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English or American seed hops, and vice versa. But 

 the increase in the sale of American and English beer 

 has outstripped that of their German Cfjmpetitor, indi- 

 cating that the demand is not so fastidious al)OUt seed 

 hops as some ])eople think. Further testimony on this 

 l)oint is afforded l)y the fact that even Spalt hops, which 

 conmiand the highest price and come from a region 

 where the utmost eft'ort is made to exterminate the 

 male plant, contain a goodly proportion of seeds. If 

 it is proposed to compete with German hops in the 



FIG. 14. VARIOUS SHAPES OF HOPS. 



German market, or to displace German hops that are 

 yearly sold in moderate lots at fancy prices to both 

 English and American brewers, then the male plant 

 must be extirpated, and every effort made to closely 

 imitate the peculiarities of the German marks. This 

 special market is to be got by catering to its whims, 

 not by opposi-ng them. 



Aside from this special and limited demand for 

 German seedless hops, it is evident that the bulk of the 

 trade does not particularly care about hops being seed- 

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