. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. -i i Vi Fig. 572. Hop. ^, Staminate or male flower cluster and individual. Pig. 573. Hop. Pistillate flowers in clusters or catkins, and an indi- vidual flower. New York), after which short compound lateral branches are thrown out from the axils of the leaves, on which the flowers appear and the plant ceases to "; Botanically, the hop is closely related to hemp an
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. -i i Vi Fig. 572. Hop. ^, Staminate or male flower cluster and individual. Pig. 573. Hop. Pistillate flowers in clusters or catkins, and an indi- vidual flower. New York), after which short compound lateral branches are thrown out from the axils of the leaves, on which the flowers appear and the plant ceases to "; Botanically, the hop is closely related to hemp and is included in the great nettle family. Geographical distribution. There are few plants that are more widely grown than the hop. It is native in Europe and is reported from practically every European country and from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tas- mania and other countries. In the United States, where it has been an important crop in certain sections for at least a century, its commercial pro- duction is limited to four states, in the order named: Oregon, California, New York and Washington, although at times it has been grown in Wisconsin, Michigan and Vermont. The relative importance of the crop in New York seems to be on the decline while it is increasing in the West, owing to the better climatic conditions and cheaper methods of production. The wild form of the plant, which dif- fers considerably from the cultivated hop, although easily recognizable, is found along certain alluvial creek-bottoms of the northeastern United States. The United States Department of Agriculture makes no official estimate of production, but by the best obtainable statistics, in the five years ending with 1905, the total production of the United States has ranged between 39,000,000 and 51,000,000 pounds. In the same series of years about 20 per cent of the crop has been exported. The United States returns less than one-fifth of the world's total production. Culture. Soils.—The hop seems
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