HOP
PICKING
IN
THE OAST
Working on the Oast Veranda
In
the foreground pokes of hops are being stacked ready for drying.
These pokes have either come from a picking machine or hand
pickers in the hop garden.
In the background on the right hand side, the bagging operation for the
adjoining picking machine can be seen.. The picking machine
is
the building in the background with the semi-circular roof and the hops
are brought up on a conveyor belt to be put into pokes. On
the
veranda rail empty pokes can be seen ready to put on to the bagging
machine.