The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-21 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17.—Although a good
deal of mould is to be found in places, the plantations
continue to look well in this parish ; although they do
not get into burr quite so rapidly as one would have
expected. We fear that much of the later bine will
prove fruitless.
AYLESFORD.—The bad grounds are getting worse, and
will not be worth picking. The prospect of a crop in
the best gardens is not so favourable as it was a week
since, as the hops come very slowly out of burr.
BRENCHLEY.—The late fine weather has brought out
a little burr, and we may, if warm weather continues,
produce perhaps a pocket per acre.
CANTERBURY. —No improvement from last week.
The season is too far advanced to admit of our hops
now doing anything.
CRANBROOK.—Some small portion of our plantation
is dropping into hop, and will yield a tolerably good
crop ; but a very large portion is very bad, and will
consequently render our average growth a small one—
not more, we fear, than two cwt. per acre.
HOLLINGBOURNE.—There has been scarcely any altera-
tion in our hops since the last report ; there is a great
deal of blind bine in some gardens. The two last morn-
ings have been very cold for the season, almost approach-
ing to frosts, which must considerably retard the growth
of the hops.
ICKHAM.—The weather is not what we could desire,
for the hops have a good quantity of burr ; but, un-
less we have it warmer, we fear many will not turn
into hops.
MALIAN-G. (WEST).—Some grounds get on very well ;
others that have been hit very hard do not improve so
much ; some cannot grow any.
MEaEwoivra. Mould greatly decreased. Some
grounds here are looking well ; coming out i❑ hop very
fast. If the mould should not prevent their coming out,
there will be a middling crop.
OTnAai.—The hops continue their usual appearance,
but the burr developer but slowly. The mould has in-
creased rapidly since the heavy rain. It would be quite
premature to say what quantity this parish is likely to
grow in its present state, not knowing as yet what
ravages the mould may cause in the crop.
RocaEsTEß.—The frosty mornings we have had for
the last few days have put a perfect extinguisher on the
faint hopes fondly entertained by some growers, that
there was a chance, however remote, that hops might
rally. Instead of that, however, mould, vermin, and
all the other ills that hops are heir to, have completely
upset the pleasing delusion, and in this district at least
scarcely the apparition of a hop is visible. A wag of a
hop-grower inquires if Mr. Bass continues the tenour of
his ideas as to the amount of duty, or if he now sings
small on the subject.

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TUNBRIDGE.—The hops in this parish have made a
but the improvement is so trifling that
the produce for the year 1854 must he very small. The
fresh shoots are healthy and growing, but there is not
sufficient vigour in the vine to throw out burr.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—The hop-grounds, where at all
likely to grow hops, come slowly on. They are very
small, and appear to do all they can.
WINGHAIL—Our case is getting quite hopeless—short
of bine and but little burr, which looks unkindly.
WATERINGuunv.--The crop will be shorter than was
expected.
Another Account.—Where the mould has made its ap-
pearance, its spreads very fast.
WRoTnAlf (UPPER DIVISION.—The bino is making
young shoots very weakly, and will produce bet a very
few hops----not one cwt. per acre.
WROTHAM (LowEn DIVISION).—The seasonable rains
and succeeding beautiful weather have caused a freshness
in the appearance of the bine, which some mistake for
improvement. There is, indeed, to be seen some
grounds growing and blowing ; but this favourable sign,
late as it is, is more than counterbalanced by the pre-
vailing disposition to mould everywhere, more or less.
If that insidious and deadly foe to the hop-plant should
prevail, farewell to any anticipations of improvement.
Where there is most promise now there would be the
least realisation then. Taking all these things into con-
sideration, we cannot at present report more favourably,
YALBING AND WEST FARLEIGH.—MouId is so general
that it will destroy more than half the growth around
Maidstone, where a good crop was expected.
NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—In this district the hops
are a great failure, and there is every appearance of its
being the worst season for thirty years past. The burr
is of a very indifferent description and small in quan-
tity, being eaten up by filth and choked by its own sap.
By this time there ought to have been plenty of planta-
tions in hop ; whereas there is no appearance of any-
thing of the sort in the district.

MR. URQUHART AND THE CIRCASSIANS.--We under-
stainkl that proceedings against Mr. Urquhart, on ao-
count of his letter to the Circassians, have been under
the serious consideration of the Covernment.