THORNLESS BLACKBERRY 227 



THE PROLIFIC HIMALAYA 



The seed from which this improved black- 

 berry grew was obtained from India through 

 exchange. 



It would appear that transplantation to an 

 altogether new soil and climate had the same 

 stimulating effect upon this blackberry that we 

 have seen manifested in the case, for example, of 

 the Japanese plum, the New Zealand winter 

 rhubarb, and sundry other plants. For there ap- 

 peared among seedlings of the second generation 

 an individual that was a very marked improve- 

 ment over its parents. 



This exceptional seedling was cultivated and 

 propagated, and its qualities proved so unique 

 that it was introduced in 1885 by a special circu- 

 lar, being christened, as just stated, the 

 Himalaya. 



After the usual decade or so of probation, dur- 

 ing which every new fruit of whatever quality 

 must wait for recognition, the Himalaya took its 

 place, first on the Pacific Coast, and later in some 

 of the Central States and in foreign countries, as 

 a standard blackberry. After it came to its own, 

 so to speak, its popularity was so great that for 

 several years the plants could not be multiplied 

 fast enough to meet the demand. 



