ʻO ka melona o Kassaba a i ʻole Melo cassaba hele mai Asia Minor. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka ʻano kahiko no ka mea maoli a hoʻopaʻa i ka juiciness o ka hua i loaʻa i ka melon, akā aia nō i loko o kahi kaʻina.
ʻAʻole e like me nā cantaloupe melons kaulana i ka poʻe ʻEulopa, ʻo cassabs kekahi i kū ʻoi loa i ka ʻono i haʻi ʻia. Hōʻalo ʻia a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha nā hua o kēia ʻano ʻano, he nui nā ʻano ma ke kumu i kahi ʻōmole mastoid kiai. ʻO ka ʻili a me ka mea ʻala, ma muli o ka ʻano lahilahi, hiki ke ʻoluʻolu, uhi ʻia i ka ʻāʻule o ka wili a ʻūlū ʻia paha. I kekahi mau ʻano, hiki i nā hua pākeke, ʻike ʻia nā lauoho, ʻike pinepine ʻia i loko o nā ovaries o nā melons. ʻO ka peni ma luna o ka ʻokiʻoki, me ka wāʻokiʻoki wale i nā huaʻai, ka uala a me ka lāʻau kōkala. Kahi nā ʻōmaika melemele i ka nui. I nā lau pubescent, e hoʻopili ʻia nā lau me ke kōkua o nā petioles ikaika.
E like me nā lā hoʻomaka, a me kahi o ka nui o kēia mau melons e ulu ai, ua ʻokaʻawale ʻia nā meloni cassab i ʻekolu mau ʻano.
Nā leo melemele Cassaba
ʻO nā cassabs kauwela kauwela (var. Zhukowskii) mai Asia Minor i kaulana no kā lākou liʻiliʻi, ke kiko, me ka ʻula, a me ka ʻala. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia hui i Asia Minor a me USA, i kekahi mau ʻano:
- ʻO Kassaba Zhukovsky he melona me ka spherical a i ʻole i pilalulu, nā hua ʻai waonaʻo. Ma nāʻaoʻao heʻī, hoʻoneʻe a i ʻole paha nā maka o nā melons, ʻike ʻia a me nā pōpoki o kahi hue ʻeleʻele kahi.
- Kassaba he ʻōpū i ke ʻano, ka nui a me ka maikaʻi o ka pulp i ka like me ka Zhukovsky ʻano, akā ʻike ʻia nā wahi ʻeleʻele-ʻala i ka ʻili.
- ʻOkoʻa ka meli a i ʻole meloni melona ʻokoʻa mai nā ʻano i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna me kahi lāʻau hua lau na i ʻole a i ʻole.
No nā cassabs kauwela āpau, kahi ʻano hiʻona a iʻa iki paha i kahi pulupulu mānoanoa me ka nui o ke kō i ka nui o nā kō i nā huaʻaiʻai.
Aneane hiki ʻole ke mālama i kēia mau melons, no laila hana maʻamau lākou no ka hoʻohana mua ʻana i nā kūloko.
Kassaba lana-hoʻoilo wāwā
ʻO nā ʻōpū hema-hoʻoilo ka hoʻoilo i ka nui hassanbey i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka poʻe ʻōpio a i ʻike ʻia e kahi ʻāʻī o mua o nā hua.
Hōʻike wale ʻia ka Ripening i ka wā e waiho ai, ma muli o ia, i nā mea pili i nā kūlana kūikawā, mālama ʻia nā meloni no 1 a 3 mau mahina.
Ma Karakalpakstan a me nā lālani o Khorezm, ulu nui ʻia nā Gurvak a me Gurbek, e pili pū ana i nā kassabs, akā ʻokoʻa lākou ia mea i kahi ʻano pōʻai a iʻu ai ʻole ka pale a me ka ʻili āpau.
Hōʻike ka ʻāpana melon i kahi pulupulu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me kahi lua liʻiliʻi e hoʻopiha ʻia me nā hua keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a ʻoniʻoni paha-nui. ʻO ka wā hoʻomaka o ka melons o kēia ʻano he 75-105 lā, akā, i mea i lilo ai nā hua i ulia i mea momona, pono lākou he makahiki. I ka hiki ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe kino, ʻaʻole mālama ʻia ka melon a hoʻohana wale ʻia no ka ʻai ʻona.
