USDA ACCESSION No.: 21674
SELECTION: no information released
GENUS: humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Spalter Select
PEDIGREE: German Sel. 76/18/80 x German Sel. 71/16/07
PRIMARY SITE: OSU/ USDA hop yard, East Farm, Corvallis, OR.
ORIGIN: German Institute for Hop Research, Huell, Germany
DATE RECEIVED: spring 1992
METHOD RECEIVED: rhizomes
AVAILBILITY: no restrictions
REFERENCES: USDA/ARS Annual Report for Hop Research 1992 and following years.
MATURITY: medium to medium early
LEAF COLOR: medium green
SEX: female
DISEASES: downy mildew: resistant
Powdery mildew: moderately resistant
Verticillium wilt: resistant
Viruses: Free of all major hop viruses when received
VIGOR: fair to good
YIELD: fair to good
SIDE ARM LENGTH: 12 to 20 inches
ALPHA ACIDS: 4 to 6%
BETA ACIDS: 4 to 5 %
COHUMULONE: 22 to 24%
STORAGE STABILITY: fair to good
OIL: 0.8 to 1.3 ml/100 g; myrcene 56%; humulene 7-10%; caryophyllene 3-4%; farnesene 10 - 13% H/C ratio = 2.49
MAJOR TRAITS: very fine continental aroma similar to Spalter hop (USDA 21186)
OTHER INFORMATION: Imported to the US by Anheuser Busch as replacement of Spalter and Tettnanger hops.