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will stand three weeks, but the strobile is small and 

 the foliage thick, so it costs more to pick and sells 

 no higher. Early Fuggles are passing away. They 

 produce a small hop, almost seedless and have a pe- 

 culiar flavor. They ripen from ten days to two weeks 

 earlier than the English Cluster and even when ripe 

 they have a dull, greenish color that detracts from the 

 selling qualities. 



The rotative dates of maturity are important, as a 

 yard can be more conveniently harvested if parts of it 

 ripen in rotation. Palmer ripens first; Humphrey's 

 follows a week later. English Cluster matures five to 

 ten days afterward and true Canada Red about a week 

 later still. E. Meeker thinks that a model yard in re- 

 spect to varieties for the Pacific coast is in the propor- 

 tion of one acre ot Humphrey to two acres of Cluster 

 and one acre of Canada Red. 



European Varieties In Germany, the merits of 

 hops are governed more by the sections in which they 

 are grown than by the variety. Beckenhaupt says that 

 this is true to so great an extent that only three dis- 

 tinct varieties of hops are grown in Germany the 

 early Schwetzinger, the medium RcHhermburger and 

 the late Spalter variety. Beckenhaupt has collected 

 nearly thirty distinct varieties of hops from various 

 parts of Europe, and believes there is more merit in 

 the best varieties than is recognized by the trade. Most 

 of the hop yards in Germany are planted to roots that 

 came directly or indirectly from Spalt, and the hops 

 there are said to have been derived from Saatz hops, 

 Evidently the confusion of varieties is quite as bad on 

 the continent as elsewhere. 



Over 100 so-called varieties of hops have been 

 described in Germany, but in the Nuremberg market 

 continental hops are thus classified, and the varieties 

 grown in the respective localities are much alike, if not 

 identical : I, Hops of the towns of Saatz and of Spalt, 



