This variety was introduced by Luther Burbank in 1887 from imported stock. P. J. Berckmans[206] of Augusta, Georgia, who had secured some Botan trees from Burbank, noted that this plum differed from the rest and, in order to distinguish it, named it Sweet Botan. The nomenclature of Botan was confused and indefinite and Bailey, in 1894, renamed the new plum Berckmans. As it is very similar to Abundance, still more confusion has arisen in regard to it. Compared with Abundance, Berckmans is more spreading in growth; fruit less pointed, with dryer and more insipid flesh; color brighter red and the stone usually freer; but it is neither as productive nor as free from rot. In 1897 the American Pomological Society placed the variety on its fruit list. As Berckmans is inferior to Abundance and ripens at the same season, it is not worth recommending for general planting. It is to be regretted that so distinguished a horticulturist as Mr. Berckmans is not to have his name perpetuated in a better plum than the one named in his honor. BERGER _Prunus triflora_ =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =62=:20, 21 fig., 31. 1894. =2.= Ibid, =106=:45, 62, 67. 1896. =3.= Ibid, =139=:46. 1897. =4.= Ibid, =175=:132, 133 fig. 26. 1899. =5.= _Texas Sta. Bul._ =32=:486 fig. 7, 490, 492. 1899. =6.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 92. 1899. =7.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:248 fig., 254, 255. 1905. _Honsmomo_ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. _Red Nagate_ 1, 2 incor. _Satsuma_ 1, 2 incor. _Shiro Smomo_ 1, 2, 5. Strawberry 1, 3, 6. _Strawberry_ 2, 4. _Uchi Bene_ 6. Uchi-Beni 1, 2, 5. _Uchi-Beni_ 3, 4. _Ura-Beni_ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.