Brewing and Botanical
HOPS IN THEIR BOTANICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECT, AND AS AN ARTICLE OF COMMERCE. By Emmanuel Gross, Professor at the Higher Agricultural College, Tetschen-Liebwerd. Translated from the German. Seventy-eight Illustrations. 340 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
HISTORY OF THE HOP — THE HOP PLANT — Introductory — The Roots — The Stem — and Leaves — Inflorescence and Flower: Inflorescence and Flower of the Male Hop; Inflorescence and Flower of the Female Hop — The Fruit and its Glandular Structure: The Fruit and Seed — Propagation and Selection of the Hop — Varieties of the Hop: (a) Red Hops; (b) Green Hops; (c) Pale Green Hops — Classification according to the Period of Ripening: Early August Hops; Medium Early Hops; Late Hops — Injuries to Growth — Leaves Turning Yellow, Summer or Sunbrand, Cones Dropping Off, Honey Dew, Damage from Wind, Hail and Rain; Vegetable Enemies of the Hop: Animal Enemies of the Hop — Beneficial Insects on Hops — CULTIVATION — The Requirements of the Hop in Respect of Climate, Soil and Situation: Climate; Soil; Situation — Selection of Variety and Cuttings — Planting a Hop Garden: Drainage; Preparing the Ground; Marking-out for Planting; Planting; Cultivation and Cropping of the Hop Garden in the First Year — Work to be Performed Annually in the Hop Garden: Working the Ground; Cutting; The Non-cutting System; The Proper Performance of the Operation of Cutting: Method of Cutting: Close Cutting, Ordinary Cutting, The Long Cut, The Topping Cut; Proper Season for Cutting: Autumn Cutting, Spring Cutting; Manuring; Training the Hop Plant: Poled Gardens, Frame Training; Principal Types of Frames; Pruning, Cropping, Topping, and Leaf Stripping the Hop Plant; Picking, Drying and Bagging — Principal and Subsidiary Utilisation of Hops and Hop Gardens — Life of a Hop Garden; Subsequent Cropping — Cost of Production, Yield and Selling Prices.
Preservation and Storage — Physical and Chemical Structure of the Hop Cone — Judging the Value of Hops.
Statistics of Production — The Hop Trade — Index.