The journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. . Fig. 2.—Berksaire Sow : Also a well-knowu Fig. 1.—a good Hop Set (right), Hop Cutting (left).Note 3 Shoots and Fibrous Koots on the Set. 1922.] Cultivation of the Hor Crop. 891 CULTIVATION OF THE HOP CROP. I. Arthur Amos, ,School of Agriculture, Cambridge. No British crop requires so much skill in cultivation nor somuch technical and scientific knowledge on the part of the groweras the hop; each stage of the management will, therefore, repaythe beginner who devotes to it endless observation and study. Selection of Site.—The first
The journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. . Fig. 2.—Berksaire Sow : Also a well-knowu Fig. 1.—a good Hop Set (right), Hop Cutting (left).Note 3 Shoots and Fibrous Koots on the Set. 1922.] Cultivation of the Hor Crop. 891 CULTIVATION OF THE HOP CROP. I. Arthur Amos, ,School of Agriculture, Cambridge. No British crop requires so much skill in cultivation nor somuch technical and scientific knowledge on the part of the groweras the hop; each stage of the management will, therefore, repaythe beginner who devotes to it endless observation and study. Selection of Site.—The first problem is the selection of thesite. Hop growing is carried out in w^ell-defined areas, probablynot so much by reason of the exacting nature of the hop plantfor soil and meteorological conditions, important as these maybe, as the fact that the hop requires very specialised skill andknowledge both on the part of the grower and also on the part ofthe labourers; beginners will therefore be well advised to startoperations within or close to a hop district. The site should possess a reasonably lev
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