The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15
THE HIMALAYA BLACKBERRY.

Seeing articles in several different
papers concerning the Himalaya black
berry and being a grower of many va
rieties of berries, of course my enthu
siasm and interest iN aroused. I have
six acres of these, which bore for the
first time last aso Now I am able
to recommend them. Heretofore
could only say that they were recon
mended to me as the most productive
most profitable and delicious of all the
blackberries, and I could not express
my opinion of them until | had seer
them fruiting.
They are very hardy and seem to be
adapted to dry and moist land alike
as have two patches, n on dry soil
the other on moist soil, and I coulC
see no difference, and they make q
wonderful growth the first year, otter
rs feet in length.
They should be trained on wires BY
driving stakes about 80 feet apart ant
Z feet high in the rows, and stretch
ing two wires or them, one 3 feel
from the ground, the other on top Of
the stakes, combining them in place
with staples. The long runner should
be trained and woven in these wires
securely, so they will be able to sup
port the heavy load of fruit.
The second year these runners send
out arms or laterals thickly all over
them, which grow about 2k feet long
all projecting outside of the mass OF
vines, causing the berries to be ex
posed for easy picking, unlike other
varieties, which grow so much fruit
inside of the vines. The laterals are
loaded with berries, and at ripening
time the trellises are about Az feet
wide and 8 feet high, and are a sight
to behold. This necessitates their be
ing planted in rows 10 feet apart and
10 feet in the rows, so as to have
plenty of room to pick the fruit.
I e some of the growers estimate
the yield at IL to Is tons per acre
which I do not doubt now, after the
enormous yield 1 picked from my vines
last year. The fruit "a tested by the
c%anneries and found so good they
wanted them, but they were such a
good shipping berry and so desirable
for general family use, canning, etc.,
1t was more profitable to sell to a ship.
per, who sent them in all directions
into the Sacramento and San Joa.
quin Valleys and San Francisco. They
are a clean, bright, shiny black color,
have few seeds, a very small Ore and
are about the size of ordinary black
berries; they begin to ripen about
July s and continue until frost.
The long season, together with the
amount of vines which are full OF
laterals, each lateral loaded with Der
ries, accounts for the heavy yield
When cooked they form a rich, melt.
ing, highly favored syrup, which
makes them so desirable.
No one need hesitate planting sew.
eral acres of them, as the canneries
want them, and for family use they are
unequaled. B. S. KENNEDY.
S%ebastopol, Cal.
Another authority describes the
Himalaya as follows:
Imported originally from the Hima
laya Mountains by Luther Burbank
and brought to it's present state of per
lection through his efforts, it is a re
markable grower, it being nothing un
usual for to grow forty feet in
a single season. 1t should be trained
on a trellis. The pruning should be
carried on in the winter months and
the old canes cut to spurs something
after the manne followed in pruning
caned grape vines. 1t is an enormous
bearer. and a good shipper; berry
more round and broader than Kitta
tinny, and much j~uicier; very few
seeds, which r quite small, and al
most 10 core. For canning and jams
it has few equals and is also an excel
lent table fruit.