Isithombe: I-Golden Lupulin ye-Northdown Hop

Isithombe sibonisa isithombe esimangalisayo, esicishe sibe yinkondlo sekhoni ye-hop emisiwe ekukhanyeni okusagolide ntambama, isimo sayo esivelele ngaphambili ngemininingwane yesayensi yezitshalo eyinkimbinkimbi. I-hop cone ngokwayo inikezwa ngokunemba okucophelelayo: ama-bract ayo, amise okwezikali ezidlulanayo, anombala oluhlaza okotshani ocebile, agobe ngobumnene ngaphandle naphansi ngamathayi agqitshiwe. Phakathi kwalezi zakhiwo ezinjengamaqabunga kunenhliziyo yesigaxa, lapho izindlala ze-lupulin esagolide zicwebezela njengamaqoqo enhlaka eyigugu. Izindlala zigcwele futhi zifana nekhekheba lezinyosi ngokuthungwa, umbala wazo osagolide nophuzi ukhazimula uma uqhathanisa nama-bracts aluhlaza azungezile. Lo mniningwane unikeza isigaxa cishe ubucwebe obufana nobucwebe, obuhlanganisa kokubili amandla esitshalo kanye nendima yaso ebalulekile ekukhiqizeni utshwala, lapho i-lupulin yaziswa khona ngokunikeza ubhiya iphunga, ukunambitheka, nokubaba.

Indawo emaphakathi ivuleka ngaphandle ibe ukuthula okuhlelekile kwenkundla ye-hop. Imigqa yamabhobho e-hop, nakuba ithambe ngokujula kwensimu engashoni, ingabonakala njengoba ikhuphuka izisekelo ezinde, isonteka ibheke esibhakabhakeni ngokuzimisela kwemvelo. Amafomu azo aphakama emigqeni eqondile eqondile, eqinisa isigqi esitshaliwe sensimu futhi enze ukuvumelana okubonakalayo namajika emvelo wekhoni yangaphambili. Lesi sikhala esilinyiwe sibonisa isiko lezolimo lamakhulu eminyaka, nemigqa yalo eqondile nemivini ekhuphukayo ehlanganisa ukunakekelwa komuntu, ukubekezela, kanye nomjikelezo ozinzile wokukhula kwesizini.

Ngale kwenkundla kukhona ingemuva elibanzi, elinikezwe ukuthamba okucwazimulayo okuthuthukisa umoya wokuzola. Amagquma afinyelela emkhathizwe, ama-silhouette awo athuliswa yisihenqo esilufifi sokukhanya okufudumele, okuhlukanisiwe. Imibala iyashintsha isuka koluhlaza okotshani oseduze kwendawo eseduze iye kumathoni athulisiwe, amnyama ebangeni elikude, ephakamisa ukujula nebanga kuyilapho ivusa indawo yasemaphandleni engaphelelwa isikhathi yesifunda saseNorthdown. Isibhakabhaka esingenhla sigcwele ukukhanya okusagolide okufudumele, okusagolide, ukuthambekela kwaso okuthambile kwenhlaka nokuwolintshi okuphaphathekile okusikisela ukuthi ekuseni kakhulu noma, cishe, ilanga lantambama elishona kusihlwa. Lesi sangemuva somkhathi siminyanisa konke ukwakheka nomuzwa wokuchichima okuzolile nobuhle bemvelo.

Ukuhlangana kokukhanya kuphakathi nendawo yesithombe. Ukukhanya okusagolide okufudumele kuthuthukisa yonke imininingwane ye-hop cone, kugqamisa indlela amaqabunga kanye nokushintshashintsha ngayo kwezindlala ze-lupulin. Izithunzi zihlala zithambile futhi zingabonakali, okuqinisekisa ukuthi konke ukwakheka kuzwakala kukhanyiselwe kunokuba kuhlukaniswe ukugqama. Ukukhanya kunabela ensimini nasemagqumeni akude, kugubuzele indawo nge-aura yokufudumala, ukuzola, nokuzala.

Sekukonke, ukwakheka kuthwebula kokubili okusondelene nokunwebekayo: imininingwane eseduze yekhoni ye-hop igcizelela ukubaluleka kwayo kwebhayoloji nezolimo, kuyilapho ukubuka okugcwele kwenkundla ye-hop nendawo yasemaphandleni kufaka isitshalo ngaphakathi komongo waso obanzi wamasiko nemvelo. Isithombe sidlulisa ingqikithi yezinhlobonhlobo ze-Northdown hop—ukunotha kwayo okunephunga elimnandi, inkimbinkimbi yayo yomhlaba kanye nezimbali, kanye nokuxhumana kwayo okujulile nezwe. Ngaphezu kokumelwa okulula kwesitshalo, isithombe sifaka ibhalansi phakathi kobuciko, ukutshalwa, nokuchichima kwemvelo, okusenza sibe ukuvezwa okuvusa amadlingozi kwendima ye-hop kukho kokubili indawo kanye nesiko.

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