The record-union., 1899-06-28
HOP OUTLOOK IN ENGLAND.
IN SOME LOCALITIES CROPS
DOING WELL. !.
In Others They Are Backward-No
Alteration In Values

The foiloN1ng reportslfom. the growth
of hops i9 the Englist1 plantations for
the week ending Wednesday, June Ia.
1899, are furnished by THE Kentish
Observer" of Canterbury, Kent, and
presented with the compliments of M.
Fl. burst Of AZ Extra Road, Brixton, S.
W., London, resident agent in England
for the burst Bear River Hops of Yuba
County, Cal. These reports are fur
nished gratuitously, and in the hope
that they will be of service in keep
ing the growers advised Of the crop
prospects abroad
Rethersden.)
The bine is growing away nicely and
leaving the tyers in !. the rear, the
warmth and Calm causing the heads to
keep we'll to the poles without assist
ance. Wireworm has damaged the
plants, but they are now growing away
from the pest.
(BiddendenL)
The hops in this parish have i'm
proved during the week, but the cooler
weather has given them a yellow tinge.
A good warm shower would do Won
ders. Vermin on the increase but not
serious at present. Cultivation much
better
(Boughton Aluph.)
Growth is rapid, and the bine keeps
clean and looks healthy. There. are a
few fly, but nothing worth speaking of.
The bine is little under the normal
position for the time of year. but the
forcing weather will help it ON. and
it is rapidly leaving the tyers behind.
(Pn1y0hfnr \
The bine has advanced so rapidly
that men are requisitioned to assist the
tyers. The improvement is very decid-
ed. Fly is prevalent, and washing will
be imperative.
Bridge and NeighborhoodD
The hop bine has made great growth
during the week and is now good
color.
(Benenden Weald)
The return Of cold winds, with low
night temperature, is not doing the bine
any good. Growth still goes on, but
the color is not what we should like
to see. Vermin can hardly be said to
exist up to the present
(Cransbrook Weald.)
The bine has made good progress, and
looks very healthy, but much warmer
weather is required, and rain would be
very beneficial. Fly and lice are pres
emit, but not to serious extent.
Canterbury Parishes.)
The bine has not grown quite so fast
during the past week on account of the
lower. temperature and the cold nights.
The foliage too has lost color to some
extent. At the same time everybody
who is competent to speak on the SUBJ
ject is ready to acknowledge that the
the bine is exceptionally vigorous and
promising, and that the slight checks
it has received once or twice through
ungenial weather have been an advan-
tage rather than otherwise. There is
a much better run of bine this season
than there was last, and up to the pres
ent it has not been troubled by fly,
though a few may be found here and
there.
(Chilham)
The hops are doing fairly well consid-
ering the great change in the weather
from heat to very cold nights. There
is some fly to be seen and some grow
ers have, hear, begun washing.
(Chilham and Chartham)
The bine has grown very much dur
ing the last week. sTyers are kept very
busy. Not much fly to be found at
present. Cultivation. fair.
CFeversham-)
Hops in this district have grown very
fast since hot weather set in. although
there is still lot to make up. as they
started so late.
(Headcorn Weald.)
Hops doing well, notwithstanding the
cold northeasterly wind. Rain is need
ed.
(Horsmonden.)
Owing to the ungenial weather of the
last few days the bine has lost color,
and is not growing so fast as it did.
"A little Yermin at places.
(Hamstre
The bine in this district is backward,
but it has just made a start, which may
result in good progress being made be-
fore the picking season The acreage
has been reduced of late years in this
clayey district.
Qckham and Wickham.)
The bine has grown tremendously
during the last few days and generally
looks very we'll. Even the bines which
now off and grow very quickly. lit
tie fly may be found. Cultivation good
Gittlebourne and Bekesbourne.)
There is very little fresh to report
this week. The plants are making good
steady progress. and are keeping prac-
tically clear of fly. The lower tempera-
ture that set in on Thursday has slight
ly affected the color of the foliage, but
few days of warm weather. will put
that right. 1 consider hop prospects
generally in East Kent particularly
good this season.
(Marden.)
The bine is not doing, much this week
the temperature being too low, espe-
cially at night There is more vermin
than there was last week, and some
growers are thinking of resorting to
washing.
(Bainham and Newington.)
Prospects keep very promising in
these parishes, the bine retaining its
healthy appearance despite the cold
Winds The attack of vermin is so very
slight, that hardly any notice is taken
of it.
Dorchester and District)
The lower temperature that has been
experienced since the middle of last
week has caused the bine to look sick
ly and given a slight check to the
growth. return of genial weather,
with few penetrating showers, wotld
no doubt remedy this. Prospects on
the whole are very fair in this district,
much having been done in the way of
cultivation.
(Sittingbourne.)
The hop plants in this district are
looking very we'll, and with favorable