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turning. Most all the hops on the Pacific coast came 

 from my yard and I brought the stock originally 

 from Vermont in 1855." 



In Oregon, the English Cluster, or White Root 

 hop, produces 1,500 to 2,000 pounds per acre. It 

 usually ripens between September i and 10, and will 

 stand 15 to 18 days, when the hops begin to 



FIG. ,18. BATES'S BREWERS, KENT. 



turn red or overripe and to scatter. It is the heaviest 

 yielder and brewers prefer its quality, but its roots are 

 especially subject to black knot. Canadian, or red 

 root hops, or as it is sometimes called in California 

 the Bavarian root,, yields less in Oregon, averaging 

 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre, but the crop is surer 

 than English Cluster, ripens seven to ten days later and 



