JUDGING THE VALUE OF HOPS. 297 



and type of cone, shape of strig, amount and purity of bracts, 

 lupulin, general odour, special aroma, seeds ". He regards 

 the first five of these as of subsidiary importance. Each 

 property is divided into four classes (1, 2, 3, 4), and the 

 total sum of points for first-class hops is twelve, those with 

 twenty-four being classed as good, with thirty-six as medium, 

 and all beyond that figure as bad. 



