Next up, Golding or Goldings

[YeastWhisperer]

Is it "Golding" or "Goldings?" I have always said "Goldings" because I know that the name refers to a family of cultivars. However, I never say Fuggles.

[Eadweard]

Both are in common use! It was Mr Golding's hop originally so perhaps "Golding's", though that would confuse things even further.

[jaroporter]

one golding, two goldings..

[Eadweard]

I've just looked at Parkers 'The Hop Industy'' (1934) and he uses all three!

"The principal varieties which were grown, at least in Kent and Sussex by the mid-century, were five - the Goldings, Canterbury, Grapes, Jone's and Colegate's. The Golding is undoubtedly the finest... Canterbury hops resemble Golding's but are 'not so thick or so strong a hop when dried, but equally fine if not more so in flavour'..."

[YeastWhisperer]

That's interesting because U.S. Golding is actually Canterbury Golding, which would make it Canterbury? Chinook was bred from a cultivar known as Petham Golding. However, I have never encountered that cultivar name outside of a USDA publication. I do not know if the cultivar was ever grown in the U.S., but Late Grape is part of Newport's lineage.

[Eadweard]

It's hard to get your head round what's going on with the various Golding clones. I've put a lot of stuff on my blog about it, e.g. : http://edsbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/g ... dings.html

[scuppeteer]

Late Grape?

I've got a couple of White grape bines in my garden, only first year so hopefully will get some sort of harvest this year.