USDA ACCESSION No.: 21703
SELECTION: seedling selection Nr. 77-60 made by Dr. Ron Beatson hop breeder, New Zealand
GENUS: Humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Southern Cross
PEDIGREE: Tetraploid SmoothCone (USDA 66056) x dipl. N.Z. male Nr. 53-5-61
PRIMARY SITE: USDA/ARS Hop Research Farm, Corvallis, OR.
ORIGIN: Riwaka Research Station, RD 3, Motueka, New Zealand
DATE RECEIVED: spring 1994
METHOD RECEIVED: rhizomes
AVAILBILITY: no restrictions
REFERENCES: Annual Report for Hop Research USDA/ARS, 1994 and later Years
Beatson, R.A. Annual Reports on Hop Research, New Zealand, starting about late 1980s
MATURITY: late
LEAF COLOR: dark green
SEX: female
DISEASES: no information available
VIGOR: very good
YIELD: reportedly very high in New Zealand, 10 - 11 bales/acre
SIDE ARM LENGTH: 20 - 40 inches
ALPHA ACIDS: 13 - 14 % in New Zealand
BETA ACIDS: 6 - 7 % in New Zealand
COHUMULONE: 28%
STORAGE STABILITY: very good to excellent
OIL: Humulene 14%; caryophyllene 4%; farnesene 5%; myrcene 58%
MAJOR TRAITS: excellent yield and alpha acids potential
OTHER INFORMATION: This hop is a triploid, 2 n = 30 and naturally seedless.