The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-08-03
LATE HOP NEWS.
reports Of The Growth Of Hops Ia The English
Plantations.


Canterbury, Kent, and presented with the com
pliments of NJ. II. burst, of AZ, EGfa Road
Brlxton, s. W London, resident agent in
Eneland for the burst Bear River Hops, OF
YuDa County, California.
Ashford. The change to warmer
weather is all in favour of the hops, but
there are many gardens in which the
bine cannot possibly produce more than
hall crop whatever the weather may
be. There has been fresh arrival
Of fly in the district since Sunday, and
there are considerable deposits of lice on
the bines as result of the earlier
visitation which could not be properly
dealt with by washing owing TO the
unfavorable weather at the time. The
prospects cannot be considered good for
the time of year in any respect,
Boughton and Neighborhood The
laterals are looking vigorous and the
bine good color. Washingis continued,
vermin being abundant.
Bridge and Observation-Disclosures no
washing has been done, or where there
has been only one washing, there is
much vermin, and where they have been
thoroughly done, there is some. In the
latter case tho bine is looking fairly
healthy, but not in the former ones.
Chilham.-The hops have not done
much the last few days the weather
having been too cold. There is fresh fly
TO be found also mould at places.
Chilham and Charthan. The bine
has grown during the last week. Mould
is on the increase, and hops unwashed
are very bad.
Harbledown-The bine makes progress
where fairly clean. Lice still hang
about even where washing has been per-
sistently attended to. Honey dew is
showing in even the cleanest grounds.
Fly not so numerous, and mould seems
checked. The bine at places is still
slack.
Hernhill-The bine looks very we'll
where II has been well washed, other.
wise they are looking black and shining
very much with honeydew. In these
grounds the vermin increases fast and
there is tendency to mould.
Pelham and District.-The hops that
have been thoroughly washed ale now
doing we'll. Those that have been neg
lected in some grounds are in very de-
plorable state with vermin aud mould.
Sturry-Hops in this district are fairly
we'll off for bine for the year, but are
suffering frem a very severe attack of
vermin. Cultivation generally good. A
little mould is to be found.
Thanet-The hops are mostly short Of
bine excepting here and there piece,
They are full Of fly and lice and washing
is going on everywhere, but the fly con-
tinues to make its appearance. Ger
tainly the foliage does not look as it
should do, it is too dark in color and no
brightness about it, and unless q sudden |
and great improvement takes place but
very short crop will be grown, Warm
suns and higher temperature at night
are much required.
Wingham-The blnes are still infested
with aphis, but under the genial weather
OF today (Tuesday,) and drier grounds
to get the washers at work, shall hope
soon to see an improvement. There
cannot any way be anything like the
growth Of last year, and it looks at pres
ent like growing about half Of last year.
Woodenesboroug - The bine has
grown where it has been well washed
but the vermin still comes fresh, and it
seems almost impossible 10 clean them.
Washing will have to be continued in
some gardens.
Canterbury. Prospects have continu-
ID to improve, and the bine has develop
ID very rapidly, the great heat being
Just what il needed. Most Of the grounds
have been washed, but there is still some
germin at places. Mould has entirely
disappeared. (
Rainham and MISUNDERSTANDING
IT'LL being carried on in many grounds,
.hough most Of the vermin has been got
i'd of. Under the influence of the hot
weather the bine has increased m yigour.
SHIELD wich, Faversham.-Bine increas'
ng, lice decreasing, mould absent,
weather right.
Wye and Boughton Aluph.-There
ire some very poor pieces of hops in
hese parishes, the blight having fairly
mastered them. At the same time there
ire some good. At present the crop