12 P. J. Berckmans Company’s Tree and Plant Catalogue 
GOLD PLUM. 
Plums 
Native Varieties 
Price, one year old, very fine, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
All our trees are grafted upon Marianna stocks, which are superior to any other we have ever tested. 
IMPROVED CHICKASAW TYPE 
Varieties of this type are less liable to attacks of curculio than those of European origin, and combine 
vigor of growth with great productiveness. 
Cumberland. Originated near Augusta, from seeds 
collected upon the Cumberland Mountains in 1864. 
Large; yellow; juicy, sweet, good. Maturity August 
and September. 
Persian Purple-Leaved Plum, or Prunus Pissardii. 
Fruit medium, dark purple; flesh deep red, juicy, sub- 
acid. Ripens here end of May. A good cooking fruit. 
Foliage No purplish red, retained throughout our 
warmest weather and until midwinter. Its great value 
is as an ornamental tree. (Prunus Myrobolana type.) 
Wild Goose. Large, somewhat oblong; bright ver- 
milion-red; juicy, sweet; good quality; cling. Ripens 
middle of June. A very showy and fine market fruit; 
prolific bearer. Most profitable for early shipments. 
Plant trees 15 feet apart each way. 
Gold. Vigorous grower; fruit beautiful golden yel- 
low, red cheek on sunny side; larger, fair quality 
when fully ripe; sure bearer; very prolific. Fruit 
hangs on trees for a long time. Fine for preserves 
and jellies. Chickasaw type crossed with the Japan- 
ese type. 
N. B.—All these Plums should be picked when they 
commence coloring, and ripened in the house. In 
three days’ time they will acquire a brilliant color. If 
left on the tree too long the fruit drops, and never 
attains the quality of that which is house-ripened. 
This aaa! ripening allows these varieties to carry 
perfectly to distant markets, and they will be found 
very profitable if properly grown. 
JAPANESE PLUMS 
(Prunus triflora of Botanists; Prunus Japonica of Pomologists) 
Price of trees, one year, 4 to 5 feet, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
This race is as distinct from our native varieties as is the Le Conte Pear from the Bartlett. 
The trees 
resemble somewhat our vigorous varieties of the Chickasaw type, but the foliage is larger and quite distinct. 
Some are hardy as far north as where the Wild Goose succeeds, and for our Southern states, they open a new 
era in Plum culture. 
for family use. 
We have fruited 20 varieties of this type, and find many of decided value for market and 
The confusion existing in the nomenclature as given by the importers of Japanese fruits is such 
that scarcely two invoices, received under similar names, contain the same varieties. 
As with the persimmons, our Japanese horticultural friends have given to their plums names usually indi- 
cating a class or type, and thus helped our own pomologists in increasing the already existing confusion. 
To simplify the nomenclature, and to avoid the increase of an already perplexing synonymy, specific 
names, under which these varieties are now being disseminated by leading American nurserymen, have been 
adopted. 
These Plums are not curculio proof, and fruit must be sprayed, as suggested on page 3. 
Distance for planting, 15 to 20 feet each way. All are budded on Marianna stock, unless noted. 
Abundance, or Yellow-Fleshed Botan. Round, with 
pointed apex, but varies from quite round to sharply 
pointed. Skin yellow ground, heavily washed purple- 
carmine, and a darker cheek; flesh yellow, very juicy, 
subacid, with apricot flavor; quite firm; skin tough; 
clingstone; quality best; pit large. Maturity June 
15 to July 5. We also have this variety under sev- 
eral numbers as received from Japan, all proving 
identical. One of the best early varieties, and valu- 
able for Northern and Middle states. Carries well to 
