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Report upon the Exhibition of Hops at Kilhurn. 
hams, notwithstanding the fact that many good bright hops were 
grown in Surrey and Hampshire in the last season. 
Mr. Barrett took the first prize with a fine sample, which 
displayed first-class management and most careful picking ; and 
to Mr. James Walker of Petersfield the second prize was 
awarded for a well-grown and well-manipulated sample of 
" Country Farnhams." 
The Judges had an especially difficult task in the class for 
Worcestershire and Herefordshire hops, in which there were 
fourteen entries. Some of these were splendid hops, giving 
indications of the highest cultivation, most elaborate picking, 
and good management in the kilns. Mr. John Smith Walker, 
of Knightwick, Worcester, whose skill in the production of hops 
and fruit is well known, took the first and third prizes with 
brilliant specimens ; and Mr. Hopkins, of Wick, Worcester, 
who spares no expense in hop-growing, carried off the second 
prize with finely-coloured, " greasy " hops, which had been 
dried upon his patent kilns at a comparatively low temperature. 
Mr. Hopkins's entry. No. 37 in the Catalogue, had much merit ; 
and all the exhibitors in the class must be congratulated upon 
the skill and care which they had bestowed upon their hop 
cultivation and management. It is to be regretted that Mr. 
Bomford's pocket, from delay in its delivery, was not in its 
place in time to be sampled with the other pockets. 
For the prize of 20Z. for the best pocket of hops grown in any 
other district of England, there was only one competitor — 
Mr. Lousley of Hagbourne, Didcot, Berkshire. As Mr. Lousley's 
hops were fairly good, the Judges awarded him the prize. 
Another pocket was entered in this class by Mr. Stubbs of 
Petersfield ; but as these were " Country Farnhams," it was 
obvious that they should have been entered in the class for 
Farnhams, and could not be allowed to compete with " hops 
grown in any other district in England." 
The Mansion House Committee offered prizes of 20/., 10/., 
and 5/. for foreign hops in one class, and in this there were 
fourteen entries, eight of which were made by the same firm — 
Messrs. Barth and Son, hop-merchants, of Nuremberg, Bavaria. 
With one or two exceptions the hops exhibited in this class 
were Bavarians, of most indifferent quality, badly grown, and 
badly cured ; and it is not by any means strange that the 
Judges should have doubted whether they were justified in 
awarding prizes to any of the samples. 
Some of the hops exhibited in this class were packed in iron 
cases, whose tops were tightly screwed down. Some were 
pressed into oblong blocks, and covered with thick tinfoil, with 
the joints soldered so as to be almost hermetically sealed. In 
