ON THE CONTINENT. OF 



. The culture of hops iiT Wurtemberg^Kas 

 occupied a great degree of attention in the last ten years, so 

 that the culture now extends over 12,000 acres, and is on 

 the increase. Owing to the favourable conditions of soil and 

 climate, the use of an excellent system of poles and iron 

 wire, combined with skilful and rational processes of culture, 

 the produce is generally in demand in wholesale commerce, 

 and the export reaches a large figure. At the Paris Exhi- 

 bition of 1867 there were forty-six exhibitors of hops from 

 \Yurtemberg, and at Vienna, in 1873, there was an equally 

 good display. 



The following statement shows the extent and produce of 

 hop cultivation in Wurtemberg in the twenty-one years 

 ending with 1873. The hectare is about 2J English acres : 



G 2 



