Show for the deseret news A treatise oil on the present state of horticulture ti in utah i BT BY E sate SAVE sayers savers US horticulturist no 9 THE HOP GARDEN CONTINUED VISITING comfy in the he afternoon commences the regular visiting of the hop garden first comes the young squire on his prancing pony to pay bib bia respects to the planters wife and anti family and more par 0 to o pretty fanny the eldest daughter whilst pay paying I 1 ng this rural salutation polly primrose one of tle the prettiest lasses of the company picks of two nice bunches of hops and while the tb you young gritl gentleman eman is agreeably engaged in converse with fanny gently rubs his shoes over with one bunch and in a very nice manner present presents 3 the other to his this is called wiping of shoes 1 and the young voting gentle gentie gentleman marx maik generally pays half a crown faithe tor for the good of the garden for the compliment when ladies visit the garden this compliment is often paid by the men young and old according in to the age of the visitor and the custom is continued throughout that tho season with the greatest propriety and good feeling r to almost every visitor of the hop garden during the hopping which is about five or six weeks every day brings visitors of every description who mingle with lively interest in going from one family to another picking hops i in a earnest for the benefit of the pickers candies gingerbread and other little articles are brought here for sale which is purchased by viel viti tors and generously distributed to the tha children of the garden during the season contributions are often made for ale bread and cheese etc for the good of the company when all join to partake in the most jovial and rustic manner CLOSING contributions at the end of or the season contributions are ara made for new hats for the tha ta tallyman lyman iyman and pole pullers bullers pul lers with silk handkerchiefs and gay ribbons these hats are thus dressed off and suspended upon poes poles in tho air to designate the last day of hopping which ends with rustic songs often accompanied compa nied with the musical notes of some nel nei neighboring 9 h blind fiddler and thus ends the merry season of hopping incidental reflections in writ writing in 1 the above article I 1 have taken up more space than I 1 at first anticipated in the most simple manner I 1 have merely designed to show how much horticulture and rural economy can bo be combined with domestic happiness and the real comforts of life it will be a happy state of our present exis existence tenca when al all can blend together in unison peace and good will in cultivating the choice productions of the earth and partaking of the fruits thereof providence placed the first man in the garden gardea of eden to dress and keep it in a state of cultivation no thorns horns or thistles whistles es grew there but everything was in a high eta state 0 of p perfection e faction and prim primitive t ive iye simplicity horti horticulture ceil e or gardening is not nothing h ing more than the cultivation of the vegetable k kingdom ngi it ii 11 not confined to the culture of a f few v choice fruits and lowers flowers in the gardens of the rich and opulent the tha hopping season in england ia is greeted by rich and poor when it comes cornea it brings together all classes of people who blend more together than in any other season for the especial benefit of all what is work to the poor is a recreation to the he rich and a healthy one too for there is 13 nothing more conducive to beaith health than picking hops which is often recommended to invalids DRYING OR manufacturing tun THE heps haps the hopa hope are dried on oi an oust built expressly for the purpose which consists of a brick building about 50 or GO 60 feet long and ani 30 wide the for drying which is generally about eighteen feet squar square ia is partitioned off at one end this thia I 1 quare square 1 partition is and plastered to the r roof oot the under part is for the two furnaces furn farn acea which are built on the opposite sides in the tha walls walla on the ground floor they the consist of grates for the burning of charcoal for drying the hops on the floor above about 12 feet from the furnace this is called the ho oust or drying room over oper the second floor joice are laid crosswise strips or laths baths two inches square about three inches apart and these are covered with a strong hair cloth to lay the green hops hope on for drying QUANTITY FOR DRYING one bushel of green hops hope to the square foot toot ii u the usual quantity laid on for drying and twelve hours is the time required to dry or manufacture the green hops ane drying is continued night ni and day hence one casting as it is called is laid on at noon doon which comes off about 12 at night when iha tha evening picking Z is laid on to come efrat off at noon the next daa the hops are dried simply by applying fira heat leal of charcoal cliar cilar coal which gives n no 0 smoke that would di discolor and spoil the hop hops when they hey are partially dry at the bottom next to 0 the cloth f the dryer turns them hem over levels down the bed and continues the bed until they are ara perfectly dry when the hops hope are thrown out into the next noor floor or loft chero hev hey they remain a day or two la tok cool before belore bagga g for the he market hor nor the hops are packed in pockets and bags the pockets are made of fine cloth and contain about ibs lbs of hops of the first picking for fine aies alea the hags bags are made of coarse cloth of hemp and contain about ibs lbs lb of hops hope of the late picking fully hipe ripe genei genel generally ally aily called brown bags balsand and manufactured principally for the london porter brewers norg nora IN utah uvall we hate have two wo or three varieties of or native hops hop rowing growing in the kenyons one ono variety very similar to the white grape which is well worth cultivating there would however be an objection to using long poles in in c consequence on a equen sequence ce of hi high i gh winds but hops may be cultivated by the sides of ditches and will answer a good purpose for covering arbors and might be brought into use as an ornament about dwellings to answer the purpose of enlivening the scenery of the country besides being of use for many domestic purposes the same manner of culture may be applied in this territory as in englard as regards cutting working around the hills etc hilling at the regular meeting of the american institute farmers club june 27 1859 1839 mr solon robinson said it is about the worst vorst practice that ever prevailed to hill up anything mr wm amr R prince fully corroborated the above assertion adding that the practice originated in the damp soil and climate of En england giandi glands where it was necessary to lift the plants above the level right eight spinach has been greatly improved by prevent inythe ing the tho plant from going to seed and preserving it over winter the leaves acquiring 0 enormous size and weight I 1 A rose eose is grafted r acted on a peach tree iree at pendle ton S C and the tree being in full bloom is said saia to present a beautiful appearance |