13 P. J. Berckmans Company's Tree and Plant Catalogue 
MULBERRIES the Olive is that it flourishes and bears abundant crops 
25 cents. each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100 on rocky and barren soils, where no other fruit trees 
à 2 $ é í $ ful. 
Downing’s. Fruit of a rich, subacid flavor; lasts LR oF TD 
six weeks. Stands winters of western and middle states. PAW:PAW (CUSTARD APPLE) 
Hicks’ Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit | (Asimina triloba) 
sweet, insipid; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit | q-seet trees, 25 cents each; 6-feet, 50 cents each; 
produced during four months. 8 to 10 feet, $1. 
Stubbs. A native variety, producing an immense | 
qana of very large fruit of excellent quality. Pro- 
uces fruit for about two months. 
OLIVES POMEGRANATES 
for 10. 
Pot-grown plants, 12 to 15 inches high, 25 cents each, Raya oaan A Sts ; 
$2 for 10, $17.50 per 100; 24 to 30 inches, bushy, Purple-Seeded, or Spanish Ruby. Large; yellow, 
50 cents each, $4 for 10, $35 per 100. with crimson cheek; flesh purplish crimson, sweet, 
Picholine. A variety much esteemed in California | and of best quality. ; 4 
for its rapid growth and early bearing. The tree is Subacid. Similar to Spanish Ruby, except that it 
also less subject to damage by insects than most other | has an acid pulp. 
A small tree, bearing an oblong fruit; yellow, with 
| sweet pulp. Thrives best in rich soil. 
varieties, and ripens its fruit in twelve months, thus | QUINCES 
bearing a crop annually. Makes excellent oil, and 25 cents each, $2 for 10, 
stands as the best for pickling. | Angers. Large, pear-shaped. Thrifty; on own roots. 
Olives have been cultivated on the coast of Georgia Chinese. Fruit very large, egg-shaped; yellowish 
and South Carolina for many years, and an excellent | green. Flesh hard, of no value for eating, but excel- 
quality of oil has been produced. A peculiarity of ' lent for preserves and jellies. 
GRAPES (Native Varieties) 
Nothing but varieties that have stood severe tests are included in the following lists, but we can also supply 
a few vines each of some twenty additional varieties. 
We have an immense stock of extra strong 1- and 2-year-old vines. 
PRICE OF ASSORTMENTS—OUR SELECTION OF VARIETIES 
10 Strong Vines in 10 best varieties for table use ..........+...-...$100 
100: Strong: Vines in 10. best: varieties for tablesuse eos. e. 8.00 
Special quotations will be given for lots of 1,000 and upwards. 
Agawam (Rogers’ No. 15). Large, dark red. ¡ than any other variety grown; unsurpassed for table 
15 cts. each, $1.25 for ro, $6 per roo. and white wine. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10. 
Amber. Bunch large, moderately compact; berry Diana. Bunches large, compact; berries large, red- 
medium, oblong, pale amber when fully ripe; sweet, | dish lilac; sweet; very productive. Ripens about 
juicy; skin thin; fine flavor. rsc. each, $1.25 for 10. | August 15 to 25. 150. each, $1.25 for 10, $8 per 100. 
Berckmans (cross of Clinton and Delaware). Bunch Elvira. Pale green; skin thin; sweet and juicy; 
larger than Delaware, but not as compact; berry one- | one of the most reliable Grapes for the mountain re- 
third larger than Delaware, of same color and qual- | gions. 10 cts. each, $1 for 10, $5 per 100. 
ity. Maturity middle to end of July. 15 cts. each, Ives. Bunches very large; berries large, blue; skin 
$1.25 for 10, $8 per 100. thick; flesh pulpy, sweet, very musky; very vigorous 
Brighton. Bunches medium ; berries large, reddish, | grower and prolific bearer. Very hardy and popular 
skin thin; quality best; an excellent early table or | as a wine Grape. rocts. each, 80 cts. for 10, $3 per 
market Grape; vigorous. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10, | 100, $20 per 1,000. 
$6 per 100. Moore’s Diamond. Large, greenish white, juicy, 
Catawba. Bunches and berries large; deep red, | little pulp, and of very good quality. Yields abun- 
with lilac bloom; juicy, vinous and of musky flavor. | dantly; rit perfect and showy. Ripens very early 
ro cts. each, 80 cts. for 10, $5 per 100. in July; the best very early white variety. 15 cts. 
Concord. Bunches and berries very large; blue- | each, ES for 10, $5 per 100, $40 per 1,000. 
black, with bloom; skin thin; cracks easily; flesh Niagara. Bunch and berry large, greenish yellow; 
sweet, pulpy, tender, quality good. Very prolific | flesh pulpy, sweet, foxy. Its remarkable size and fine 
and a vigorous grower. One of the most reliable and | appearance give it much popularity as a market 
profitable varieties for general cultivation. xro cts. | variety; vigorous and prolific. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. 
each, 80 cts. for 10, $3 per 100, $20 per 1,000. for 10, $4 per 100, $30 per 1,000. 
Delaware. Bunch compact; berries medium; light Worden. Seedling of Concord, which it resembles. 
red; quality best; moderate grower, but vine very | Berries larger, and ripens a little earlier. Quality 
healthy; very prolific, and more free from disease | very good. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. for 10, $6 per 100. 
VITIS ROTUNDIFOLIA, or VULPINA 
(Bullace, or Muscadine Type) 
Strong 2-year transplanted vines, 15 cents each, $1.25 for 10, $10 per 100, $70 per 1,000. 
_ This type is purely Southern, and is of no value for the Northern or Western states. Vine is free from all 
diseases. The fruit never decays. The product is very large, and the cultivation reduced to the simplest 
form. Plant from 20 to 30 feet in the rows, trained on arbor or trellis, and never trim. 41 two years old, 
once transplanted. 
Scuppernong. This variety is too well known to ¡ and of sweet, vinous flavor. Matures end of Septem- 
need description. 4 ber to end of October, or four to six weeks later than 
Flowers. Bunches have from 15 to 25 berries, black ' Scuppernong. 
