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.