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INDEX. 



Boric acid in liops, 287. 

 Botys silacealis, 61. 

 Bracteoles of hop cone, 20-22. 

 Bracts of hop cone, 20. 



— percentage of, 278-280. 

 Buds left on cutting, 141-152. 

 " Buffs," 41. 



C. 



■Canadian hops, 40. 

 Oanterbury hops, 40. 

 Carbohydrates in hops, 286. 

 Carbonic acid in storing hops, 269, 



275. 

 Cellulose in hops, 286. 

 Cherry moth, 61. 

 Chloride of potash. See Potash 



manures. 

 Chodounsky on judging hops, 296. 

 Cholin in hops, 285. 

 Cicada, damage by, 60. 

 Cladosporium penicilloides, 268. 

 Classification of hops according 



to period of ripening, 36-41. 

 Climate, influence of, on quality, 



74-76. 



— influence on method of cul- 

 tivation, 116. 



— suitable for hops, 64, 76. 

 Climbing properties of the hop, 



12. 

 Close cutting, 141, 142. 

 Cluster hops, 40. 

 Cockchafers, damage by, 52. 

 Colegate hops, 40. 

 Colour, influence of sulphuring 



on, 273. 

 Colour of cones and quality, 291. 

 Compost, 173-175. 

 Cone, malformations of, 42, 44. 

 Cones, appearance as a standard of 



quality, 290. 



— appearance of ripe, 228. 



— compound, 43. 



— dropping off, 47. 



— hop, 19,. 22. 

 Consumption of hops, 300, 301, 



302, 308, 309, 310, 317. 

 Cooper hops, 39. 

 Cost of cultivation, 89-93. 

 Covering up cut stocks, 152. 



— stocks, cost of, 259. 

 Cropping bine, 226. 



Cropping, effect of autumn cutting 

 on, 158-160. 



— intermediate, in hop gar- 

 dens, 113. 



— young gardens, 111-114. 

 Crop, yield of, 256, 262. 



— yield per acre, 298-310. 

 Cultivation of hops, 64-226, 

 Cutting, alleged defects of, 129- 



136. 

 — i- autumn, 154-160. 



— bine, 114. 



— bine at picking time, 229. 



— close, 141, 142. 



— diseased stocks, 145. 



— influence on growth, 130, 

 141, 142, 148-150, 154-165. 



— influence on nutrition, 125, 

 126, 148-150, 161. 



— influence on root growth, 

 1 28 



— long, 141, 143-147. 



— methods of, 137-165. 



— ordinary, 141-143. 



— proper performance of, 136, 

 137, 151. 



— proper season for, 153, 154. 



— results of, 126, 128. 



— spring, 153, 160-165. 



— the hop stock, 125-165. 



— topping, 141, 147. 

 Cuttings, best age of plants for, 



32, 86. 



— cost of, 258, 259. 



— propagation by, 27-33. 



— selection of, 81-86. 



— treatment of, 32, 33. 



— utilising, 252. 



D. 



Damage by weather, protection 



against, 49, 103. 

 Dauba green hops, 40. 



— late green hops, 41, 84 

 Dealers' methods, 312-316. 

 Degeneration, 82. 



Depth of holes for sets, 106, 110. 

 Digging, cost of, 89, 258. 

 Direction of rows, 102. 

 Discoloration of cones, 291. 

 Diseased rootstocks, cutting, 145. 

 Diseases of hops, 45-52. 



