VIU TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAET III. 

 Cultivation. 



PAGE 



The Requirements of the Hop in respect of Climate, Soil and 



Situation 64 



Climate 64 



Soil 76 



Situation 81 



Selection of Variety and Cuttings 81 



Planting a Hop Garden 86 



Drainage 86 



Preparing the Ground 88 



Marking out for Planting 94 



Planting 106 



Cultivation and Cropping of the Hop Garden in the First 



Year Ill 



Work to be performed Annually in the Hop Garden . . . 114 



Working the Ground 114 



Cutting 125 



The Non-cutting System 129 



The proper Performance of the Operation of Cutting . . 136 



1. Method of Cutting 137 



{a) Close Cutting 141 



(6) Ordinary Cutting . ., . . . ' . . 142 



(c) The Long Cut 143 



(d) The Topping Cut . 147 



2. Proper Season for Cutting 153 



(a) Autumn Cutting 154 



(6) Spring Cutting 160 



Manuring 165 



Training the Hop Plant 181 



1. Poled Gardens 182 



2. Frame Training 193 



The Principal Types of Frames 207 



Pruning, Cropping, Topping and Leaf-stripping the Hop 



Plant 226 



Picking 228 



Drying and Bagging 231 



Principal and Subsidiary Utilisation of Hops and Hop Gardens 250 



Life of a Hop Garden : Subsequent Cropping .... 254 



Cost of Production, Yield and Selling Prices .... 256 



