Isithombe: I-Hop Plant eNtabeni Hood

Isithombe sithwebula isigcawu senala enokuthula nobuhle bemvelo obumangalisayo, lapho ukutshala nogwadule kuhlangana ngaphandle komthungo ngaphansi kobuhle obuphakeme be-Mount Hood. Ngaphambili, isitshalo se-hop esincane kodwa esinamandla siyachuma ekugoneni okufudumele kwelanga lantambama. Izintambo zayo eziqinile zigoqeka kahle emisebeni ye-trellis yokhuni elula, iphethini yemvelo yokukhula evunguzayo enikeza umuzwa wobuhle nobungqabavu. Amaqabunga abanzi, aqhakazile, futhi akhiwe ngokucebile, unqenqema ngalunye oluyisiyingi lukhanyiswa ukukhanya okusagolide okusefayo endaweni yonke. Amaqoqo ama-hop cones alenga ngobuningi, amazenga awo agqinsiswe ngamaphethini ayinkimbinkimbi, acwebezela umthunzi othambile wohlaza onamahibe egolide njengoba evuthwa. Lawa ma-cone—ayizigaxa, anephunga elimnandi, futhi anesithembiso—awumgogodla wesiko lokuphuza utshwala, okuhloswe ngawo ukunikeza ubhiya nephunga elimnandi ekwenzeni ubhiya obaziswa emhlabeni wonke.

Umhlabathi ongaphansi kwesitshalo umnyama, uvundile, futhi usanda kuphenduka, ukuthungwa kwawo okunothile oku-loamy okuphakamisa kokubili ukondliwa nokunakekelwa. Isithunzi se-trellis siwela kancane emhlabeni wonke, isikhumbuzo sokusebenzisana okuthulile phakathi kwesakhiwo nokukhula, ukutshalwa kanye namandla asendle. Amagquma amancane enhlabathini abamba ukukhanya kwelanga elishonayo, okwenza umdlalo wezinto ezinhle kakhulu kanye nezithunzi ezigcizelela ukuthinteka, imvelo esekelwe yalesi simo sezolimo.

Njengoba iso lihamba ngale kwesitshalo, umbono uyashintsha ukuze uveze indawo enkulu echaza iPacific Northwest yase-Oregon. Ububanzi behlathi bufinyelela kude, umbhede walo ohlale uluhlaza ugingqika njengolwandle oluluhlaza lunqamula amagquma nezigodi. Izihlahla zakha ibhande eliluhlaza okotshani elihluke ngokusobala nethoni ephaphathekile yesitshalo se-hop, elihlanganisa ukutshalwa endaweni ewugwadule ewugwadule olungafuyiwe. Ukuthuthuka okungokwemvelo kusuka enhlabathini kuya esitshalweni kuya ehlathini kugcizelela ukuvumelana kokuphila okuchumayo kule ndawo.

Okubusa umkhathizwe wumfanekiso ocacile weMount Hood, isiqongo sayo esineqhwa esicwebezelayo esibhakabhakeni esiluhlaza. Intaba iphakama ngokuhluke ngokuphelele endaweni ethambile ezungezile, izingongolo zayo ezicijile neziqhwa ezinakwe ngendlela emangalisayo ilanga lantambama. Ukukhanya nesithunzi kudweba ubuso bentaba, kugqamisa ukuthungwa kwayo okumazombezombe kuyilapho kugcizelela ubukhulu nobukhulu bayo obuphelele. Okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okuzolile nokumhlophe kwesiqongo kulinganisa insundu yomhlaba kanye nemifino ecacile yangaphambili, okwenza ukwakheka kokubili okuguquguqukayo nokuzolile.

Isibhakabhaka esingenhla asinasici, i-dome ecacile eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ethambile ejula ngokucashile ngasekuphakameni. Ukukhanya kwelanga okusagolide kuyehla, okusikisela ngasekupheleni kwehlobo noma ekuqaleni kwekwindla—inkathi yokuvuthwa, yokulungela, nenala. Ukufudumala kokukhanya kufiphaza indawo yonke ngomuzwa wokuzola nokwaneliseka, njengokungathi izwe ngokwalo limi isikhashana ngomzuzwana wokulingana okuphelele.

Uma sithathwa sisonke, isithombe sifaka umoya we-Mount Hood hop kanye nezwe aphuma kulo. Akuwona nje umfanekiso wesitshalo nentaba, kodwa umfanekiso we-terroir—ukuhlangana okuyingqayizivele kwenhlabathi, isimo sezulu, igeography, nokuphathwa kwabantu okulolonga ubunjalo bendawo nezitshalo ezizithelayo. Isigcawu sidlulisa ukuzwana, ukuqina, kanye nesithembiso: umvini oqinile we-hop omiswe ngokuqinile emhlabeni onothile, ukuba khona okuhlala njalo kwentaba ngale, kanye nokukhanya okukhazimulayo kwelanga okukhulisa kokubili. Ngokuthula kwaso, isithombe sikhuluma ngemijikelezo yemvelo kanye nobuciko bokulima, sithwebula ingqikithi engapheli yezwe le-hop lase-Oregon ngomzuzu owodwa, ocacile.

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