Hoto: Sabbin Motueka Hop Cones

cikin wannan kusancin kusa, Motueka hop mazugi an bayyana shi a cikin dukkan rikitattun dabi'unsa, cikakkiyar haɗin kai na kyawun tsirrai da amfanin noma. Hoton yana mamaye mazugi guda ɗaya wanda aka buɗe a hankali, shimfidarsa na kariya suna barewa don fallasa zuciyar zinariyar da ke ciki - glandan lupulin. Waɗannan sifofi masu ƙyalƙyali, masu ƙyalƙyali kamar ƙananan gungu na amber jewels, su ne ɓoyayyun tafki na ɗanɗano da ƙamshi, waɗanda ke ɗauke da mahimman mai da alpha acid waɗanda ke sanya Motueka ɗaya daga cikin nau'ikan hop mafi shahara a New Zealand. Bambance-bambancen da ke tsakanin santsi, kyalli na gland da matte, rubutun takarda na koren bracts da ke kewaye da su yana nuna duality na mazugi: siffa mai laushi, amma mai ƙarfi da manufa. Lokaci ne da ke jin kusan kusanci, kamar dai hop ya bayyana sirrin sa ga mai kallo, yana ba da hangen nesa kan sinadarai da ke canza kayan shuka zuwa ma'anar giya.

Cones da ke kewaye, har yanzu suna da ƙarfi, suna ba da ma'anar ci gaba da mahallin. Ƙwayoyin su masu ɗorewa suna lulluɓe a cikin kyakkyawan raɓa ko raɓa, suna kama mai laushi, haske mai dumi da sheki kamar mai rai. Wannan danshi yana nuna sabo, yana haifar da saurin girbi, lokacin da hops ya kasance mafi ƙamshi da ƙarfi. Kowane mazugi ya ɗan bambanta-wasu mai zagaye, wasu ƙarin elongated-duk da haka duk an haɗa su ta hanyar ƙirar jumhuriyar maimaita iri ɗaya, ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun yanayi waɗanda ke nuna madaidaicin yanayi wajen kera waɗannan mahimman abubuwan. Mazugi suna jingina a hankali ga junansu, sifofi iri iri kuma suna tsaka-tsaki a hanyar da ke isar da yalwa ba tare da tari ba.

tsakiyar ƙasa, hoton yana faɗaɗa waje, yana bayyana yanayin da ba a sani ba na hop bines suna hawan dogayen tudu. Waɗannan layukan tsaye suna zana ido zuwa sama, suna ba da shawarar duka girma da tsari, yanayin da aka noma inda yanayi da ƙirar ɗan adam ke haɗuwa. Hatsarin bango yana sassauta ginshiƙan ɗorewa zuwa sifofi masu ƙima, yana barin mazugi na gaba don ɗaukar kaifin daki-daki da nauyin ma'ana. Wannan zurfin zurfafawa yana haifar da ma'anar nutsewa: mai kallo ba wai kawai yana kallon hops bane amma yana tsaye a cikinsu, yana kusa da jin kamshin hasken citrus ɗinsu, ƙasƙanci na ƙasa, da raɗaɗin wurare masu zafi.

Wasan haske yana da ban sha'awa musamman. Dumi-dumi da zinari, yana tacewa a cikin mazugi a cikin hanyar da ke jin duka biyun na halitta da kuma girmamawa, yana haskaka laushi yayin da yake mamaye wurin da haske mai zurfi. Hasken da alama yana ba da shawarar ɗanɗanon da ke cikin: zest na lemun tsami, daɗaɗɗen ciyawa da aka yanke, da ɗanɗano mai laushi na ganye, da bayanin kula na sha'awa ko 'ya'yan itacen dutse. Kamar dai abubuwan da ake gani suna aiki don fassara ƙamshi zuwa hoto, suna ba mai kallo ba kawai wani abu don gani ba amma wani abu don tunanin ɗanɗano da ƙanshi.

Motueka hops sun daɗe suna da daraja saboda iyawarsu, masu iya haskakawa a cikin nau'ikan giya na gargajiya da na gwaji. Wannan hoton yana ba da wannan suna ba ta hanyar fayyace fayyace ba amma ta yanayi. Buɗaɗɗen mazugi tare da lupulin mai haske yana nuna alamar wahayi da yuwuwar, yayin da mazugi da bines kewaye suna magana akan al'ada da ci gaba. Tare, suna haifar da labari na ganowa: daga filin da ake renon hops, zuwa girbi mai kyau, zuwa tukunyar burodi inda mai su ke shiga cikin tsummoki, kuma a karshe a cikin gilashin da masu shayarwa suke jin dadi.

Ƙarshe, abun da ke ciki ya ɗauki fiye da kyawun jiki na Motueka hops. Yana bayyana ainihin su a matsayin gada tsakanin ƙasa da sana'a, tsakanin noma da fasaha. Ƙunƙarar da raɓar da aka yi da raɓa, glandan zinare, ƙwanƙolin ƙulle-ƙulle-duk suna aiki tare don tunatar da mu cewa waɗannan mazugi sun fi amfanin gona. Kalmomi ne masu rai na wuri, yanayi, da al'ada, suna ɗauke da halayen shimfidar wurare na New Zealand da hazakar masu shayarwa waɗanda ke fitar da ɗanɗanonsu. Hoton nan take a kimiyance ne kuma na waka, yana nuna mana duka ilimin halittar lupulin da soyayyar sha'awa, kuma a yin haka, yana girmama babban matsayin Motueka hops wajen tsara giyar da ke zaburar da sha'awa a duniya.

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