The record-union., 1899-08-24
Hop Crops
in England.


The following reports on the growth
of hops in the English plantations for
the week ending Wednesday, August .,
1899, are furnished by The kentlsh
Observer" of Canterbury, Kent, and
presented with the compliments OF M.
H. burst, of AZ Effra Road, Brlxton,
5. W., London, resident agent IN Eng
land for the burst Bear River hops OF
Yuba County, California. These re-
ports are furnished gratuitously, and
in the hope that they will be OF service
in keeping the growers advised Of the
crop prospects abroad.
The hop crop has arrived at a stage
when we may reasonably make cal
culation of the probable result Our
reports for several weeks past will
have prepared our readers for the ex-
pectation of a large crop, and now that
it is in sight we feel perfectly justified
in predicting q larger production in
proportion to the acreage than there
has been since 1895. The way in which
the bine has developed since midsum-
mer day has been truly wonderful, and
now there are either hops or burr on
the lateral branches from the top of
the poles and strings to the bottom. It
is rarely that the bine has been so
fruitful, and never have we known it
to be so sound and healthy. There is
an entire absence of anything that can
be described as even approaching aphis
blight in fact, there has been practi-
cally nothing to wash for at any time,
although a few growers have given
their bine spraying. It is years since
so little washing has been done, be-
cause it has been unnecessary. Seldom,
too, has there been such a slight at
tack of mold, with the result that
very little sulphur has been applied to
the bine. Altogether, the season has
been a record one, and unless some
thing quite unforeseen should happen
we think the crop will be a record one
too, both in point of bulk and quality.
ashford District)
The hops continue to thrive, and look
in capital condition. The burr is
healthy and plentiful, and in some
cases it is being turned into hops at a
rapid pace by the forcing weather A
bunch of well-developed Bramlings
was shown on the market on Tuesday,
and the earlier kinds grown around
Smarden are still more forward. The
use of the sulphurator has just been
commenced in several gardens, main
" as a preventive and for the purpose
Of keeping the growing hops fresh and
healthy, and not because of any dan
gerous attack of mold. There is a lit
tie mold in places, it is true, but it
is a very little, and it does not threat
en- to be at all serious at present,
though one can never tell what is going
to happen, of course.
(Boughton and Neighborhood)
Progress is fully maintained, and the
laterals are vigorous. The burr is
healthy, and young hops on the Early
Whites are rapidly maturing. The
picking must be early Very little YER
min, and many grounds have not been
washed.
bridge and Neighborhood)
Hop growers prospects of a good
crop We're probably at this stage of
growth, never better and looking at
the short supply on hand, and the re-
duced acreage, the price of the grow
ing crop should not be very low
Canterbury Parishes.)
The rain on Saturday evening greatly
freshened up the bine in the gardens
in and around Canterbury, and has
considerably assisted the development
of the burr On the early sorts the
hops are getting a large size, and with
a continuance Of this grand weather
the picking must be early The famous
Stuppington plantations are looking
wonderfully we'll; the bine is laden with
young hops and burr, and looks like