USDA ACCESSION NO.: 21078
SELECTION: Seedling selection made in Belgium prior to 1970
GENUS: Humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Record
PEDIGREE: Northern Brewer x Saazer-OP
PRIMARY SITE: USDA World Hop Cultivar Collection, OSU East Farm, Location 21:9-12
ORIGIN: Belgium
DATE RECEIVED: 1974
METHOD RECEIVED: Rhizomes from Ing. E. Deprettere, Ministry of Agriculture, Iper, Belgium
AVAILABILITY: No restrictions, commercial variety
REFERENCES: USDA Annual Reports beginning in 1975
MATURITY: Early
LEAF COLOR: Medium green
SEX: Female
DISEASES: Downy Mildew: moderately resistant
Verticillium wilt: unknown
Viruses: infected with Prunus Necrotic Ringspot virus, hop mosaic and hop
latent virus.
VIGOR: Medium to good
YIELD: Low, about 1200 lbs/acre
SIDEARM LENGTH: 10-15 inches
ALPHA ACIDS: 8.9% (10-year range 7-12%)
BETA ACIDS: 6.6% (10-year range 4-8%)
COHUMULONE: 27%
STORAGE STABILITY: Fair, 58% remaining after 6 months room temperature storage
OIL: 1.82 ml/100 g (10-year average)
MAJOR TRAITS: Aroma similar to Northern Brewer (USDA 64107), pleasant European aroma characteristics, H/C ratio 3.0, myrcene below 50%, humulene 26-28%
OTHER INFORMATION: Medium small compact cones, naturally seedless even when grown in the presence of fertile diploid males, chromosome number: diploid 2n-20; grown commercially in Belgium and Germany.