The record-union., 1899-07-27

has not been so favorable a season
in all respects for many years past.
Mailing, East and West)
The early varieties are showing burr.
The bine is strong and of good color.
Vermin appear to be increasing.
Petham. South and Waltham.)
Hops still doing we'll. Vermin not
increasing. I am thankful to say that
we escaped the hailstorm.
(Petham valley)
The bine looks very healthy and Wig
orous. Laterals are shooting out
strongly; no vermin to cause anxiety.
Rainham and Newington.)
Everything is still going on well in
these parishes, and big crop is con-
fidently anticipated. Cultivation was
never more forward.
Rochester and Chatham Districts.)
Prospects in these districts could not
well be brighter. The bine is strong
and luxurious, and has very few in
sects- The weather during the past
week has been good hop growing
weather
(Sturry.)
The hops continue to make good
progress in this district There is, gem
orally speaking, fair run of bine, and
there is no increase in the vermin dur
ing the week.
(Tonbridge and District)
The bine received a good cleansing
in the middle of last week from
thunderstorm, and since then with
warm, bright weather, it has made
great progress. There is now scarcely
any vermin, and no washing is neces-
sary. Present indications are for a
large crop.
CWingham)
The hops have not improved much
this week. What with the extraordi-
nary thunderstorm of hail and rain last
Thursday and wet and coiE weather
since the ground is saturated, cold,
and unkindly, and will take some time
before it is in a workable condition.
Here and there a small leaf with few
lice; no mould as yet.
(Woodnesborough)
The hops have greatly benefited by
the showers al the past week. Fly and
lice are to be found, but not in sufti.
cient quantity to cause any anxiety
yet.
(Wye and Boughton Aluph)
there are plenty of lice and fly. The
early varieties are coming into burr.
CYalding, Marden, etc.
All the grounds here are well bined,
and the laterals are thick and robust.
Lice being rather on the increase,
good many growers are washing, but
others do not consider it necessary to
do anything in that way at present.
A little mould can be found, but there
has rarely been less.
Hants.)
Hawkley-Hops have made very lit
tie progress during the last week, the
low temperature and sunless days with
cold clustering winds having checked
the growth, and put quite a different
appearance on the bine. The young
shoots have turned yellow in addition
to broken heads, crippled arms and
battered leaves Some exposed gardens
to the northwest are much Knocked
about, and will take several days OF
genial weather to make another start.
The good effect of the copious rains
we have had will be greatly neutralized
by the unreasonable temperature
should it continue for any length of
time.
(Surrey.)
OXted-We have had hot sultry
weather for the last week, without
much sunshine, accompanied with fog
in the early mornings, which may have
an injurious effect on the hops later
on.
(Sussex.)
Reports to hand from the principal
marshes of fhiS county all apraa in
stating that great benefit has occurred
bine having grown very fast and
thrown out strong side shoots. Ver-
min, however, shows a tendency to in
crease, and the low temperature. espe
cially at night, is causing spots of
mould to appear on the larger leaves.
There has been q little washing done
at places, but, generally speaking, there
is not enough aphis to wash for, and
since the heavy showers the bine has
cleared itself almost entirely. What
is feared now is mould, of which there
are already indications, especially this
week, the temperature having been dis
tinctly favorable to the development of
that most dreaded disease of the hop
plant. Most growers are getting their
sulphurators ready, and, indeed, some
have already used them. Otherwise,
the prospects are very fair indeed, ev-
erything pointing to a full average
crop, the question of quality being, Of
course, a matter that depends solely
on the sort of climatic conditions that
may prevail later on. In the majority
of Sussex plantations, our correspond
ents note, there is a decided advance
this season in the matter cultivation,
the grounds being treated in a much
improved manner.
CWorcester.)
No hops weighed at the public scales
here last week and trade keeps exceed
ingly quiet, but values show no altera-
ton for the few Worcesters left on
hand. In the plantations the bine con-
| tinues to make rapid growth and the
side shoots are we'll out across the
rows. The appearance of the plant
leaves nothing to be desired in the wen
farmed grounds, and even those pieces
which suffered severely from flea are
now making fair progress. There is
still some vermin in most grounds and
some washing is being done to prevent
the blight getting into the burr, which
| will soon be making its appearance
j. H. Meredith & Co., Worcester, July
| 10th.
Andrew White and Mark Twain.
A new story of Andrew ]. White, EN-
bassador to Berlin, and Mark Twain
has just reached this side. The humor-
lists aversion to the German language is
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