| DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY. 397

confine my remarks, in this division of my work.

. The HOP DISTRICT of East Kent may be said to reach, from Sittingbourn to Sandwich; the ENVIRONS OF CANTERBURY being the center and heart of the District. The culture, in this part, extends, on every side of the town, to the feet of the hills that overlook it; and into the VALLEY or Har- BLEDOWN, which is cut off, by a ridge of hill, from the immediate environs of Can- terbury. East and west of this main body,

ae| the hop grounds are thinly scattered, in de-

tached and distant plots.

TPe ay The SPECIES, or varieties, grown in the caver DisTRIcT OF CANTERBURY, are Chiefly two. ‘in The common‘“ WHITE BINE, or what, in ulture West Kent, is called the Canterbury hop; ae and the“ RED BINE, or“ FLEMISH HOP.” za| The former is the best in quality; the latter 05, more hardy and productive; being léss ob- the= noxious to the attack of the numerous ene- Fp mies, to which this species of produce is wh peculiarly liable. In 1795, the white bines ‘yl| were almost wholly cut off, except under .| particular circumstances; while the red

ze pe aed——— ve SS Le Was=

= wins all- ae- ore Beth Ose Se RS IO a is REIN NE acy git FS aca Ee Nag AN a al SA RE