ESSA Y No. 33.

Of the land proper for Hop ground,
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Of the land proper for Hop ground


Plants in general send their roots deeper and
further in search of nourishment, than is COM
monty thought none more than hops. For this
reason, in preparing land for them, if the upper
part be a great deal better than what is under it,
the work must be done in the way of trenchng,
and the fine part of the soil buried undermost.
When the land is over nlAIst, it must be laid up
in high ridges, to be well drained. And when it
has been thus managed at first, it must be kept
in the same condition, by keeping the drains OPP
on and clear. Clayey soils to be avoided and
there are two others as bad these are the gray
ely and rocky In neither Of these, hops will
ever answer, but in any other theym be rais-
ed and if the worst kinds be planted on the
more Indifferent lands, and the finer reserved for
the best, with due care they never will fail
Hops exhaust land extremely They may be
planted after almost any other growth but no
other will thrive after them, except trees, which
root deeper and spread farther than they. When
the farmer has laid his plan for hop ground, let
him plant it at the time with apple and
cherry trees. These want little nourishnlent
while young therefore the hops will very we'll
stand twelve years with advantage. At the end
of that period the right practice is to make new
hop ground IN another place. By this time the
cherry tree will bear They will continue inn
proving every year, for some time, and will last
very well five and twenty years; at the end Of
this time, they may be cut down, and the apple
will be then in fine order.