THE HOP. 



seem to have largely ignored the problem of fertilizing 

 the hop. Let us, then, first consider the elements of 

 plant food contained in the vines and hops of an aver- 

 age crop, basing our table on the analyses on Page 71 



FIG. 



PICKING HOPS. 



and 



on the average relative 

 vines and hops obtained from 

 growers in New York state: 



weight per acre of 

 a dozen experienced 



