Narrative
SELECTION: Seedling selection made by Dr. T. Wagner at the Hop Research Institute Zalec, Slovenia, in the mid-1970's GENUS: Humulus SPECIES: lupulus CULTIVAR: Buket PEDIGREE: (Northern Brewer x Yugoslavian male 2/137) x male TG PRIMARY SITE: USDA-ARS World Hop Cultivar Collection, Corvallis, Oregon, OSU East Farm ORIGIN: Seedling Selection DATE RECEIVED: April 3, 1980 METHOD RECEIVED: Rhizomes AVAILABILITY: No restrictions, commercial cultivar REFERENCES: USDA-ARS Annual Report of Hop Investigations for 1980, pp. 41, 43. Kralj, D., and Tone Wagner. New Slovene hop cultivars, Blisk, Bobek, and Buket. Institute for Hop and Brewing Research, Zalec, 1980 (mimeographed report). Kralj, D. Hop Breeding in Slovenia (in German). Report presented at the Scientific Commission, IHB, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1984. J. Kisgeci, A. Mijavek, M. Acimovic, P. Spevak, and N. Vucic. 1984. Hmeljarstvo. pp. 126-138. Inst. za Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, Novi Sad. MATURITY: Medium to medium early LEAF COLOR: Dark green SEX: Female DISEASES: Downy Mildew: resistant to moderately resistant Verticillium wilt: resistant Viruses: unknown VIGOR: Fair YIELD: Fair to good; 10-year average 1060 lbs/acre (range 800 to 1800 lbs/acre) SIDEARM LENGTH: 6-20 inches ALPHA ACIDS: 11.0% (10-year range 8.7 to 13.5%) BETA ACIDS: 4.9 (10-year range 4.2 to 6.3%) COHUMULONE: 24%; colupulone 48% STORAGE STABILITY: Fair (retained 53% of original alpha acids after 6 months at room temperature OIL: 2.15 ml/100 g (10-year range 1.0 to 2.9 ml/100 g); H/C - 2.91; humulene = 17.1; contains some farnesene MAJOR TRAITS: Pleasant; aroma similar to established European aroma hops. OTHER INFORMATION: This hop was developed as an aroma hop but it has failed to be accepted by the trade thus far. No significant acreage of Buket is in commercial production to this date (1997).