The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-19 00:00:00

HOP IN TELLIGENCE.

BOROUGH, JULY 16.—The accounts continue to come
very unfavourable. We have a firm market at last
week's: prices. The duty is estimated at 65,0001.
IDSTONE.—AIthough some of the grounds in this
district are "as bad as bad can be," yet a sufficient
number show " pluck" enough to create hopes of hops,
as althivugh the vermin stick to thew, and seem to follow
them nearly as tast as the) grow, the bines are not
without indicatiims of such vigour as will enable them to
beat their enemies at last, although it will undoubtedly
be a hard fight. Generally speaking, good farming will
"tell."

MEREWORTII —Notwithstanding the flattering tale
whicu has been told for some weeks past by your con-
temporary, we can assure you the hops in this parish
are getting worse very fast, and not partially, but gene-
rally, so much so that a favourite pet ground, whieh was
offered to be laid at six bags per acre about a month since,
we can now find no person wild enough to back at 6 cwt.
There has been no prospect of an average crop for these
last six weeks, as there has been great quantities
of vermin, several grounds very black of bine, and the
mould to a considerable extent in some grounds; the ap-
parentbine appears now to show strong signs of
distress r(r%
8 tt're)mC want of moisture and the ravages of the

vermin.
WATERING It URY.—The hops in this parish get worse
daily, as we m!annut observe any decrease of vermin, and
the hops want• rain, the weak grounds more particularly
so. The mould appears in some grounds while on the:
other hand there are some few grounds which are a little
tree from vermin, and in which the bine looks healthy-,
but they are "few and far between."
NETTLESTEAD.—The hops get worse, as the vermin
du not (let:I-owe, and the slick grounds suffer much fo
want of moisture. There are more grounds short of
bine in this parish this year than usual. There is every
appearance of a very short crop.
TEsrosr.—The bine in this parish is stronger than in
some or the adjoining perishes, yet the hops get worse
daily, and we can see no prosp et of an average crop, as
the vermin do not decrease.
MALLING.—The hops, though coming into burr, look
less promising than they did last week, turning yellow,
rusty, and black.
WROTHAM.—There is not so much vermin on the
hops as there was, but the honey-dew still continues,
and the hops altogether do not present a much more fa-
vourable appearance. Great hopes are entertained that
the Midsummer shoots will yet produce a good crop.
BRERCHLET.—The hops are still in a very bad state.
A great proportion is quite given over to a blight; in
others a little freshness-appears. On close inspection the
vermin is foivad to follow them up.
CRANBROOK.—We have t. ken considerable pains
'during the last week in winching the development of
the midsummer shoot, and we find it is very generally
followed closely by the vermin. There are some few
plantations in which we fancy we can discover a slight
improvement, but in the aggregate they are getting
worse than reported in our last; even in the best grounds
the heads of the bines seem disinclined to fraternise with
each other, curling back towards the poles, and evincing
a weakness (caused by the deprivation of the sap through
the glut of fly) which prevents them from covering the
poles.

YALDING.—Our hops in some few grounds that far
preceded others, do not look so well as they did. The
cold nights of late have been very prejudicial.
IGHTHAM AND SEAL.—Some grounds in high situa-
tions bid fair for a sprinkle of hops, but those in the
valleys continue much in the same state as last week.
EDENDRIDGE.—There is an improvement in some of
the best grounds, but the weak nines can do but little, it
anything.
IIAWKHURST.—IU this neighbourhood scarcely any
improvement can be noticed, us the vermin follow the
young shoots too quickly fur them to make any way.
TICEHURST.--1 he partial clearance L_ vermin noticed
a fortnight since has been succeeded by frk sh lice, which
follow up the young shoots, where sufficient vigour re-
mains in the plant to produce them. We may still
except a few favoured pieces of bine that have as yet
been but partially attacked with the general
Upon the whole, the estimate of the ensuing crop is

very low, and any great improvement is now become
hopeless,

nUREITGREEN.—With few exceptions, the hops in this
neighh.u, hvol are in a worse condition than they were
last week.

ORPINGTON.—The hops are very much in the same
state as la.t week, the young shoots being covered with
lice, as fast as they come; but about halt of the grounds
are so blighted, that there is no appearance of fresh
shoots, neither can there be, as they are quite done fur.
Where the young shoots come we may grow about three
cwt. per acre.

FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JULY
16.—There is no improvement to notice.
The annual hop dinner at the Ilen and Chickens Inn,
Froyle, took place on Wednesday last, under the able
presidency of George Trimmer, Esq., of Farnham. The
fare was sumptuous. The nominations for the old duty
varied from 45,0001. to 105,0001, and the general opinion
was much against a crop. On rt ference to the records
of bygork, years, it appeared that in 1840, on the 11th