294 HOPS. 



already stated, origin, when indisputable, is certainly not 

 without value as a criterion of quality. 



On the basis of his own experience and that of other 

 experts, Thausing drew up the following classification of 

 hops from the various (Continental) producing districts, 

 arranged in order of quality : — 



1. Saaz I.' (stiff soil). 



2. Saaz 11." (heavy land). 



3. Spalt I.° (stiff soil). 



4. Saaz III.° (vine land) 



5. Auscha red-hop land I." (heavy land). 



6. Spalt 11." (heavy land and Kinding). 



7. Spalt III." (vine land). 



8. Auscha red-hop land II.° (light soils). 



9. Wolnzach district and Au sealed hops. 



10. Hallertau. 



11. Schwetzingen and Sandhausen. 



12. Posen (Neutomischl). 



13. Wiirtemburg. 



14. East Styrian and Moravian (Irschitz). 



15. Galician I.", Alsatian, Grenzhausen (Nassau), Allen- 

 stein (West Prussia). 



16. Galician II.', Upper Austrian I.", South Styrian, 

 Aischgrund, Betzenstein, Bavarian mountain hops. 



17. Hungarian and Siebenbiirgen, 



18. Hersbruck, Altdorf, Laufen, Middle Franconia and 

 Bamberg, Upper and Lower Franconia, Eussian I.' 



19. Burgundian. 



20. Auscha green-hop land and Upper Austrian II." 



21. Lorraine. 



22. Altmark, Dannenberg. 



