304 HOPS. 



The southern slopes of the Sudetes, including the hop 

 centres of Auscha and Dauba, contain 1,921 hectares (4,800 

 acres) of hop land producing red and green varieties. The red 

 hops, especially from the plains around Polepp and the neigh- 

 bourhood of Liebeschitz, are highly esteemed, and nearly equal 

 Saaz hops in quality. Round Dauba green hops of coarser 

 character and freer cropping are produced, the total crop for 

 the entire district being 20,000 to 24,000 cwt. The Bohe- 

 mian lowlands contain 1,460 hectares (3,650 acres) of hop 

 gardens, yielding 20,000 to 24,000 cwt. of medium fine hops. 

 Outside these districts and scattered about over the country, 

 are a number of small gardens totalling some 120 to 170 

 acres. 



As shown by the preceding table, the area under hops 

 in Bohemia has increased by about 16,320 acres, or 108"02 

 per cent., since 1875. 



Styria : In Middle Styria about 1,112 hectares (2,780 acres), 

 and in Lower Styria about 514 hectares (1,285 acres) of hops are 

 grown the area being 0'38 per cent, of the total arable land. 

 Good red hops are mostly grown, and there has been little 

 change in the acreage since 1885. The chief centres in Middle 

 Styria are Fiirstenfeld and the Feistritz, Eitschein, Lafnitz 

 and Ilz valleys, but unfortunately the good hops here pro- 

 duced are often ignored. In Lower Styria the central point 

 is Cilli, the gardens being in the Sann valley. The total crop 

 varies from 6,000 to 12,000 cwt. 



In Galicia the hop land amounts to 1,641 hectares (4,102 

 acres), or 0'04 per cent, of the total arable land; some 3,500 

 acres being in the eastern division of the province, and the 

 remainder in the west. As a result of a succession of crop 

 failures the industry has declined of late years, though the 

 quality is good, and some lots at the last Paris exhibition 

 were considered very good indeed. 



In West Gahcia — the district of the Imperial Eoyal 



