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CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION 



The following figures give the imports of hops into Ham- 

 burg for a series of years : 



Centners 

 or Cwts. 



Centners 

 or Cwts. 



BAVARIA. The hop plant is cultivated to a considerable 

 extent in Bavaria, particularly in the circles of Kezat and the 

 Upper Danube ; the quantity raised varies, but has reached 

 134,000 cwt. a year, of which about half is exported. 



In 1863 there were 43,531 acres under hops, which pro- 

 duced 15,090,992 Ibs. ; since then the acreage under hops 

 has increased to nearly 52,000 acres 



The hops of Spalt are the best, and the German and French 

 brewers who make beer which has to be kept long are obliged 

 to employ Spalt hops with those of Saatz in Austria, which 

 are the finest and most aromatic hops grown. These products 

 are of a high reputation, and are the Chateau Lafitte, the Clos 

 Yougent, and the Johannisberg, as it were, of hops of Conti- 

 nental growths. Bavarian growths most resemble English hops. 



The districts where hops are grown in Bavaria are as 

 follows : Spalt (town and rural district), Kindengen and 

 Heidak, Holledau, Hersbruck and neighbourhood, Altdorf, 

 Lauf, Sultzbach, Aisch and Zeimgrund, Bamberg and Forch- 

 heim, Franken and Wasserburg ; and in Bohemia, Saatz (town 

 and district), Auscha, Dauba grunland, and other districts. 



The hop cultivation in Bavaria now occupies 51,823 acres, 

 and the system of wire-fencing instead of hop poles is 



