Isithombe: I-Hop Cones Still Life

Njengoba ihlelwe ngokunakekela ngamabomu futhi ikhanyiswa ukukhanya okufudumele, okungokwemvelo, le mpilo esekhona ithwebula kokubili ubuhle kanye nokusebenziseka kwesinye sezithako ezidume kakhulu zokuphisa: amahops. Ngaphambili, iqoqo lezigaxa eziluhlaza, eziqhakazile, lizungezwe iziqu ezinamahlamvu, ama-bract awo agqinsile anqwabelene njengezikali ezincane kuphayini. Ukugoqa ngakunye kufihla izindlala zegolide ze-lupulin ngaphakathi, inqolobane yamafutha abalulekile nezinsalela ezinikeza ukubaba, iphunga, nokuba yinkimbinkimbi okubaluleke kakhulu kubhiya. Ama-cones abonakala egcwele futhi akheke kahle, okuphakamisa ukuvuthwa okuphezulu futhi kuvusa ubusha besivuno sasekupheleni kwehlobo. Umbala wazo—oluhlaza okotshani—ubonakala ukhazimula endaweni engemuva emnyama, ewubumba, udonsela ukunaka kombukeli ngokushesha ebungqamuzaneni besitshalo esiphilayo.

Ngemuva kwawo, okwenza umehluko owenziwe ngamabomu, kuhlezi iqoqo lama-hop cones omisiwe, ama-bract awo agoqelwe ngaphakathi futhi ahlanganiswe nemithunzi yegolide ne-russet ejulile. Lawa ama-East Kent Golding hops, uhlobo lwesiNgisi olunembali olubambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuphuzweni kotshwala kwendabuko amakhulu eminyaka. Uphawu oluncane luyazikhomba, luboleka ilungiselelo kokubili ikhwalithi yemfundo neyokugcina umlando, njengokungathi isigameko singase sibe sesifundo sesayensi yezitshalo noma encwadini yesandla yabaphisi botshwala. Amahops omisiwe, anokwakheka kwawo okuyiphepha namathoni athulisiwe, awameleli nje isigaba esihlukile somjikelezo wokuphila wesitshalo kodwa futhi nesigaba esihlukile ekusetshenzisweni kwaso. Nakuba izigaxa ezintsha zifanekisela amandla, ezomisiwe zibonisa ukulungela, zilondolozwe ngokucophelela ukuze ziphuzwe futhi zaziswa ngenxa yokungaguquguquki kwazo, ubuqili nokungaphelelwa yisikhathi.

Indawo yokhuni ngaphansi kwama-hops, i-weathered kanye ne-texture, ithuthukisa isimo se-rustic sokubunjwa. Iphakamisa imvelaphi yobuciko bokwenza utshwala, izithombe ezivusa amadlingozi zezingodo zokhuni, izindawo zokungcebeleka, kanye nesineke esithule sabalimi bendabuko be-hop. Izithunzi ezithambile ezenziwe ukukhanya zigqamisa imininingwane yekhoni ngayinye, kusukela ezinqenqemeni ezithambile zama-bracts kuya ekubenyezeleni okucashile kwe-lupulin elunguza. Umehluko phakathi kokuluhlaza okuphilayo negolide elomisiwe kudala inkhulumomphendvulwano ebonakalayo: enye ihlanganisa ukukhula namandla, enye ukuvuthwa nokulondolozwa. Bebonke baxoxa indaba yama-hops njengomkhiqizo wezolimo kanye nesithako sotshwala, okusikhumbuza ngemijikelezo yemvelo kanye nobuhlakani bomuntu obusetshenziswa ukuwasebenzisa.

Ingqikithi yokuqamba ibhalansisa ubuciko nokusebenza, kufana nokuzenzela utshwala. Ngokugqamisa ama-hops ase-East Kent Golding ngokuqondile, isithombe sidonsela ukunaka ukubaluleka kwawo komlando. Idume ngomlingiswa wayo osemhlabeni, oqhakazile, futhi onezinongo, i-East Kent Goldings sekuyisikhathi eside iyitshe lesisekelo lama-ales, bitters, kanye nabathwali be-English, abaziswa ngekhono labo lokudlulisela ubunkimbinkimbi ngaphandle kokuqeda ulwanga. Ukufakwa kwabo lapha kusebenza kokubili njengenkokhiso nesifundo, okukhumbuza umbukeli ngethonya elijulile izinhlobonhlobo zama-hops ezingaba nalo ekunambithekeni namasiko kabhiya.

Lokhu kuphila okusekhona kungaphezu kocwaningo lwesayensi yezitshalo; kuwukuzindla ngoguquko. Ama-cones amasha aluhlaza, agcwele amandla angasetshenzisiwe, kanye nalawo omisiwe osagolide, alungiselwe isandla somshini wokuphuza utshwala, afanekisela uhambo lwama-hops ukusuka ensimini kuya eketela. Ukhuni lwe-rustic nokukhanya okufudumele kugcizelela umoya wobuciko wokwenza isiphuzo, kuyilapho ukuhlela ngokucophelela kumema ababukeli ukuthi bajabulele ama-hops hhayi nje njengesithako kodwa njengomlingiswa oyinhloko endabeni kabhiya engaphelelwa isikhathi.

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