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HOPS. 
they must sometimes have two or three years stock in 
hand. 
Respecting the antiquity of this culture, it is not 
very great. Dr. Nash says, hops were imported from 
Flanders till Henry VIII., and their culture introduced 
into England during that reign ; consequently, they 
have been of English growth about three centuries. 
It is stated, by Mr. Malcolm, in his Account of Lon¬ 
don, that, in the reign of Henry VIII., one hundred 
Weight of the best hops were bought for 6s. 4d. 
The Worcestershire prices, 1807, as follow: 
Memorandum .—At Worcester Market, September 
26, 1807, new hops, 61. 6s. to 7l. 7s.; 1,280 pockets 
sold. 
At Stourport, September 30, new hops, 61. to 7l.; 
99 pockets sold.—They afterwards fell to the following 
prices: 
At Stourport, October 28, 5l. 5s. to 61. 6s. per cwt. 
137 pockets, weighed from 1 | cwt. to 1| cwt. average 
weight. 
At Worcester Market, October 31st, 5\. to 61. 6s. 
per cwt. 433 pockets weighed. 
Note on Hops . Mr. Smith, of Erdiston, informed me 
that he had broken up a good deal of hop-ground, and 
thrown it to corn and grass ; and thinks it pays better 
so applied, when corn takes a good price; it is gene¬ 
rally thought the breadth of hop-ground has declined, 
though some new plantations have been made; others 
think the hop-ground remains nearly the same as for 
some years back. 
Mr. Crane informed me, that when the hop-duty was 
raised to 2^d. per lb. the planters began to break up 
the hop-yards in earnest; but the halfpenny per lb. 
being 
