WAC 16-354-090. Hop planting stock grades and standards

(1) Grades for hop clones which inherently produce slips or rhizomes and/or layered stem cuttings of small caliper shall be determined by a committee appointed by the Washington hop commission. (2) Washington No. 1 shall consist of hop slips or rhizomes and/or layered stem cuttings of one strain, not less than five inches in length and not less than five-sixteenths inch in diameter and containing at least one visible bud, crowns not less than six inches in length and not less than three-fourths inch in diameter, with one or more visible buds which are: (a) Fairly fresh. (b) Firm. (c) Moist. (d) Fairly clean. (e) Free from damage caused by: (i) Mold. (ii) Freezing injury. (iii) Broken or mutilated planting stock. (iv) Crown gall. (v) Black rot.