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(e) The English Golding. — The Goldings are the best class 

 of English red hops, and occupy in their own country the 

 same position as that filled by Saaz hops on the continent. 

 They are divided into the Early Golding, Brambling's Early 

 Golding, and the White Early Golding, the last-named being 

 the earliest to ripen but a comparatively poor cropper. As 

 a rule, the Goldings do not grow to such a height as the 

 Saaz hop. 



(/) The Jones hop is a small, early red hop for poor soils, 

 and yields a moderate crop of good quality. 



{g) The Meophams and Prolifics are weak growers, attaining 

 a height of about 15 feet, and yield a good crop of medium 

 quality. 



In addition to the red varieties an early pale green hop 

 is grown in England, the so-called 



(h) Cooper, a prolific sort, with large cones ; quality, 

 medium. 



Of the early kinds cultivated in America the following 

 may be mentioned : — 



(i) The Pacific hop, derived from English reds, but inferior 

 in quality to Enghsh Goldings. 



(J) Palmer's and Humphrey's Seedlings, small-coned green 

 hops of medium quality. 



2. Mediimi-early Hops. 



(a) The red Auscha or • Semsch hop. — This is ready for 

 picking about ten days later than Saaz hops, and is poorer 

 in lupulin, though a better cropper than the latter, and less 

 susceptible to injury from vegetable and animal parasites 

 (" vermin "). It is largely grown in Bohemia. According 

 to Haberlandt, Auscha red hops consist of — 



Lupulin granules - - 9'135 per cent. 



Bracts 77-S30 



Spike and stem 13-060 ,, 



Seed corns 0-275 



