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When by thefe Tokens they ap- 

 pear to be ripe, they muft be 

 pick'd with all the Expedition pof- 

 iiblei for if at this Time a Storm 

 ot" Wind Ihould come, it would 

 do them great Damage, by break- 

 ing the Branches, and bruiiing and 

 diicolouring the Hops. And it is 

 very well known, that Hops being 

 pick'd green and bright, will fell 

 for a third Part more than thole 

 which are difcoloured and brown. 



The moft convenient way of 

 picking them, is into a long fquare 

 Frame of Wood call'd a Binn, with 

 a Cloth hanging on Tenter-hooks 

 within it, to receive the Hops as 

 they are pick'd. 



This Frame is compos'd of four 

 Pieces of Wood join'd together, 

 fupportcd by four Legs, with a 

 Prop at each End to bear up ano- 

 ther long Piece of Wood plac'd at 

 a convenient Height over the Mid- 

 dle of the Binn j this ferves to by 

 the Poles upon which are to be 

 pick'd. 



This Binn is commonly eight 

 Foot long, and three Foot broad ; 

 two Poles may be laid on it at a 

 Time, and fix or eight Perfons 

 may work at it, three or four on 

 each Side. 



It will be befl to begin to pick 

 the Hops on the Eaft: or North-fide 

 of your Ground, if you can do it 

 conveniently ; this will prevent the 

 South-weft Wind from breaking 

 into the Garden. 



Having: made choice of a Plot 

 of the Ground containing eleven 

 Hills iquare, place the Binn upon 

 the Hill which is in the Centre, 

 having five Hills on each Side j and 

 when thefe Hills are pick'd, re- 

 move the Binn into another Piece 

 of Ground of the fame Extent, 

 and fo proceed till the whole Hop- 

 Qromd is fiaiflVd. 



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When the Poles are drawn up 

 to be pick'd, you muft take great 

 Care not to cut the Binds too near 

 the Hills, efpecially when the Hops 

 are green, becaufe it will make the 

 Sap to flow exceffively. 



And if the Poles do not come 

 up without Difficulty, they fhould 

 be rais'd by a Piece of Wood in 

 the Nature of a Lever, having a 

 forked Piece of Iron with Teeth 

 on the Infide, faften'd within two 

 Foot of the End. 



The Hops muft be pick'd very 

 clean, i. e. free from Leaves and 

 Stalks ; and, as there fhall be occa- 

 fion, two or three times in a Day 

 the Binn muft be emptied into a 

 Hop-bag made of coarle Linen 

 Cloth, and carry'd immediately to 

 the Oaft or Kiln, in order to be 

 dry'd : For if they fhould be long 

 in the Binn or Bag, they will be 

 apt to heat, and be difcolour'd. 



If the Weather be hot, there 

 fhould no more Poles be drawn 

 than can be pick'd in an Hour ; 

 and they fliould be gather'd in fair 

 Weather, if it can be, and when 

 the Hops are dry; this will fave 

 fome Expence in Firing, and pre- 

 ferve their Colour better when 

 they are dry'd. 



The beft Method of drying Hops^ 

 is with Charcoal on an Oaft or 

 Kiln cover'd with Hair-Cloth, ot 

 the fame Form and Fafliion that is 

 us'd for Drying of Malt. There's 

 no need to give any particular Di- 

 rections for the Making it; fince 

 every Carpenter or Bricklayer, in 

 thofe Countries where Hops groWj 

 or Malt is made, knows how to 

 build them. 



The Kiln ought to be fquare, 

 and may be often, twelve, fourteen, 

 or fixteen Feet over at the Top, 

 where the Hops are laid, as your 

 Plantation rec^uires, and your Room 



will 



