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prccn folia^^c, lar<;c', sciuarish and strong-flavored 

 fruit, sonictimt's three and even four inches in length, 

 is hard to pick, and is no longer planted by progressive 

 growers. About a week earlier in ripening is Hum- 

 phrev's Seedling, originated by chance in Wisconsin, 

 which is being grown quite extensively. It is a good 

 grower, but sometimes yields lighter weight hops than 

 Cluster, lice are very partial t(^ it and the yield is some- 

 times cut by a hot, dry spell coming just as the hops 

 are in the burr. One week earlier than Humphrey is 

 the main point of Palmer Seedling, but it is such a shy 

 bearer, though of fine hops, as not to be much planted. 



The Canada hop or Canada Red, so-called because 

 the roots come from Canada, is known by its red vines, 

 fruit rather below medium size; the strobile is firm, of 

 a golden color, and mild, agreeable ilavor. It is per- 

 haps the hardiest of all hops, and seldom winterkills 

 in New York state, when other kinds may be ruined. 

 It is a fair bearer under indifferent culture, and a good 

 bearer under good culture. Ihe hops are leafy and 

 rather difificult to pick clean, which probably accounts 

 for the dispute as to the flavor and quality of the Can- 

 ada hop. "It is of rank flavor and disliked by 

 brewers and dealers" when moldy, unripe or overripe, 

 or when mixed with leaves, etc.; but picked clean in 

 its prime and properly cured, the true Canada hop is of 

 fine flavor and color, though perhaps not as good as 

 English Cluster. The popularity of Canada is due 

 mainly to the fact that it ripens nearly a week later than 

 Cluster and can stand on the vines fully a week after 

 the date that Cluster must be picked. The roots arc 

 also cheaper. 



A false Canada, or roots of an inferior quality, 

 has been spuriously sold. It is such hops that are 

 usually "so rank in flavor and disliked by the trade" 

 ns to be a commercial failure. The term "false Cana- 

 dian hops" is not recognized in Canada. It is a fact, 



