The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-04

| variety found most desirable for cult
| walton in this State is the true T.. c.
| Cluster. 1t reaches the highest per-
| lection here and has in it largely more
! of the elements which give value to
the hop than when it is grown in New
| York or in any of the Pacific Coast
| States This variety, grown in North
| Carolina, is richest in lupulm and the
strongest of all American hops, and
it's aroma is pronounced equal to that
of the Bohemian, which is the best
| hop grown in Europe and one that
sells in this country and England for
more than double the price paid for
New York or Western hops. 1t pays
best to grow the best. As the intelli-
gent North Carolina farmer comes to
realize that he can grow the best hops,
and consequently, can command the
highest price for his product, it is not
likely he will fail to reach out for some
of the profits certain to be reaped by
those who rightly take hold on and
prosecute this new and remuneratiye
branch of farming
North Carolina Seedless Cluster
Hops are the finest hops grown in this
country, and any farmer in a section
where the conditions are favorable can
grow them. If he is unable or does not
wish at first TO plant an acreage suffi-
cient to Justify him in the erection Of
curing-house or kiln, he will find the
factors of safety and success by CO.
operating with other planters in his
| neighborhood. Hop Growers Assocla-
tons, cooperative and others, are
found in every hop growing region,
h.at- csI, n
of special value at the outset; that is,
where few farmers, each desiring to
plant but a small acreage at first,
unite in building the necessary curing
house and employing an experienced
man to prepare their first crops for
market and teach the process as it
goes on in the kiln. BY so doing, each
planter. whatever his acreage, is en-
abled to produce a marketable crop at
the lowest cost and to acquire full
knowledge of the business at the same
time. Many sections in the west have
been speedily developed into prosper
GUS hop regions by the work OF such
cooperative associations, the indiyid-
ual members of which were mostly
small planters at the start.
There are sections in North Caro-
lima well adapted to hop growing that
can he as speedily and protitably de
veloped if the farmers and land own
ers, i'm whose interest this industry is
sought to be established, vii take hold
of the matter with view to business.
Much of the preliminary work has al
ready been done. and farmers living
in counties on and near the Seaboard
Airline, by ayailing themselves Of
the facilities now provided, can engage
in the business of hop growing with
out delay and with the smallest eX-
penditure possible.
Select roots of the best variety for
cultivation are now being supplied at
cost land delivered free of freight at
stations on the Seaboard Air-Line) 10
parties who will plant them, cultivate
the vines and handle the first crop IN
accordance with the directions given.
Contracts will be made for all the hops
grown on these roots for one, two or
more years as suits the grower, and
the highest price will be paid for them
each season at the place where grown
and cured"