The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-17

nes sefzssa nsrez \ heztes Sznnrse 81
wzzhingtoa hops IN the Esa-xe<-
xe~e-zhesess Il j. vel 60 have the lrn-
xcrsz-ee q thoroaghiy czring hops
w'efl impressed gpe7 car nsErz3s, fr-rsa
tie fzrz that 4lrse-t iEHTerrepSlhle II
izrv r-a9azlly cs1es upon hcrs .
f1z5e Stacked driea. get thai arc cured
sz1rscien-ty 70 insure against he4fiHs
under ordinary ssrcuna-fzncEs-
The szmpkes Gf ~EGzh thai are 1of
th0rozghly eAred, sitter lying IN store
uzstl rss lss-sxsEzEEeT heat ) encounter
or after kzvisg been sh5pEest seross
TIE Atlantic in the heated kead % a
steamer, and, 4ceor3iag 70 the degree
CT nsoi-s IRE eft Eith or without these
conditions. become wh9E the English
czE bard and bozTsfy. and fE1rer-
cepsiHsv- thoaSh certain slewEy
change n color from thzf b light gold
En- c0ior Of we12-rspsned. properly
czrel hop TO : DALI dirty. l7sessss GE-
pearznce- Those that have ben prop
eriy handled. that i. thoroughly
cured. when the SAMPLES are drawn
have q soft. silky tozeh. yieid to pres
s1re Of the hand. but spring back into
faa ssze wh@n the p-essare / removed.
and how bright. eiea1-cuf appear
snce almost as difficult 10 dcscriae IS
a c0unten2nce, yet As rea<:ily recog-
ulxed a. the Light OF = smile a contra
d tznEui-hed from the scoxl Of dis
gruntied hop-bgyer upon . falling
market
LIS vel to esnphasize this point
from the fact that 80 many growers
tand local huyers tool are ready to be-
heve that because a hop has kept well
for month. therefore il i safe. and
in good faith pct hops On the market
that bring di>c-esiIt upon the whole
crop. Let brewer OF an exporter get
hcli OF lot OF Washington Territory
hops that, a. the phrase goes. has
gone back on him. he viii ever after
tha. fight shy Of any Of the locality n
xhich these were groTn. except upon
wide margin. 10 the loss Of the care
fai grover - Eeii As the careless
The writer once had the privilege Of
examining samples OF 1900 bales OF
hops Of all growth or the London mar
kef: hops from Germany. from Eng
land Australia. NeE York. Califor-
MIA, Oregon, and among which wss
800 bales Of his oEn shipment from
Washington Territory. Among2n this
vast accumulation IL wez aeknowi-
edged none showed better "a manage
ineat thzn those 800 bales Of Pa
csEc-, Z Is they weEe pleased 70 de-
nominate them, from Washington.
and vet before we were through GraW-
ing sample oEsF so. fully 10 per cent.
we're found to be hard and boardy.
and thoszh II ali that 500 bales not
one single bale EaS heated in the least
after haTIag been shipped across the
continent and Atlantic ocean. The
loss OF the e 800 azles, that j.. tie less
amount received f8r them than wouli
have been had they been Is thorough
" cured as the remaining z7ssl, was
not le than $500 upon that lot alone
The loss To the Washington territory
growers did not stop there. for the
next year, in negotiating further sale.
we were reminded OF these hard and
hoarsiy" hops. and the pixie fixed
lover because OF the danger OF en-
cOuBtering more OF them. Thus We
see the loss i cumulative and i car
NED into future years, and to some ex-
tent. the general character OF hops
from given locality. measure their
market value. Hence We see that all
growers are interested in seeing their
neishboTs prosper by the production
Of tiTst-eiass hops, and are deeply in
terested in getting into line to produce
only the best
An ideal cured hop viii be whole
when removed from the Kiln: tie
stem VIII be Shrunken, though rot
necessarily harsh and brittle. In prac-
tics, though, hile warm most Of the
stems win break easily. This idea
that one wants 10 turn of hops while
there are an apprecisble quantity Of |
fat stems" that i, such as are vet !
green among the hops. Is wrong. and |
has in time gone by wrought much in |
jury. In plain words, hops need 10 he |
dried dsg. To avoid injury in doing
this, the temperature must be kept |
low; accorling To Mr. Whitehead, the /
best English author ity extant. 10 more |
than Iaodegrees Fahrenheit IS required /
az any time during the process OF |
rsring. The nearer We can keep to this.
.Ae letter the quality viii be.