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Square Space Number of 



occupied by Plants per 



Plot No. each Plant. 100 sq. yds. 



1 4-0 sq. yds. 25 



2 3-8 „ 28. 

 y3 30 „ 33 



4 2-5 „ 40 • 



5 2-0 „ 50 



6 1'5 „ 66 



These experimental gardens will require to be carefully 

 observed and studied for a few years, the crop from each 

 plot being examined separately for quantity and quality, and 

 the cost of cultivation set down. The results will then 

 afford a clear and reliable indication of the most favourable 

 distance for setting the plants under the prevailing con- 

 ditions of the district. 



"When planting a new garden in a district where hops 

 have not previously been grown, it is usual to set the plants 

 at the same distance apart as those in the nearest hop 

 district, and then ascertain by subsequent experiment 

 whether any future modification is desirable or necessary. 



In any event the late kinds of hops require, under other- 

 wise equal conditions, a wider space than the earlier sorts. 

 Thus, for instance, if 2 square yards has been found the 

 most advantageous for early hops in any locality, about 2^ 

 square yards should be allowed for the late varieties. 



A visit to the various hop districts and an examination 

 of the amount of space left for each plant will show that the 

 extreme limits are 1 to 5 square yards. The largest number 

 of plants, 10,000 per hectare (about 4,000 per acre), is met 

 with round NeutomischI in Posen (Strebel). 



The room allowed for each plant in English and American 

 gardens is very large, according to continental ideas. In 

 America the sets are often planted 86 inches apart each way, 

 the space occupied by each plant being therefore 5 9 square 

 yards, i.e., there are about 820 per acre, or only about | as 

 many as in the NeutomischI gardens referred to above. In 



