More Wild Hops Found

Another stash of wild hops were found in the area. Unfortunately these hops have lots of male plants growing around them and ended up being seeded last year - but they had a good pungent aroma. I will attempt to make some beer from these if no one beats me to the harvest.

Photos taken 7/26/08

The three following pictures look like the male hop bines growing over the rest of the vegetation.

The rest are pictures of female hops in burr stage - ranging from beginning of burring to near the end where bracts are starting to form the basis of hop cones.

This last one is a closeup of one of the most developed burrs. You can see the bracts of the future hop cone just starting to develop.