USDA ACCESSION NO.: 21113

SELECTION: Originally obtained from Zatec, Czechoslovakia (probably

a Saazer type), reselected in Poland

GENUS: Humulus

SPECIES: lupulus

CULTIVAR: Lubelska (sometimes also called Lubelski)

PEDIGREE: Unknown, probably similar to Saazer (USDA 21077)

PRIMARY SITE: USDA World Hop Cultivar Collection, OSU East Farm

ORIGIN: Pulawy, Poland (via Zatec, Czechoslovakia)

DATE RECEIVED: Spring 1976

METHOD RECEIVED: Rhizomes

AVAILABILITY: No restrictions, commercial variety

REFERENCES: Wagner, T. 1978. Gene Pools of Hop Countries, Zalec, Yugoslavia, Institute for Hop Research, p. 55.

Strausz, David A. The hop industry of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. 1969. Washington State Univ. Press, pp. 122-151.

MATURITY: Early

LEAF COLOR: Medium dark green

SEX: Female

DISEASES: Downy Mildew: moderately resistant

Verticillium wilt: unknown (probably tolerant)

Viruses: heavily infected with several hop

viruses, notably Prunus necrotic ring spot).

VIGOR: Poor

YIELD: Low (300-700 lbs/acre near Corvallis, probably somewhat higher in Poland)

SIDE ARM LENGTH: 24-36 inches

ALPHA ACIDS: 12.6% (10 year range: 8.9 to 15.2)

BETA ACIDS: 5.3% (10 year range: 3.9 to 6.9)

COHUMULONE: 33-36%

STORAGE STABILITY: fair

OIL: 1.69 ml/100 g (10 year range: 0.82 to 2.32)

MAJOR TRAITS: Compact cone type, excellent machine picking, high alpha acids content, poor climber (frequent slipdown, particularly in windy weather, and therefore difficult to grow). Resistant to downy mildew.

OTHER INFORMATION: Major English hop variety, high alpha acids content. Not grown commercially in the United States; limited acreage grown in Germany (101 hectares in 1997).