I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻomaka nā ʻano hou e hana i nā pōʻai.
No nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ua hoʻohana nā mea kanu mea kanu a me nā mea noiʻi ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i nā hola he nui e hoʻohālikelike pono i nā hoa pili me ka manaʻolana e hana i kahi ʻuala maikaʻi aʻe. Me ka makaʻu ʻole a me ka manaʻo paʻa, ʻimi lākou i nā hōʻike hoʻokolokolo a mahi mālie i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi. Me ka pōmaikaʻi, hiki i kēlā mau hana a pau ke alakaʻi i kekahi o ia mau keʻa e lilo i ʻano inoa inoa a hoʻohana ʻia ma nā mahiʻai maoli a me nā kīhini maoli.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻomaka ka nūhou e pili ana i kekahi o kēia mau ʻano hou. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea he puʻu o ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki: E mālama lōʻihi kēia; ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻeha; ʻO kekahi ʻoi aku ka kūʻē i ka late blight a i ʻole Fusarium a i ʻole psyllids. Ma ka nui, hana kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻano like i kāna ʻōlelo.
Eia nō naʻe, no kekahi kumu, ma hope o kēlā hana āpau a me ka hana kūleʻa o ka mea a lākou e hele nei, he kakaikahi loa ka poʻe i ka honua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole i ʻike i kā lākou ʻano ʻano i ʻae ʻia i ka ʻoihana. Hōʻike ʻia paha kēia ʻano ʻano i loko o ʻelua mau ʻano russet: Burbank a me Norkotah. Mai ka manaʻo o ka wanaʻao, ua lanakila loa kēia mau mea ʻelua i ka ʻāpana hou a me ka russet ka mākeke russet. I nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua kapa ʻia nā ʻano ʻano he "the next Burbank" a i ʻole "the next Norkotah." Ma ka pepa, ʻike ʻia ka hapa nui o nā ʻoki e kākoʻo i kēlā koi. Akā ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa
ʻO ka nīnau, no ke aha?
ʻO Jeanne Debons ka luna hoʻokō o ka Ke Keʻena Hoʻokele ʻAno Uala, e hana pū ana me nā hui mea ulu a me nā papahana kulanui e hoʻomohala a hoʻolaha i nā ʻano ʻuala hou ma ka Pākīpika Komohana. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka nīnau e hoʻomoe iā ia i ka pō. Loaʻa iā ia ka makemake maoli no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole, akā maopopo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻoihana.
"ʻO ka ulu ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano hou e like me ka hoʻokele kaʻa heihei Formula 1," ia nei. "ʻO ka nui o nā ʻano hou e hiki ke hana kiʻekiʻe a hiki ke hopena i nā hua kiʻekiʻe, pinepine me ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea hoʻokomo. ʻO ka hopu, pono lākou i ka nānā nui ʻana i nā kikoʻī. He mea maʻalahi ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole e like me Russet Burbank a me Russet Norkotah, no ka mea, he mau makahiki o ka ʻike ʻana o nā mea kanu me lākou.
Ua mahi ʻai ka ʻohana Macy i ka ʻuala ma waena o Oregon no aneane 50 makahiki. I kēlā manawa, ua lawe lākou i ka hana o ka ulu ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano PVMI hou i nā manawa he nui.
"Ua ho'āʻo mākou i nā ʻano ʻano he nui," wahi a Mike Macy, "e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokomo i kekahi o lākou i ka ʻoihana. Ua makemake mākou i ka nui o ia mau mea, akā maʻalahi ke puhi ʻia inā ʻaʻole ʻae ka mea hana i kahi ʻano like ʻole. Ma ke ʻano he poʻe kanu hua, he pilikia ke ʻāʻī i waho a hana i kahi mea hou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo i nā makahiki i loko, e hoʻololi wale ka ʻoihana i kona manaʻo a waiho iā ʻoe e paʻa i ka ʻeke.
