafted plants, all pot-grown. Sameas above, 
but fruit four times as large. 18 to 24 inches, $1 each. 
Mulberries 
Each 10 100 
$0 25 $2 00 $15 00 
: age $20. 771-50'^ 12-00 
Downing. Fruit of rich, subacid flavor: lasts six weeks, 
Stands winters of western and middle states. 
Hick’s Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet, 
insipid; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit produced 
during four months. 
Mulberries for Silkworm Culture 
Morus alba, or Moretti. This is the principal variety used 
in Europe for silkworm culture. Transplanted trees, 6 to 7 
feet, well branched, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $17.50 per 100. 
Morus multicaulis. This is largely used in the United 
States for silkworm culture. 5 to 6 feet, well branched, $1.50 
for 10, $8 per 100. 
Olive, Picholine 
Pot-: rown-plants, 15 to 18 in. high, 25c. each, $2 for 10. 
А variety much esteemed for its rapid growth and early bear- 
ing. Тһе 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 excel- 
lent quality of oil has been produced. A peculiarity of the 
Olive is that it flourishes and bears abundant erops on rocky 
and barren soils, where no other fruit trees are successful. 
Pomegranates 
24 to 30 in., well branched, 25c. ea., $2 for 10, $17.50 per 100 
Purple-seeded, or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, with 
crimson cheek; flesh purplish crimson; sweet, best quality. 
Subacid. Very large; highly colored. Pulp juicy, subacid. 
Turkestan. A new variety, highly recommended, but not 
fruited with us. Said to be the hardiest of all. 
