You may want to start by reading: Growing hops from seed, Hop Breeding (2014)

The seedling grew rapidly in their first year. 18 plants produced significant amount of hops by the end of August. For comparison purposes I decided to pick, sort, and catalog all the cones at once. No doubt this means that some were picked too early, and others too late. The wet/dry weight percentile should help to calculate an optimal picking time for each variety.

Keep in mind that these are young plants, many with seeded cones. This means that the cone size, shape, yield and bitterness is only an indication of what a mature plant might produce. This will help us decide which plants to cull and which to keep.

• Full breeding data spreadsheet
• Hop lineage family tree

Note: You can click on each picture to see a version with the horizontal profile included.

NHB006

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas02)
• Cone size: 1.47 – 2.1″
• Yield: 11.8 (wet oz), 4.7 (dry oz)
• Notes: Torpedo shaped cones.
  
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB010

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas06)
• Cone size: 1.45 – 1.48″
• Yield: 9.3 (wet oz), 3.5 (dry oz)
• Notes: Cones are a very consistent size.
  
• Continue: No
  

NHB011

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas07)
• Cone size: 1.25 – 1.6″
• Yield: 3.4 (wet oz), 1.1 (dry oz)
• Continue: No
  

NHB012

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas08)
• Cone size: 1.59 – 2.33″
• Yield: 12.5 (wet oz), 4.9 (dry oz)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB013

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas09)
• Cone size: 1.6 – 1.78″
• Yield: 6.8 (wet oz), 2.5 (dry oz)
• Continue: No
  

NHB014

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas10)
• Cone size: 1.59 – 1.86 “
• Yield: 7.2 (wet oz), 2.7 (dry oz)
• Continue: No

NHB015

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas11)
• Cone size: 2.06 – 2.23″
• Yield: 10.6 (wet oz), 3.3 (dry oz)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB016

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas12)
• Cone size: 1.42 – 1.92″
• Yield: 13.9 (wet oz), 4.4 (dry oz)
• Continue: No
  

NHB018

• Cross: Magnum x Cascade (MxCas14)
• Cone size: 1.98 – 2.34″
• Yield: 11.5 (wet oz), 4.3 (dry oz)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB019

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin01)
• Cone size: 1.54 – 2.00″
• Yield: 3.4 (wet oz), 1.0 (dry oz)
• Notes: Threw male flowers near the end of the season.
• Continue: No
  

NHB020

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin02)
• Cone size: 1.13 – 1.57″
• Yield: 1.7 (wet oz), 0.5 (dry oz)
• Continue: No
  

NHB021

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin03)
• Cone size: 1.93 – 2.47″
• Yield: 7.9 (wet oz), 2.1 (dry oz)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB022

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin04)
• Cone size: 1.3 – 1.39″
• Yield: 4.1 (wet oz), 1.0 (dry oz)
• Continue: No
  

NHB023

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin05)
• Cone size: 1.50 – 2.04″
• Yield: 6.8 (wet oz), 1.9 (dry oz)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB024

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin06)
• Cone size: 1.48 – 1.7″
• Yield: 6.6 (wet oz), 1.7 (dry)
• Continue: No
  

NHB025

• Cross: Magnum x Chinook (MxChin07)
• Cone size: 1.47 – 1.67″
• Yield: 39.0 (wet oz), 10.1 (dry)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB027

• Cross: Open Pollinated Cascade (OpxCas01)
• Cone size: 1.67 – 1.99″
• Yield: 15.9 (wet oz), 5.4 (dry oz)
• Continue: Yes
  

NHB028

• Cross: Open Pollinated Cascade (OpxCas02)
• Cone size: 0.85 – 0.92″
• Yield: 0.4 (wet oz), 0.1 (dry)
• Continue: No