IMarcli 1896.] 



THE HOP CROP OF 1895, 



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THE HOP CROP OF 1895. 



The preliminary statement showing the estimate of the acreage 

 and total production of hops in England in 1895 compared with 

 1894 was published in the last number of this Journal. On 

 reference to that statement, it will be seen that, while the acreag-e 

 -of the past year was slightly below that of 1894, the yield was, 

 like that of the previous season, remarkably large, although not 

 reaching the high figure then estimated. Considerable local 

 inequalities of yield were apparent, and the reduction in the 

 total produce was due mainly to a largely diminished yield per 

 -acre in the two counties of Kent and Sussex, where the average 

 .production was estimated in 1895 at 9*04 cwt. and 971 cwt. 

 respectively, as compared with 11*96 cwt. and 13 '99 cwt. in the 

 previous year. There was, however, an increased yield per 

 acre in Hants, Hereford, Surrey, and Worcester. 



The following statement shows the acreage of hops since 1881, 

 in the six counties already named, which are the districts where 

 hops are mainly grown : — 



Years. 



i 



Kent. 1 



Sussex. 



Hereford. 1 



Hants, 



Worcester/ 



1 



Surrey. 



other I Total 

 Counties. 'England. 





Acres. 



Acres. \ 



Acres. 1 



Acres. ! 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres, 



Acres. 



1881 



41,47« 



9,269 



5,9.39 



2,963 i 



2,698 



.2,352 



246 



64,943 



1882 



4:1, m 



9,501 



6.087 



2,938 



2,767 



2,439 



251 



65,619 



1883 



42,737 



10,107 



6,110 



3,073 



2,877 



2,480 



266 



68,016 



1884 



43,4<5i 



10,382 



6,602 



3,197 



2,873 



2,493 



247 



69,258 



1885 



44,834 



10,722 



6,703 



3,303 



2,910 



2,627 



228 



71,327 



1886 



43,924 



10,391 



6,776 



3,339 



2,951 



2,547 



199 



70,127 



1887 



40,037 



8,729 



6,478 



3,062 



2,828 



2,384 



188 



63,706 



1888 



36,448 



7,403 



6,559 



2,972 



2,764 



2,173 



175 



58,494 



1889 



35,487 



7,282 



6,S50 



2,905 



2,939 



2,101 



160 



57,724 



1890 



33,525 



6,787 



6,077 



2,614 



2,925 



1,874 



159 



53,961 



1891 



34,266 



7,150 



6,560 



2,749 



3,280 



1,955 



182 



56,142 



1892 



34,058 



1 7,124 



6,797 



2,775 



.3,369 



1,938 



198 



56,259 



1893 



34,815 



' 7,320 



7,079 



2,795 



3,516 



l,8j5 



IBS 



57,564 



18H4 



35,520 



.7,589 



7,525 



2,911 



3,848 



1,935 



207 



59,535 



1895 



j 35,018 



■ '7,489 



7,553 



2,875 



4,024 



1,783 



198 



58,940 



! 



From the foregoing it will be seen that in the first five years 

 there was a steady increase of the acreage, followed in the next 

 quinquennium by a decline, which, however, received a check in 

 1891, since when there has been, until last year, an upward 

 tendency. 



In all the principal hop-producing countries of the world an 

 over average crop of hops is believed to have been grown in 



