History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . ill be a male on each corner. Strange as it may seem, the practicedeye of the hop-grower can determine the male from the female roots. Thevines do not produce much until the second year, and continue vigorousfor a period of about ten years. The usual yield is from one thousand totwo thousand pounds per year, averaging about fifteen hundred. Whenthey are growing poles about ten feet high are placed in the ground besideeach root, and these are often connected by small rope
History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . ill be a male on each corner. Strange as it may seem, the practicedeye of the hop-grower can determine the male from the female roots. Thevines do not produce much until the second year, and continue vigorousfor a period of about ten years. The usual yield is from one thousand totwo thousand pounds per year, averaging about fifteen hundred. Whenthey are growing poles about ten feet high are placed in the ground besideeach root, and these are often connected by small ropes, so that when thevines are full grown they often form a complete shade for the the time for picking the hops arrives, which is usuully in the monthof August, the vines are clipped near the ground, and the hops stripped fromthem and carefully placed in large baskets. They are then taken to thedrying-house, where they are placed in shallow trays and subjected to theheat of a furnace for about twelve hours. They are then pressed into baleswhich weigh about two hundred pounds each, and are then ready for mar-. (^ ^^t^ GE^fERAL HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT. 249 keting. The hops grown in the Russian River valley are considered of anextra quality, and the prices realized by the producer ranges from twenty-five to fifty cents per pound, and it will thus be seen that an average yieldat the lowest price mentioned will realize to the grower $ an acre, andif he should happen to get the greatest yield and the highest price at thesame time, he would realize the handsome sum of $1, per acre. F. Long, of Sanel township, was the first man to grow hops in Mendocinocounty, and he brought his first roots from Sacramento. A recent number of the Scientific American gives a new process for cur-ing hops, and local growers will be interested. The method consists insprinkling the hops with alcohol prior to packing, and then pressing themtightly into air-tight vessels. In t
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