Early growth the first year
Midsummer growth
Cascade hops about half size
Not quite ready
First year yield
Closer to harvest
Same vine, different leaf pattern
Top of the wire
Two hills of Cascade
Two hills, too many vines
Several hops cones
Midsummer growth, Goldings
Second year growth, Goldings
Goldings leaves
Hops in the dehydrator
Total yield the first year
Hops not yet dried
Total Cascade harvest 2004
Just picked, before drying
2004 harvest ready to be dried
The new supports
Bow in the wire from the weight
Most cones grow higher up
Another cluster of cones
Fewer cones lower down
Stronger supports needed!
Cascade grows well in Ohio
2005 crop was 2-3 pounds
2005 hops had a sweet aroma