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years the produce of red hops amounts to 4 to 6 quintals per 

 hectare (3 to 5 cwt. per acre). The period of growth up to the 

 stage of ripeness is about 105 to 120 days. 



2. Green Hops. 



These are more luxuriant in growth than the preceding 

 sorts, though the first shoots are several days later in 

 making their appearance. The colour of the bine and leaves 

 is uniformly green, the latter being longer in the stalk 

 and rather smoother than the leaves of red hops. The 

 blossoms, which appear about the end of July, are crowded 

 close to the spike, with short stigmata tipped with brown. 

 The cones are full grown by the end of August, and are 

 green, open, and usually long. They ripen in September 

 and are then of a pale green colour, the lupulin being reddish 

 yellow when grown on exposed ground, but tough and 

 brownish where the soil is moist. The aroma is somewhat 

 less agreeable than that of red hops, and occasionally has 

 a strong smell of garlic, which reduces their value. Some 

 years, especially in wet ones, this evil smell is so powerful 

 and repulsive as to render the hops unsaleable. 



Green hops are less difficult to grow than the red kinds 

 and yield a heavier crop, as much as 20 quintals per hectare 

 (16 cwt. per acre) being sometimes obtained; the average 

 yield is about 12 quintals per hectare (10 cwt. per acre). 

 They are grown in the Dauba district of Bohemia, Neuto- 

 mischl and Eottenburg, but principally in Belgium, England 

 and America. The period of growth to the stage of ripeness 

 takes 145 to 165 days. 



3. Pale Green Hops. 



In many particulars this variety stands between the green 

 and the red kinds, the colour of the bine, for instance, being 

 reddish and that of the leaves pale green. The blooms are 



