The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-25
sN0QUALMIE VALLEY HOPS.
The Yield Disappointing unsprayed
Fields Scarcely worth Picking.


TOR. Sept. 4.-fSpecial. The CORE
spondent of the Posr-ISrELLIeESeER took
tour through the hop fields of this dis
trict last week and gathered the following
information regarding the seasons crop.
Short interviews were had with most of
the growers personally, in other cases
with field foremen. and their expressions
are summed up as follows:
Mr.. John Curry said: my crop looked
well until recently; was q heavy crop. but
has Diackened rapidly; have only got 5ii
boxes, less than third of the crop had it
kept good until picked
James Harris said: "Hops looked we'll
and were good crop; would have had q
large yield but for black mold. which act
in about the 18Th. and In few days the
crop was all spoiled. Ihave only gathered
about one-iourth of the field"
Mr.. Joseph Essency said: III have six
teen acres. but have picked only q little
over 400 boxes, less than one-third of the
crop. The balance is all spoiled with lice
and mold"
Vincent d Wilkinson said: "We had a
large crop, and all looked well until Lately,
but they have gone rapidly, and We Sc
cured only about halt OF our crop. The
remainder are all blackened."
Georgs w. Shaw said: II picked only
about $50 boxes off my field of seven
acres, less than half what 1 should have
had. but hops were spoiled"
Henry Sargent said: II went through
my field and picked the best, getting about
ninety boxes of good hops The rest are
left standing on the poles, too black to
touch. Not more than one-third were
good"
OF J. n. Lynch's hops about one-haIf
are still good but blackening quite rapidly,
and unless picked quickly not more than
one-third will be worth saving.
Mr.. G. III. Tucker said: "My hops are
very good. The crop is not over heavy.
but keeping better than most fields.
will finish picking in few days and will
save about three-fourths of my crop. Ny
Geld was well sprayed, better than many
others, which accounts for the hops hold
ing out SO much batter. / have seven
acres, and VIII get almost 600 boxes"
The EntwisIle ranch. owned by Jerome
Cstlin and managed by L. Crawford, was
the last visited. The field foreman, J. NJ.
Paul. stated that fully three-fourths of the
crop would be saved and be very good
article. There is very little damage from
lice or mould. except around the outsides
of the field. The body of the field is al
most all good. "Why are your hops so
much better than those of others?" was
asked. 'Simply because they were well
sprayed while growing" was the reply.
Hops can be saved If enough time and
expense are taken TO keep well sprayed. {"
Summing up the crop of the valley. ii is
safe 10 say that not more than one-third
of the entire crop has been or will be
picked, the other two-thirds being entirely
spoiled by lice and black mould 1t may
be said that the great loss Is due to the fact
that owing to the depression in the mar
ket. raisers did not feel justified in going
TO the expense of spraying, many only
giving one hight spray. and some not even
that
Joseph Prenatt has allowed his field to
so untouched, and states that with the
present outlook he did not think it worth
picking. although about one-half of his
crop could have been saved.