The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-13

expenses. are holding tae halancs Of their emma
~ anticipation Of m advauce Gome 81 The
iasmes ~ the hop districss here hnve been an
10y Iof the pess lev days on account Of re-
-, no.s anst nce h.u put tn an appearance among
sne uop vines, but thix insect on examination
nas been 1ound to b only tue ordipsry ereen
insect . b found on sn vegetation.
INV YORK MAaxEr AND CROP rRosrKcrsL
hepons tom the stale are, on the whole, fav-
oraote - TO the condition OF the growing crop
me efowe1 are, @ rule. holding for CSC, and
one case, that OF . particularly
nae growth. this has been obtained.
several OF the yards have bsen attacked by lice,
Dat no material damage Is teared from this
source. Gu tations: STATE. 1853, choice, 2l@
&C. state, 1859, good 70 prime. isD2oc; state,
Icy. common. l39z2c; Pacific coast, lSSe,
choice, M9z-cs Pacific coest, lS19, common 10
prime. lagiscs cAlifor Ia. Rold 10 choice, lS0
<ac; Germans and Bohemians, 2e92sc.
heceip's On New York market for week
onding August 4............ .. So
As nss from september !. lsse, 70 Aug S.
Receipts same time last year .laosss
Exports Tor week ending August 4 100
posss rom september !, lsse, to August
hxporisssm time lssr year. 6750y
IImports for week ending August A. a
Imports from ptember TO August a.. 1891
pV1's same I'm last year. o.34o
~s<bo< 4ARk4f AND ENGLISH C2Of.
Inc reports concerning the English cfop are
still very contradictory, but it may saiey Be
saio mat the crop there will be short TINS year
Inc weather. though bright toward the latter
part OF July, has become rather unfayorable
again ana If bright sunshine does not su coed
tne crop will not be any more than two-thirds
OF last Year.
Inc ksntisA Observer says: Opinions of en-
peru Ill Agree that full crop is impossible ami
crop ct all equai to that of last year mot i'm
probable. Continental reports are similar to
our own; they cannot grow an average crop
suo tnelr output Tor export Is iessened by the
ps&cciut rumora on the continent oldiers ct
peace drink more beer than wen engaged In
wariike strife. If we may expect fewer hops
Hom across the Atlantic, We must naturally get
more from the continent-the overpius that
would otherwise have gone to the states But
Is not . fact that the l,sses of the planters IN
belgium, Bohemie AID Bavaria during tne past
three years have compelet them to reduce even
tnelr, IN many cases. 1 Significant plots of hops?
~ 70 perfect useless to attempt 10 fOretel what
the weather viii DO fur the next six weeks. It il
easy enough to see that cold and wet viii be
fatal to the crop. and fne sunny days and warm
nights favorable TO the crop, but which Of the
TWO Will rule and reign no mau knoweth,
not even the Observers prophet In the
meantime the supply Of old hops is
not reduced; no one. as In the old days, APP
1883 ~ AosS p11CB SHOhSl 70 20 on the mar
ket ana five an impetus TO the race High
sounding market repor appear weekly, bur the
baif, brilliantly dangling as It does, will not
tempt the sstute brewer to secure the 1855 at
10 shilings per cwI Why is this? Two reasons
may be signed. One is that foreign supplies
are gusran ee against famine on the one
nsnd' while the p,wer OF quassia, soap and
sun keeps the probsb lty of crop possible ON
the Other. The power Of quassia IN some mems
minds has two fold mission antagonistic to
each other-one 70 give crop of hops. while
the other 10 70 crush it out of existence wh+n IL
- grown-a kind Of parasite or Frankenstien.
NOW, a. to prospects. nothing can be more
uuthfully set out than is done in the Ksntish
Observers volnninous reports. which sum up
the verdict that ii hot sunny weather inser-
venes In The coming ak weeks the washed
grounds will grow an average crop tth4t Is,
eight cwt per acre), but the unwashei grounds
look as II they must be out of the hunt en-
trely.