ʻOi aku ka nui o ka ulu ʻana o nā nati e ka poʻe mahiʻai Pelekania i ka wā e wela ai ke aniau, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā huahana, wahi a nā mea kanu.
He mea kōkua nō hoʻi nā kumulāʻau nut no ke olaolaola ma nā mahiʻai, hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino o ka lepo no ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai ko lākou mau aʻa i ka hiki a me ka hiki o ka lepo e komo i ka wai, e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena o ka ʻino ʻana o ka makani.
E kamaʻilio ana ma ka Oxford Real mahiʻai ʻO ka hālāwai kūkā, ʻo Guy Singh-Watson, nāna i hoʻokumu i ka hui pahu mea kanu organik Riverford, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo me nā kumu hazelnut a me nā kumulāʻau wōnati ma kāna mahiʻai Devon he 150 ʻeka ma hope o kona manaʻo hewa ʻana i ka nui o kāna ʻōʻō ʻana i kāna mau māla no nā mea kanu mea kanu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: “ʻO nā huaʻai a mākou e ulu nei he mau makahiki āpau a pili i ka mahi ʻana i ka lepo, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makahiki i loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole i kēlā. He ʻano ʻano o ko mākou kuʻekuʻe wāwae ʻoiaʻiʻo – ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei ua nalowale mākou he 10,000 tons lepo i loko o 10 mau minuke. Ua piha wale au i ka hilahila no ia mea. Ua hana ʻia ma kaʻu wati, ʻaʻole wau makemake e kuleana no ka hana hou ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Singh-Watson, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i kāna hana hou ʻana i ka ulu ʻana i nā nati, a aloha nui ʻo ia iā lākou a ʻai ʻo ia ia mau mea no ka ʻaina kakahiaka i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he maʻalahi lākou e ulu: "ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea, ua hoʻohana wau i 40 mau makahiki e hoʻāʻo e hoʻoikaika i nā mea kanu i ke ola a make wale lākou i nā manawa āpau, akā ulu maikaʻi nā hazels. Me he mea lā ʻaʻohe pilikia e ulu ana i ka wōnati i ko mākou aniau.
Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka hānai ʻana i nā pipi ma nā māla waina, a i kēia manawa ke manaʻo nei e ulu kale ma waena o kāna mau kumu hazel.
Ke wela nei ke ea o Enelani, me ka makahiki aku nei i hala wela loa ma ka mooolelo, me ke kauwela maloʻo lōʻihi. He mea paʻakikī kēia i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu, a ua hōʻike mai nā mea mahiʻai he nui nā hua ʻai i ka wā maloʻo.
ʻOiai pono lākou i ka wai i kekahi manawa i ke kanu mua ʻana, maikaʻi nā kumu lāʻau i ka wā mahana a hiki ke ola i ke kauwela maloʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Singh-Watson, ua kipa ʻo ia i Piedmont ma Italia, kahi o nā hazelnuts kahi mea kanu nui - ʻo ia ka home o Ferrero, ka hui e hana nei iā Nutella. ʻOiai ke kau wela a maloʻo ma Italia, ua ulu ka nati.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tom Tame, ka mea e ulu ana i ka walnuts ma Warwickshire no 30 mau makahiki, ua kōkua ka ʻoi aku ka wela a me ka maloʻo.
ʻOiai e ulu ana ka walnuts a hiki i ka Arctic Circle, ua wehewehe ʻo ia "e ulu hauʻoli nā walnuts i nā kūlana anuanu akā ma kahi mamao aku i ka ʻākau e liʻiliʻi ana ʻoe i kahi mea kanu. Ma kēia ʻāina, aia mākou ma ka piko o ka hana ʻoihana.
Ua ʻoliʻoli ka ʻāpana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, no ka mea, ua manaʻo ʻia nā walnuts Pelekane he kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ke koi. Ke ulu nui nei ka poʻe mahiʻai i mea e mālama ai i nā holoholona e like me nā hipa mai ka wā wela a ʻo ka hoʻohua ʻana i kahi meaʻai maikaʻi.
"ʻO ka nui o nā mea kanu wōnati maikaʻi loa i ka honua i kēia manawa e pili ana i nā hua hua e makemake i kahi ʻano mahana," i hoʻohui ai ʻo ia.
"ʻO kahi ʻano like ʻole, ʻo Chandler, makemake ʻia ma kahi o 25C ma ka awelika. Ua hōʻea mākou i ka 24.8C ma ka awelika i ke kauwela i hala, no laila ke komo nei mākou i kēlā ʻāina.
ʻO ka Cobnuts kahi ʻano hazelnut i ulu ma Kent, a ʻai maʻamau i ka hou, ma mua o ka maloʻo. ʻO Tom Cannon, nona ka mahiʻai ʻohana ma ke kalana e hoʻoulu nei i kēia mau nati no nā hanauna, ke hoʻonui nei i ka hana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻano hazelnut maloʻo āu e ʻike ai i loko o kahi pā kokoleka.
Hāʻawi ʻo ia i kēia manawa i nā hua hou iā Waitrose a me Morrisons: “Hele lākou i nā punnets, a he ala maikaʻi ia e kūʻai aku ai iā lākou no ka mea e hōʻike ana he hua hou ia. Ua hoʻomaka mākou e kiʻi i nā mea hana hou aʻe no ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻili, ka ʻala ʻana a me ka haki ʻana. Ma Kent ua loaʻa iā mākou kēia moʻomeheu ʻai hou akā ʻaʻole pono mākou i hana i nā mea ʻē aʻe.