The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-05
HOPS BEGINNING TO MOVE.
But tho Price Is No Better and Poor
Grades Find No Sale.

PUYALLUP, Dec. Especial. There was a
little excitement Thursday among hop buyers,
caused by a sag il the market. Some said 1t
was l cent, while others said choice samples
were not affected, only poorer grades But evil
IDENTIFY there was a change somewhere in the
business. The hop market has livened up lit
tie the past week, and more sales have been re-
ported. People from a distance are shipping
their hops here to be stored, sampled and sold.
They can be sold to much better advantage by
having the hops here on the ground, open to all
che dealers who visit Puyaliup.
A. C. Campbell reports buying 2o1 bales, the
crop OF Fred Spinning George III. Rose bought
seveuty-fve bales for A. Lehman * Co, OF Gin
cnuati, from John l. Binder, OF LAKE Park, at
lsl4 cents. Mrs. Mary Stock has shipped her
crop OF thirty bales here from Rainier to be
stored. Mr.. Sorenson, of Enumclaw, shipped
sixteen bales here for storage. and five bales
came tor that purpose from Oregon 1t is said
that the SnoQ ualnie association have sold $40
bales at Is cents, still having uusold 1000 bales.
George Rolf sold at ia cents. Frank Spinning
sold l37 bales to Isaac pincus at II cents. +.
Mceker & Co. report having sold 1000 bales in
London. They bought l36 bales OF Oregons at
Is aud 10 cents; I67 choice bales from Seattle at
10 cents: fity-oue bales from George II. Rose at
Is 10 - cents: los bales Oregons from Silverton
al IS cents; thirty bales at Is cents from Lake
view: 207 bales at Eugene; 90 bales from Per-
field Bros, and twelve bales from Mills at Is
AM - cents.
II was said as early as July by a few who had
information upon which 20 base their opinion,
that the hop crop OF Washington would be very
light and OF an inferior grade. and now this is
al established fact. Most growers who under
stand their business not at all proud OF their
samples. Even IN Eastern Washington, where it
is warmer and there are few o, no vermin To
contend with, the samples do not receive the
bids which the samples from Oregon do upon
the London market. VIVA. IS the reason Is il
unavoidable, or is II due to carelessness and
negligence in the cultivation. determination of
vermin, maturing and curing? Most samples
examined this fall have been OF Il green color.
slightly tiuged with black in some cases, due TO
the presence o. veCUin. or in other cases with
yellow, which is the beginning OF the color
most markets like, and especially the London
market As to soiidity. most samples are SO
hard that there is no give" 20 them at all.
These hop samples do not receive bids YET,
unless at the lowest prices. Two fine SAMPLES
considering the unfavorabie year, were noticed,
and they were yellow in color ana tinget with
green. but OF q clear color and very springy and
light These hops were sod in the LONDON
market among the iirst and received the highest
price while for the hard green samples no bids
have been received and probably will not be
until the better grades are exhausted.
IN Puyallup. why can there not
be more produced that will sell
readily and for the highest price on the london
market? IL has been comparatively easy In
years gone by 10 turn out good sample. after
the maturing. curing, etc. was learned, but the
presence Of the vcrmiG has changed every thing.
and Just so much greater care aud skill must be
used IL the determination of the vermin De
cause good samples cannot be turned out in
which there arc verfGiu. Most growers 90 not
leave tie hops long enough 10 mature. one
grower who considers himself 81 EXPERT failed
IN tLis respeeL J. Fernandez, who doubtless
sGceeede. the best with bis yard OF any grower
IN the state. IS going II 90 bctte, ~ X year By
Improving IL GaaIY ways. one Of which Is 10 be-
gin earlier 10 spray. MI Fernandez seams par
tcula-.y fortunate IN dealing wi;a his ard, for
lie ct nothing interfere with thorough wo.k, as
rnsnv others ala. lie had s small yar1. which IS
much more easily dealt with than large ore,
- Il can be inspected more closely and gone
over mare quickly aad cEesply.
Dr Ramsey bought the crop. about twenty
tons. OF the Joe Gige- place AZ Mcmillan, AZ 81
oents Per pound. They were choice. Mrs
stoekand' hops have been shipped, By consign-