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HOPS. 



Haupt, Haupel, Hauptlein, Kopf, Koppe, Kropf, Bolle, and 

 less frequently Glocke, Traube, Quaste, and Bommel.^ The 

 ripe cone measures 1 to 2J inches in length, and | to 1 inch 

 through. The different varieties of hops ripen at different 



Pig. 10. — Bracteole, five times natural size. 

 {a) (6) 



Pig. 11. — Cones, natural size. 



times,' the earlier sorts in August, the later kinds in Sep- 

 tember. At the stage of ripeness the cones assume a yellow- 

 ish tinge, and, when fructification has occurred, the fruit. 



' Holzner. Zeitschrift fUr das gesammte Brauwesen, 1891, No. 12. 



