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P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA. 
PEARS 
This list of select varieties is reduced to such as have been well tested and proved valuable throughout the 
largest section of the South. 
Prices of trees. 
Standard 
ORIENTAL VARIETIES 
We offer 
Distances for planting. 
This type is peculiarly adapted to the South. 
immense stock of thrifty, well-grown trees. 
KIEFFER. Fruit large to very large; skin yellow, with a 
light vermilion cheek; flesh brittle, very juicy, with a marked 
musky aroma; quality good. Matures from September to 
October. Tree very vigorous and very prolific. Begins to 
bear when four years old. As а fall Pear there is no variety 
as yet disseminated which has given such profitable returns, 
and the wonderful fertility of the tree is surprising. If al- 
lowed to hang upon the tree until the beginning of October, 
and then carefully ripened in a cool dark room, there are few 
Peats which аге more attractive. In point of quality it com- 
bines extreme juiciness with a sprightly sub-acid flavor and 
the peculiar aroma of the Bartlett. It is then an excellent 
dessert fruit. 
Garber. Resembles the Kieffer in size, appearance and qual- 
ity, but matures here in August and between the LeConte 
and the Kieffer. A thrifty grower and valuable variety. 
Hawaii (or Sandwich Island). Medium; round, Bergamot 
shaped. Very prolific; foliage luxuriant: fine tree. Valu- 
able for cooking and canning purposes. October to Decem- 
ber. 
Le Conte, or Chinese Pear. Fruit large, pyriform; skin 
smooth, pale yellow; quality very variable, usually of sec- 
ond quality, but if allowed to mature slowly in a cool, dark 
room, or drawers, its quality improves remarkably. Matur- 
ity from July 20 to the end of August. Trees begin to bear 
fruit when five years old. 
Smith's. Almost identieal with LeConte, in size, shape and 
quality, but a few days earlier. 
an 
JAPANESE PERSIMMON, TSURO-NO-KO 
We grow standard Pear trees only. 
Each Per 10 Per 100 
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25 2 00 15 00 
trees, 20 to 25 feet apart each way 
EUROPEAN VARIETIES 
SUMMER 
Alamo. Origin, Texas. Large; yellow, bronze cheek Tree 
vigorous grower; bears young. 
Bartlett. Large; buttery, melting. of rich flavor; very pop- 
ular. 
Beurre Giffard. 
straggling grower. 
Ripens end of July and during August. 
Medium; juicy. Middle of June. Treea 
Belle Lucrative (Seigneur d'Esperen, Fondante d'Au- 
tomne). Large; melting, deliciou fine grower; bears 
abundantly and regularly. End of July and August. 
Clapp's Favorite. Resembles Bartlett, but ripens a few 
days earlier. Fine flavor. Tree a vigorous grower. 
Doyenned'Ete. Small; melting; very good. Tree a mod- 
erate grower. Beginning of June. 
Flemish Beauty. Large; melting, sweet; handsome. Au- 
gust. 
Koonce. Medium to large; very handsome; juicy, sweet, 
very good. Tree a vigorous grower. Middle of June. 
Philadelphia. Large; melting, very good. Middle of July. 
Reliance. Medium; Bergamot shape; brown-red, with rus- 
set; flesh fine-grained, juiey, melting, and high flavored. 
Quality very good to best, Ripens middle of July to middle 
of August. 
Seckel. Of exquisite flavor; perhaps the standard of quality 
іп Pears. Tree а stout, slow grower. August. 
Sheldon. Large; round; russety; first quality. 
August, 
Wilder. Small to medium; yellow, with dark red cheek, 
melting, sweet and very good. A very attractive Pear. 
Beginning in June. The tree is of vigorous and symmet- 
rical growth; a valuable early market fruit. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER 
Beurred'Anjou. Large; juicy, melting. Fine tree and 
regular bearer. September. 
Buerre Superfin. Large; melting, subacid. Fine tree 
and regular bearer. August. 
Duchesse d'Angouleme. Very large; melting, juicy 
and well flavored. Tree a vigorous grower and most 
reliable bearer. Middle of August to September. 
Lawrence. Very large; melting, rich. Tree a remarka- 
bly fine grower. September and October. 
N. B.—In addition to the varieties listed above, 
we can supply a few trees each of ten other desira- 
ble kinds. 
PERSIMMONS 
(JAPANESE) 
(Diospyros Kaki) 
End of 
Prices of trees. Each 10 100 
2-yr, grafted, heavy, well-branch- 
ed, OfG and'up......... LEA $0 50 $4 00 
1-уг., grafted, single stem, 3 to 
Шаа. conidia win РЧ 1 25. 200 $15 00 
Тһе Japan Persimmon is thoroughly adapted to 
the Cotton Belt. It does especially well in tbe coast 
region. Тһе tree is a vigorous grower, an early and 
prolifie bearer. As it is apt to overbear, the fruit 
should be thinned out, leaving only a number com- 
mensurate with the size of the tree. Тһе fruit varies 
in eolor and shape. 'The dark-fleshed varieties are 
never astringent, but the light-fleshed varieties 
should never be eaten until soft. The flesh also va- 
ries in color; in the pointed varieties it is usually 
deep orange; in these it remains solid and quite 
astringent until November, but becomes soft and 
edible after being house-ripened. In the round 
