Isithombe: I-East Kent Golding Hops nobhiya

Lesi sithombe sibonisa umgubho onemininingwane eminingi yamahops ase-East Kent Golding, angagcini nje ngobuhle bawo bemvelo kodwa nokuguqulwa kwawo abe yisithako esidumile emhlabeni ophuzwayo. Ngaphambili, iqoqo elikhulu lamakhoni e-hop asanda kuvunwa ahlelwe endaweni yokhuni, imibala yawo eluhlaza egqamile ekhazimula ngaphansi kokufudumala okuthambile kokukhanya kwelanga okungokwemvelo. Amakhoni, agcwele futhi akheke kahle, abonisa ama-bract anengqimba amboza i-lupulin eyigugu ngaphakathi, avusa kokubili ukuthungwa kwawo okuthintekayo namandla okuphunga. Amaqabunga ambalwa omisiwe, ansundu ngokusagolide, ahlakazekile eduze, eqinisa ngobuqili umjikelezo wemvelo wokukhula nokuvuna okwenza la mahops aphile. Umdlalo wokukhanya nesithunzi phezu kwamakhoni ugqamisa ubumnandi bawo bephepha, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo udlulisa umuzwa wokuqina, isikhumbuzo sokubaluleka kwawo okuhlala njalo emasikweni okuphisa.

Ngemuva kwale ndawo engaphambili evundile, kumi izitsha zikabhiya eziningi ngokuziqhenya—amabhodlela amabili nhlangothi zombili zethini elibhalwe ngokugqamile nelinye ibhodlela lengilazi eluhlaza. Umkhumbi ngamunye unophawu oluhlukile olugxile egameni elidumile lase-East Kent Golding, okugcizelela isithunzi nedumela lawa ma-hops ekukhiqizeni utshwala basekhaya nakwamanye amazwe. Imiklamo iyahlukahluka, kodwa yonke ihlanganiswe ukuvusa isiko nekhwalithi. I-can, nengemuva layo eliphuzi eligqamile kanye nomfanekiso we-hop onesitayela, ikhanyisa ukukhanga kobuciko besimanje, isibonakaliso sokufinyeleleka nokuqamba okusha. Ngokuphambene, amabhodlela amnyama aphethe amalebula endabuko amaningi, imibala yawo ethulisiwe kanye ne-typography yakudala ekhuluma nefa, ukuqhubeka, kanye nokuhlonipha umlando. Ndawonye, lezi ziqukathi azikhulumi nje indaba yokuhlukahluka kwesitayela kodwa futhi nokuguquguquka kwe-East Kent Goldings ngokwazo—ama-hop akwazi ukuboleka uhlamvu lwawo olucashile lwezimbali, olusemhlabeni, noluju ezinhlobonhlobo zezitayela zikabhiya.

Ingemuva, elifiphele kancane, linikeza umuzwa wendawo osekela konke ukwakheka. Indawo yasemaphandleni egelezayo ifinyelela ebangeni, ekhanyiselwe ngokusagolide, nombono wamasimu we-hop kanye nepulazi eliphakanyiswa ngobumnene kunokuba lichazwe ngokucacile. Lokhu kufiphala komkhathizwe kungaphezu kwengemuva—kuvusa i-Kentish terroir osekungamakhulu eminyaka ilolonge i-East Kent Golding hop. Umhlabathi ovundile, isimo sezulu esipholile, kanye nezizukulwane zokutshala ngokucophelela ndawonye kugcwalise le zinhlobonhlobo ze-hop ngephrofayili ehlukile futhi ehlonishwayo. Ngokumisa amabhodlela namakhoni ngokumelene nalesi silungiselelo somfundisi, isithombe sivala igebe phakathi kwezwe nengilazi, sikhumbuza umbukeli ukuthi konke ukuphuzwa kukabhiya okufakwe i-Goldings ngaphakathi kwawo kuhambisana nengqikithi yalo mhlaba oyingqayizivele.

Ukwakheka sekukonke kudlulisa isimo sobuqiniso nenhlonipho. Akuyona nje impilo esekhona kodwa isifanekiso esilandisayo, esilandelela uhambo lwe-East Kent Goldings ukusuka emvinini kuya kwesinye. Amahophu angaphambili aphakamisa ukushesha nobusha, njengokungathi akhishwe ezikhathini ezedlule emgqonyeni. Amabhodlela namathini endaweni emaphakathi ahumusha lawo mandla aluhlaza abe umkhiqizo oqediwe, isimemo sokunambitha kanye nokuzwa ubunkimbinkimbi obunengqimba be-hop. Izwe elingemuva, ngakolunye uhlangothi, lihlinzeka ngomongo kanye nokuqhubeka, kugxilise yonke indaba endaweni yayo yendabuko.

Lokhu kuhlangana kwesithako semvelo, umkhiqizo owenziwe ngobuciko, nomhlaba olinywayo nakho kubamba umongo ombaxambili wokuphisa: kokubili kuwumkhuba wezolimo kanye nowobuciko. Ama-hop aqala njengama-cones athobekile ku-bine, kodwa ngokuphatha ngokucophelela, ukwenza isiphuzo esinekhono, kanye nokuhlonipha isiko, avela njengabanikeli abakhulu bobhiya abajatshulelwa emhlabeni wonke. Ekugqamiseni i-East Kent Goldings ngokuqondile, isithombe sigcizelela isimo sazo njengenye yezinhlobo ze-hop zaseBrithani ezigqama kakhulu—i-hop eye yakha umlingiswa wama-ales esiNgisi amakhulu eminyaka futhi isaqhubeka nokukhuthaza abaphisi botshwala besimanje namuhla.

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