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Finally, there are the peaty soils, on which hops are grown 

 in some parts of Posen. Here the crops obtained are heavy, 

 but the quality naturally leaves much to be desired, the plants 



Districts of Postelbeeg and Lobositz.^ 



grown on land over-rich in nitrogen yielding, for the most 

 part, cones loose, inflated, and poor in lupulin. Some idea of 

 the class of soils on which hops are grown in various centres 

 of production is afforded by the following table : — 



iDr. Hanamann, Ueber die chemische Zusamwnensetzung verschiedener 

 Ackererden und Oesteme BOhmens und ilber ihren agric. Werth, Prague', 

 1890. Tlie same author has also published (Zeitschrift fUr das landuiwthschaftl. 

 Versuchswesen in Oesterreich, 1898, No. 6) seventeen analyses of soils from 

 Bohemian hop gardens. 



