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able quality, But becauſe in the outſkirts ſuch grow, and in ſituations where no hops ought to be planted, are all the hops growing 1n the heart of the county to be con- demned for it, and included in a general cenſure, and only the ſpot where Mr. Boys 1s a very ſmall grower}, hops are to be found that are good? Is there not a fimi-| lar difference in the guality of Eaſt Kent hops? TI am well aware that Farnham, in Surrey, may be urged as an inſtance againft the Kent hops being equal to any, on account of the very ſuperior prices they ſell at. But until the conſumers generally become judges of IM the quality of hops, I do not admit the price at market | y of particular growth to determine the quality, Perhaps the quality of no article is ſo little known by the conſu- |

mer as that of hops. The colour being a clear bright

k green, or the nearer it approaches to it, and their being 14 clear of the large green leaves and ftrigs, which are apt id to drop in while picking the hops, together with a

handſomely ornamented thin covering of cloth, are the criterions for a good price at a country market,‘and par- ticularly for the conſumption of the weſtern counties,

A Farnham hops principally are ſold for very high

N 0: PRICES! RDA Now, my opinion of the quality that hops ought to UA poſſeß, are theſe: 1. They ought to be ripe before they

are gathered; and in getting ſo, they paſs from a green to a rich yellow colour.- 2dly. They ought to grow on a ſoil that, inſtead of enlarging the fize of the hop and ârig, grows them full of farina(provincially, con- dition). gdly. They ought to be very thoroughly, but ſlowly dried, and then be packed for market in the

thickeſt covering that can be found, as that preſerves

Editor.

has about twenty acres,