Tinged with Gold

Today hop growing remains a viable commercial enterprise only in parts of the far western United States-notably in Washington. But, as James Fenimore Cooper remembered, the mid-nineteenth century in Cooperstown, New York, was a time when "e;the 'hop was king,' and the whole countryside was one great hop yard, and beautiful"e;.In Tinged with Gold, Michael A. TomIan explores all aspects of hop cultu...