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HOPS. 



Two analyses of soils, one from the Postelberg hop dis- 

 trict, the other from Lobositz, are given in the appended 

 table : — 



Composition op Feetile Soils peom the 



Where the climate is moist the lighter and more porous 

 soils, and in dry countries the more compact and retentive 

 soils, should be selected for hops. Sterile sand is just as 

 unsuitable as heavy clay. 



Though it is sometimes stated that in the Saaz, Auscha 

 and Dauba districts hops are occasionally grown on heavy 

 clay soils, this must not be taken literally, since these soils, 

 though naturally clayey, have been so carefully treated for 

 a number of years as to have lost their unfavourable physical 

 characteristics, their structure being now more approximate 

 to that of porous loam. 



