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" As these cuttings have been secured with great difficulty, and as it will be more 

 and more difficult to obtain others, they should be given especial attention. In order 

 to propagate them as rapidly as possible, the young shoots should be layered next 

 spring and cut into lengths when rooted. These cuttings have been taken from one 

 of the best hop gardens in the Platte region in Bohemia, but being cut during the 

 winter they are not as thrifty as if taken in the spring. The rule in Bohemia is to 

 place a single cutting in a hill, but if small and weak it might be better to put two 

 together. 



"These hops produce the finest aroma when planted on yellow clay soils. The 

 vines are light yellow when grown in sandy or clayey soil, but darker when grown 

 where the soil has more humus, or is of a peaty or swampy character — what the 

 Germans call 'moor ErdeS " (Fairchild.) 



5788 to 5792. Hordeum distichum. Barley. 



From Munich, Bavaria. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 467), Jan- 

 uary 16, 1901. 



A collection of prize-winning barleys from the Barley and Hop Exposition, 1900. 

 Forwarded by Hon. James H. Worman, U. S. Consul at Munich, as follows: 



5788. (467b.) 5791. (467f.) 



5789. (467d.) 5792. (467g.) 



5790. (467e.) 



5793. Hordeum distichum nutans. Barley. 



From Kwassitz, Moravia, Austria. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 

 481), January 16, 1901. 



Moravian or Hanna. "The noted Hanna brewing barley from the breeder or 

 selecter, Emanuel Ritter von Proskowetz, of Kwassitz. This is unquestionably one 

 of the best brewing barleys in the world and is noted for its qualities of early ripen- 

 ing, unusual heavy yields, and special mealiness, which latter, together with other 

 qualities of kernel, renders it one of the great favorites among German as well as 

 Austrian brewers. Notwithstanding a duty in Bavaria of 22 marks per German ton on 

 brewing barleys and an increased cost of transportation, the best Bavarian breweries 

 import this Hanna barley. In the Thirty-ninth Session of the Bavarian House of 

 Deputies (1899) the purchase of these Hanna barleys among other foreign sorts by the 

 famous Hofbrauhaus was made the reason of an attack upon the director of this State 

 institution and, although the claim was not sustained that the Hanna barley is supe- 

 rior to the best Bavarian, the inference which is drawn is that on the average it is 

 more satisfactory and economical from the brewer's standpoint. The former director 

 of the Brauhaus Staubwasser claimed in his defense that the Hanna barley, especially 

 that grown in Hungary, was ready for malting earlier than Bavarian varieties, which 

 speaks for the earliness of the variety claimed by the producer. Von Proskowetz 

 claims for the variety a pedigree and says that it was selected as a single plant from 

 some barley which he knew to be of very old Moravian origin. Through careful 

 selection he has been able to bring its productivity up to 3,700 kilos per hectare and 

 shorten its period of growth by over a week. It is a light straw producer suited especially 

 to light or sandy loams. Owing to its early ripening quality it is especially valuable 

 in Hungary, where the hot season occurs the latter part of July, but after the Hanna 

 barley has so far matured as to be little influenced by it. Sow in March, or earlier 

 if possible, providing soil is in proper condition. On light soil drill in rows 5 inches 

 apart, on heavier soils 6 to 7 inches. If it can be made to follow a beet root or potato 

 crop so much the better. Owing to its heavy yielding capacity, earliness, and high 

 grade as a brewing grain, this variety is driving out all other sorts in Austria and 

 every year large quantities of seed grain are imported into Hungary. So far as I can 

 ascertain this is the first importation of this variety ever made into America. ' ' {Fair- 

 child. ) 



5794. Hordeum distichum. Barley. 



From Leneschitz, Bohemia. Received from Prof. Frantisek Hess, of the Laun 

 Ag. School, through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 472, November 15, 1900), 

 January 16, 1901. 



An excellent brewing barley, probably not a pure stock. A part of the Same lot 

 which took the first prize in the Austrian section of the Paris Exposition. From the 

 estate of Josef Pisoft. 