Hoʻopuka ʻo Richard Macy i ka manaʻo o Debons ʻo ke kānalua i ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano hou e alakaʻi pinepine ʻia e ka kamaʻāina i ka hoʻāʻo a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. "Aia ke kala ʻia no kahi ʻano kahiko," wahi āna. "Inā he hewa ka mea hana pāʻoihana me Burbank a i ʻole Norkotah, e hoʻi lākou i ka makahiki aʻe. Inā hoʻopuka ʻoe i kahi ʻano hou, ʻaʻohe kala ʻia. Inā loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻike maikaʻi ʻole, hana pinepine ʻia kēlā ʻano like ʻole. "
Ua ʻae ʻo Ritchey Toevs, ka mea mahiʻai no ka ʻoihana hana ma Aberdeen, Idaho. A manaʻo ʻo ia he noʻonoʻo pilikia no ka ʻoihana e komo ai. Maikaʻi no kona mokuʻāina, kaulana i kāna mau ʻuala, manaʻo ʻo Toevs he waiwai nui i ka hoʻonui naʻauao ʻana i nā ʻano mea hou maikaʻi loa.
"ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano i koho ʻia no kā mākou ʻāina, e hana ana no ka ʻoihana ma ʻaneʻi, he mea nui loa," wahi āna. "Ua hana ʻo Idaho i kahi hōʻailona ikaika, akā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i ka huahana like a nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe e hana pū ai?" Ke kuhikuhi nei ʻo Toevs iā Burbank a me Norkotah, ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻawi iā Idaho i ka manawa kūpono no ka ʻokoʻa.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke ulu i nā Norkotahs ma Colorado a i ʻole Nebraska a i ʻole Texas e like me kāu e hiki ai ma Idaho," wahi āna "He paʻakikī loa ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka huahana inā ʻo ia ka huahana like. E hele mau anei nā kānaka i Idaho e kūʻai i ka mea like e hiki ke ulu i nā wahi ʻē aʻe? "Ma laila kēia mau ʻano hou a pau āu e manaʻo ai e hana maikaʻi ana ma nā wahi like ʻole," wahi a Mike Macy, "akā, he nui nā Burbanks a me Norkotahs. Manaʻo wau e hiki i ka ʻoihana i kahi manawa e hoʻohana nui ʻia ai kekahi o ia mau mea. "
No nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua hoʻoulu ʻo Toevs i Clearwater Russets, kahi ʻano i loaʻa i kahi traction i ke kamaʻilio "mea nui aʻe". Ua lanakila lākou ma kāna mahiʻai, ma kekahi hapa, wahi āna, no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i luʻu koke. "He hiki ke hoʻoweliweli maʻalahi ka mea ulu ʻoihana e like me aʻu," wahi āna. “Akā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hele i waho a kanu i kāu mahiʻai holoʻokoʻa i kahi ʻano hou. E hana ma na anuu liilii; e kākau i nā memo; e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi e hana no ʻoe.
"Pono nā mea ulu e kamaʻilio me nā mea hānai a me nā poʻe e hoʻomohala i nā ʻano like ʻole e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia," hoʻomau ʻo Toevs. "ʻAʻole maopopo i nā mea hānai a me nā mea hoʻomohala i nā mea a mākou e kū nei i ko mākou hopena. Pono e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka kamaʻilio ʻana, no ka mea, ua kūpaʻa maoli kēlā poʻe; makemake lākou e ʻike i ka hana ʻana o kēia mau ʻano ʻano, a manaʻoʻiʻo maoli lākou iā lākou - maʻamau me ke kumu kūpono.
ʻO ia ka Holy Grail o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole: loaʻa kahi mea ʻaʻole e loaʻa i kahi wāwae akā lanakila i nā kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻae ākea i ka ʻoihana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā ʻaʻole i puka ka Burbank e hiki mai ana ma kahi, e hiki koke ana. ʻO Clearwater paha? A i ʻole kekahi ʻano PVMI ʻē aʻe (He manaʻolana ko Debons no Umatilla, Pomerelle a me La Belle Russet)? ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke ʻōlelo maopopo. Akā, ʻikea ka wā e hiki mai ana.
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