10 P. J. Berckmans Company’s Tree and Plant Catalogue 
PEACHES, continued 
STINSON’S OCTOBER. Large; white, with red 
cheek; of very good flavor. The best very late Peach. 
Middle of October. 
STONEWALL JACKSON. Almost similar to General 
outer petals broad, center petals beautifully quilled 
like a Chrysanthemum. See photo engraving, page 24. 
Crimson. 1 
Pink. 
Flowers large, very double and beau- 
White $ tiful in early spring. 
Italian Dwarf. Grows 5 feet high; makes a bush; 
leaves very large; fruit large and green; flesh white, 
juicy, with almond flavor; free. Ripens end of 
August. 
Van Buren's Golden Dwarf. Grows 6 to 8 feet high; 
of a compact habit; fruit very large, similar to Lemon 
Cling and of good quality; suitable for city gardens, 
or where space is limited. 
Lee in size and quality, but a week later; tree a more 
compact grower, July 15 to 25. 
Sylphide. Similar to Chinese Cling, but maturing 
middle of August. 
ORNAMENTAL PEACHES 
15 cents each, $1.25 for 10. 
Chrysanthemum. 
nated in South Carolina. 
An accidental seedling ; origi- 
Flowers light rose; double, 
EVERBEARING PEACH 
Price of trees, one year old, 15 cents each, $1.25 for 10, $10 per 100. 
This is one of the most remarkable of Peaches, as it combines many desirable qualities which make it of 
great value for family use. 
Its long-continued bearing period. 
are produced until the middle of September. 
seen upon the tree at the same time. 
The fruit is creamy white, mottled and striped with light purple and with pink veins; oblong in shape, 
and tapering to the apex; flesh white, with red veins near the skin; very juicy, vinous, and of excellent 
flavor; quality very good to best. Freestone of the Indian type. 
The first ripening averages 314 inches long by 3 inches broad. The size of the fruit of the second and 
following crops diminishes gradually, until that of the last ripening is about 2 inches in diameter. A supply 
of fruit may, therefore, be secured from the same tree for nearly three months in succession. 
We do not recommend the Everbearing Peach for commercial orchards, but for family use or small gar- 
dens, where there is room for only a few trees, its value is unquestionable. We offer it with confidence, as 
we knew the original tree, and have gathered fruit from it in its various stages of development. 
Two-year-old trees in our test orchards produced a fair crop of fruit during July and August, 1898, the 
quality being pronounced as unusually good by the Assistant Pomologist of the U. S. Department of Agricul- 
ture, who saw the fruit here. 
We now have in our test orchard a number of trees of the Everbearing Peach, well set with fruit of 
various sizes. 
The first ripening begins about July 1 to 15, and successive crops 
Fruit in all stages of development—ripe and half-grown—may be 
WHAT OTHERS SAY 
“The flavor is very rich, delicious and very satisfying. I never ate a better Peach.”—H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
“My Everbearing Peach tree commenced blooming about the middle of March, 1898, showing at same time full blooms and half open 
buds. I would say that this is really a wonderful tree, and any private orchard without it misses a great treat. I got fruit from about July 15, 
and as late as September 15. Owing to my ignorance of the tree, I foolishly pulled off a great many of the last crop, thinking the tree was 
only a scrub. The fruit is of fine flavor, as juicy as any I ever ate; clearstone.”—J. S. TALLEY, Ohoopee, Ga. 
EVERBEARING PEACH (about two-thirds natural size). From a photograph taken by wa from original tree. 
