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P. J. Berckmans Company’s Tree and Plant Catalogue 
EUROPEAN PLUMS 
The following varieties of Plums do well in the Piedmont sections. 
Clyman. Seedling from California. Large, reddish 
purple; flesh firm; freestone; vigorous and a.good 
bearer. 
Imperial Gage. Large; pale green; juicy, sweet, 
excellent. 
Giant Prune. The largest prune known, fruit aver- 
aging 1% to 2 ounces each, retaining the good quali- 
| ties of the smaller varieties. Desirable for the upper 
| sections. 
| Lincoln. Very large; reddish purple. 
| Lombard. Medium; violet-red; juicy. 
| mended for the upper sections. 
| Shipper’s Pride. Large; dark purple; very showy; 
| juicy and sweet. 
Recom- 
SPANISH CHESTNUTS AT FRUITLAND. 
Nut-Bearing Trees 
ALMONDS 
Price of 1-year-old budded trees: 4 to 5 feet, 
25 cents each, $2 for 10. 
Princesse and Sultana. Both are prolific, soft- 
shelled, and very good. ‘These are the varieties 
mostly cultivated in Europe, and produce the bulk of 
the Almonds of commerce. 
Almonds are unreliable for the middle sections of 
the South, but are more successful in Florida. 
CHESTNUTS 
American. Seedling trees, 3 to 4 feet, 25 cts. each, 
$2 for 10. 
Large Spanish. 3 to 4 feet, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, 
$15 per 100; 5 feet, heavy, 50 cts. each, $4 for ro. 
Yields very large nuts, not as sweet as the American, 
but their size and beautiful appearance command a 
ready sale. 
FILBERTS 
Three years old, 25 ctg. each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Of easy culture, growing 6 to 8 feet; bushy habit. 
Will grow in almost any soil, and requires but little 
space. Nut oblong, very sweet. Suited to the Pied- 
mont section. 
PECANS 
Extra large Louisiana Paper Shell, grown from nuts 
averaging from 50 to 60 to the pound 
Price of trees: 1-year seedlings, 8 to 12 inches high, 
15 cts, each, $1.25 for 10, $8 per 100, $75 per 1,000. 
The cultivation of the Pecan is being rapidly in- 
creased. After the trees are sufficiently large they 
seldom fail to produce annually a large and regular 
crop, and are a source of much revenue after they have 
attained the bearing age, which varies from seven to 
ten years after planting. Pecans can be successfully 
grown as far North as Iowa; its natural distribution 
includes over 15 degrees. Any land producing a 
good growth of hard woods such as oak, hickory, etc., 
is fitted for the profitable production of this nut, but 
the moist and sandy lands of the river and creek bot- 
toms, subject to occasional overflow, are particularly 
adapted to this tree. 
For years all of our trees have been grown from 
very large Louisiana Paper Shell Nuts taken from two 
isolated trees; their flowers being thus fertilized, will 
reproduce at the rate of from 60 to 80 per cent. Seed- 
lings grown from nuts gathered from promiscuous 
trees in groves vary greatly in size and quality. The 
market price of large Paper Shell Nuts ranges from 
50 cts. to 75 cts. per pound for nuts running so to 
60 to the pound, whereas the small, hard shell nuts can 
be secured for from 5 cts. to 6 cts. per pound. 
