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Variation in Wild Hop 



sistently good to very good during the years they were under examination 

 while others were only recorded as poor or fair^ 



Generally speaking it was found that those plants which have good 

 condition have more glands on the leaves than those which have poor or 

 fair condition; this is shown in the following table: 



By Aroma is here meant the smell given off by the fresh ripe hop 

 when bruised or broken; it is due to the essential oils contained in the 

 lupulin glands. In many cases the hops never became ripe enough to 

 give a distinctive aroma, while in others the aroma was not strong enough 

 to be distinctive even in the ripe hops. A few seedlings however gave year 

 after year an aroma comparable with that of good commercial varieties, 

 while in other seedlings the aroma was very strong and unpleasant, almost 

 nan seating ^ 



The records of a few of the typical plants are given for comparison. 



Reference number 



of seedling 1917 



OD 19 very pleasant 

 OA 34 pleasant 



OB 9 pleasant 



BB16 

 OD20 

 OF 19 

 FF35 

 AA5 



very unpleasant very unpleasant very unpleasant 



strong, unpleasant very unpleasant very unpleasant 



very unjileasant very unpleasant very unpleasant 



very unpleasant very unpleasant unpleasant 



unpleasant very unpleasant very unpleasant 



In the above plants there was no doubt as to the "pleasantness" or 



"unpleasantness" of the aroma; in others however the aroma was less 



distinctive and it was often difficult to decide into which category a 



particular aroma should be placed, especially as in some cases the scent 



would at first seem pleasant but this after a few seconds was replaced 



by one which could only be called unpleasant. 



^ Braungart (3), p. 209, observes that the "condition" ("Sekretgehalt ") varies with 

 different plants of the wild hop. 



- No pronounced garlic-like smell was met with in the green hop. 



