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.