CHARACTElilSTICS OF THE PLANT. 



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cuts and the female Brambling cuts a short distance 

 apart, the male preferably on the southwest side in a 

 sheltered spot, as far as possible away from any hopgar- 

 den, to guard against the female being fertilized by any 

 but the desired pollen. The first year we shall prob- 







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FIG. IG. KENTISH CLUSTER HOPS. 



At Watsonville, Cal., from a pliotoiiraph taken Sept. 10; yielcleil 2000 lbs. of drlt-d 

 hopstotbe acre, as the avera^'e for 19 acn s. A fjeiieral view of this yard, 

 tiaiaed ou sliort poles, is shown oii aiiotlu r i)a:e. 



ably get very few or no hops ; the next season perhaps 

 it will be advisable to cut the Fuggle early, and the 

 lirambling late, in order lo cause them to flower as 

 nearly as possible at the same time, one being an early. 



