The Hop - Its Culture And Cure Marketing And Manufacture. A Practical Handbook On The Most Approved Methods In Growing, Harvesting, Curing And Selling HopPaperback, 4 March 2009

This text is a practical handbook on the most approved methods in growing, harvesting, curing, and selling hops, also including information on the manufacture of hops. Complete with easy-to-digest, practical information and a plethora of detailed illustrations, this antique text contains much in the way of relevant information for the modern reader and will be of considerable value for those with an interest in hops and hop culture. The chapters of this book include: 'Origin and Spread of Hop Culture', 'Peculiarities of the Industry', 'Characteristics of the Plant', 'Composition of the Hop Plant and its Fruit', 'The Climate and Soil for Hops', 'Feeding the Hop Plant', 'Laying out a Hop Yard', 'Planting and Culture', 'Pests of the Hope', etcetera. Many antique texts such as this are increasingly costly and hard to find, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing this book here complete with a new introduction on agriculture and agronomy.