USDA ACCESSION No.: 21669
SELECTION: no specific information available
GENUS: Humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Eastwell Golding
PEDIGREE: clonal selection made about 1889 in Kent, England
PRIMARY SITE: USDA/OSU hop research farm, Corvlalis, OR
ORIGIN: England
DATE RECEIVED: spring 1992
METHOD RECEIVED: rhizomes, obtained from English Hop Products Ltd, Kent, England
AVAILBILITY: no restrictions
REFERENCES: Burgess, 1964. Hops. Interscience Publishers, New York and London
USDA/ARS Annual Report on Hop Research 1992 and later years.
MATURITY: medioum late
LEAF COLOR: light green
SEX: female
DISEASES: Downy mildew: moderatly susceptible
Powdery mildew: no information
Verticillium wilt: tolerant
Viruses: no information
VIGOR: fair to good
YIELD: fair to poor
SIDE ARM LENGTH: 12 - 20 inches
ALPHA ACIDS: 6 %
BETA ACIDS: 3 %
COHUMULONE: 30%
STORAGE STABILITY: good, retained about 70% of its original alpha acids after 6 months storage at room temperature
OIL: 1.50 ml/ 100 g. Humulene 25%; caryophyllene 8 %; farnesene trace; myrcene 50%; H/C ratio = 3.20
MAJOR TRAITS: pleasant aroma characteristics similar to other Golding type hops
OTHER INFORMATION: This hop is one of many Goldings and appears to be especially similar to the old Petham Golding. The Petham Golding in our USDA collection (USDA Acession Number 68052) according to Dr. R.A. Neve, however, is different from the Petham Golding he knew in England. (personal communication about mid-1970s).