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work. As regards quality, the produce of the poled hops 

 was appraised as the best, both by ourselves and independent 

 experts. The cones from the wire frames, with horizontal 

 training, were greatly inferior, the cones being coarser, 

 looser, and with a smaller percentage of lupulin, the aroma 

 leaving much to be desired, and, in the case of the parcel 

 from the plot trained on the Hermann system, scarcely 

 resembling that of hops at all. This last-named parcel was 

 by far the poorest of any from the three systems under 

 comparison." The hops from the higher wire-work, though 

 poorer than those from the poled stocks, were nevertheless 

 better than those yielded by the Hermann system. It 

 may therefore be assumed with approximate confidence 

 that had Behrens included in his experiments a higher 

 wire system, with inclined or vertical training, all the 

 differences in quality referred to would have vanished, and 

 at the same time a certain degree of equality in the 

 quantitative yield would have, been secured. Thus, ac- 

 cording to a private communication from a landowner 

 (Adorno) of Kaltenberg, very satisfactory results have been 

 obtained with the Wirth high-frame (26 ft.) system at 

 Tettnang, where Schwetzinger hops are grown, among 

 others, the crop being quite equal, both in weight and 

 quality, to that of the same variety grown on poles. F.- 

 Wachtel also, who uses 26-foot frames as well as poles on 

 his estate at Horosedl near Saaz, reports that the crop 

 was identical in each case. On the other hand, he 

 characterises the low-frame systems as unsuitable for the 

 Saaz district. 



In Wachtel's opinion, the circumstance that a well- 

 chosen wire system yields better crops than poling has 

 no connection with wire training, but is rather due to the 

 fact that frames are mostly in use in gardens that have 

 only been planted within the last ten years or so, and that 



