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CHAPTER Y. 



QUALITY AND KEEPING OF HOPS. STATISTICS OF CULTURE 

 AND PRODUCTION IN ENGLAND. 



THE following extract from Tizard gives an opinion on some 

 of the varieties of hops : 



" Farnhams," he states, " are in high repute, though not 

 worth the price the hrewer usually gives for them, unless the 

 proximity of his residence be a consideration in their favour. 

 The North Clays are rankest in taste, and fetch a better price 

 with a certain class of buyers than those from Kent, though 

 not generally so high as the Farnham variety. Those grown 

 in the neighbourhood of Canterbury have been much prized 

 for their superiority, but that is not invariable. The produce 

 of the county of Kent, though pre-eminent both for strength 

 and flavour, differs according to soil and season, which are 

 not always adapted to each other. The Wealds are cele- 

 brated in some of the southern and midland counties, but in 

 those more north, as Cheshire and Lancashire, the Worcesters 

 are preferred for their mildness, and for the grateful sensa- 

 tion they yield ; some use a few Sussex or Kents with them, 

 but most brewers in the counties just referred to reject the 

 growth of Kent as unpleasing to their customers. 



-" But however good the produce of any district may be in 

 general, it must not be supposed that there are no bad 

 samples of those varieties. Such bags should be chosen as 

 are heaviest, because it is the farina which gives weight, and 



