COMPOSITION OF PLANT AND FRUIT. 



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is still in such an imperfect state that physical charac- 

 teristics, odor, color, etc., must for the present be relied 

 upon in the judgment of this important brewers' raw 

 material. 



Moritz and Morris have prepared a summary of 

 26 analyses, which Wolff has published, of the ash of 

 German hops. The average per cent, of mineral mat- 

 ter is 7.4, the maximum 15.3, and the minimum 5.3. 

 Analyses of the ash showed the following percentage 

 composition: 



r<)t,a.sh 



Soda 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Oxide of iron 



Phosplioric acid 

 Stilpliuric acid. . 



Silica 



Clilorine.. . . .. 



Ewell has calculated the following data in regard 

 to the fertilizing constituents contained in the hop 

 plant from analvses contained in the second part of 

 Wolff's "Aschen Analysen:" 



Analyses Showing the Fertilizing Constituents Contained in 

 THE Hop Plant (female) and its Vakiois Parts, Stated in 



PARTS PER 100 OF THE AlR-DRIED MATERIAL. 



