USDA ACCESSION NO.: 21240:
SELECTION: Seedling selection made by Dr. T. Wagner at the Hop Research Institute Zalec, Slovenia, in the mid-1970's
GENUS: Humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Buket
PEDIGREE: (Northern Brewer x Yugoslavian male 2/137) x male TG
PRIMARY SITE: USDA-ARS World Hop Cultivar Collection, Corvallis, Oregon, OSU East Farm
ORIGIN: Seedling Selection
DATE RECEIVED: April 3, 1980
METHOD RECEIVED: Rhizomes
AVAILABILITY: No restrictions, commercial cultivar
REFERENCES: USDA-ARS Annual Report of Hop Investigations for 1980, pp. 41, 43.
Kralj, D., and Tone Wagner. New Slovene hop cultivars, Blisk, Bobek, and Buket. Institute for Hop and Brewing Research, Zalec, 1980 (mimeographed report).
Kralj, D. Hop Breeding in Slovenia (in German). Report presented at the Scientific Commission, IHB, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1984.
J. Kisgeci, A. Mijavek, M. Acimovic, P. Spevak, and N. Vucic. 1984. Hmeljarstvo. pp. 126-138. Inst. za Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, Novi Sad.
MATURITY: Medium to medium early
LEAF COLOR: Dark green
SEX: Female
DISEASES: Downy Mildew: resistant to moderately resistant
Verticillium wilt: resistant
Viruses: unknown
VIGOR: Fair
YIELD: Fair to good; 10-year average 1060 lbs/acre (range 800 to 1800 lbs/acre)
SIDEARM LENGTH: 6-20 inches
ALPHA ACIDS: 11.0% (10-year range 8.7 to 13.5%)
BETA ACIDS: 4.9 (10-year range 4.2 to 6.3%)
COHUMULONE: 24%; colupulone 48%
STORAGE STABILITY: Fair (retained 53% of original alpha acids after 6 months at room temperature
OIL: 2.15 ml/100 g (10-year range 1.0 to 2.9 ml/100 g); H/C - 2.91; humulene = 17.1; contains some farnesene
MAJOR TRAITS: Pleasant; aroma similar to established European aroma hops.
OTHER INFORMATION: This hop was developed as an aroma hop but it has failed to be accepted by the trade thus far. No significant acreage of Buket is in commercial production to this date (1997).