ʻO ka māla

Kamāliʻiwahine - imperial berry

ʻIke ʻia nā mea he nui e ka ʻāpana Berry ʻākau. Akā he liʻiliʻi wale nō lohe i ke aliʻi. ʻO ka mōʻī ke momona ʻono a me nā mea ʻala ʻākau, kahi lāʻau maikaʻi a maikaʻi. He wahi liʻiliʻi nui kēia pāpale perennial, kahi lōʻihi o ka lawehala kihi, kahi i ka hohonu o 10-25 cm. Hoʻohā ʻia nā kumu, ʻaʻole haku ka mōʻī i kahi pua. Ua like nā lau me nā lau laulepa. Ua like ka hua ma kahi o nā raspberry. ʻO kēia ʻono me kahi leʻaleʻa maikaʻi he pono penana.

Duchess vulgaris (Rubus arcticus) © Kari Pihlaviita

ʻO ke aliʻi kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo nā ʻōpala, no ka mea e ulu ana i nā aniani a me nā ʻōpala. Ma ka Hikina mamao, ʻo Kamchatka, ʻo Siberia, a ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka hapa o ka ʻāpana ʻEulopa, ua kapa ʻia ke ʻano ʻokoʻa: ke kaikamahine, nā mamura, nā Ukrainia, ke awakea, nā raspberry moss. I Lūkini kahiko, ua ʻike kaulana kēia mea kanu, ua hoʻohui ʻia i ka meaʻai a hoʻohana ʻia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ma Karelia, ulu kūikawā ke kaikamahine. ʻAʻole ia i koi a haʻalele a lawe i ke aʻa.

ʻAe nā mōʻī wahine i nā huaʻai ʻaʻole wale nō i ke olakino, akā hana pū nō hoʻi ia i ka marmalade, inu hua, waina, hana i ka wai a hua aʻa, ʻāpī i ka wai. ʻO ke ao wahine me ke ʻano o ka paila a me ka peach, ʻono loa, ʻono loa. ʻO kēia kālai lāʻau kai i loko o ka fructose, glucose, malic a me nā waikawa citric, ka vitamina C a me nā mea hoʻonaninani. I kekahi manawa ua maloʻo a ʻūʻū nā hua a ke kaikamahine. Kui i nā lau ʻōpala i loko o ka lā a ʻuʻawa ʻia ke kīpī me lākou; hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no kaʻaila kuke. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohui i nā lau currant a me ʻAhune kīʻaha i nā lau o ke kamāliʻiwahine, a laila i huli ka ʻaha i ke ʻano ʻono loa. Hāʻawi ke waiu mai ke kaikamahine i ka ikaika, hoʻohemo i ka makewai, a kōkua i ke hoʻoluʻu haʻahaʻa.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ulu i ke aliʻi a ma luna o nā māla māla, pono wale nō iā ʻoe e hiki ke hoʻohālike i nā kūlana kokoke i kona noho 'ana maoli. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e kanu iā ia i loko o nā ʻāina i kahe me ka wai pinepine. E kanu liʻiliʻi i ʻelua mau ʻano o ke kākāʻāwa ʻo ke kīlea, no ka mea ua pono kēia ʻano aliʻi i kahi kūlike. Paʻi kēlā me kēia ʻano i like ʻole ke kāwili ʻia.

Duchess vulgaris (Rubus arcticus) © Lassi Kalleinen

I ka hopena o Mei, ua pua ka mōʻī a ke kaikamahine ulaula maikaʻi. A i Iulai a e hoʻomaha hou ʻoe i nā hua ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula me ka uliuli ʻulaʻula. I ka wā e hāʻule ai, make ka ʻāina o ka mōʻī a ke kaikamahine, akā e ulu mau ka aʻa a pau. I nā pua, aia ma nā ʻāpana o nā aʻa, i ka pūnāwai e loaʻa i nā pua pua hou. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hua māla paʻa i nā makahiki ʻelua. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona kaulana loa ʻo Sophia lāua ʻo Anna, ʻo kēia mau māhina o ka iwi Alaskan a me ke kamāua Suena. ʻO ka ʻono ma ka awelika paona he 1-2 ka nui. Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia ʻo 2-3 mau manawa (Iulai-ʻAukake). Me 1 sq. m hōʻiliʻili pinepine ʻo 100-200 g mau aliʻi wahine. Ma nā ʻāpana ʻākau, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka huahana o nā aliʻi ma mua o ka hema. Hoʻolālā kēia ʻono, no laila ua hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ke kīhāpai o ka māla, ke kanu ʻana i nā ʻalū, nā moena pua a me nā ala. E ho'āʻo e kanu i ke aliʻi aliʻi ma kāu hoʻolālā, e nānā. E ʻoluʻolu ke aliʻi iā ʻoe a me kona helehelena a me kāna ono ʻono.