USDA ACCESSION NO.: 61019

SELECTION: Clonal selection from the English Fuggle (USDA 19209) in Yugoslavia at the turn of the century

GENUS: Humulus

SPECIES: lupulus

CULTIVAR: Yugoslavia Golding (a misnomer; this hop is different from the English "Golding")

PEDIGREE: Clonal selection of Fuggle

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

ORIGIN: Clonal selection

DATE RECEIVED: 1961 under PI No. 250809 from Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

METHOD RECEIVED: Rhizomes

AVAILABILITY: No restrictions, commercial variety

REFERENCES: Various USDA Annual Reports of Hop Investigations starting in 1962

MATURITY: Early

LEAF COLOR: Dark green

SEX: Female

DISEASES: Downy Mildew: resistant

Verticillium Wilt: moderately susceptible

Viruses: unknown

VIGOR: Good early in the season, poor later in the season

YIELD: Low, 900 1200 lbs/acre

SIDE ARM LENGTH: 12 20 inches

ALPHA ACIDS: 5.5% (9 year range 3.7 6.9%)

BETA ACIDS: 2.9% (9 year range 2.1 3.7%)

COHUMULONE: 27%

STORAGE STABILITY: Very good (retains 73% of original alpha acids after 6 months room temperature storage)

OIL: 0.9 ml/100 g (9 year range 0.6 1.5 ml/100 g)

MAJOR TRAITS: Resistant to Downy Mildew, European aroma characteris­tics, very similar to Fuggle from which it was developed.

OTHER INFORMATION: Susceptible to Downy Mildew under Yugoslavia conditions, especially during flowering time. Grown primarily in the Savinja Valley in Slovenia (northern Yugoslavia), exported from Yugoslavia to many coun­tries around the world. Probably identical to Savinja Golding (USDA 61020).