ʻO ka ʻohi ʻāpala aupuni o ka makahiki i hala he moʻolelo hoʻopaʻa loa ia, e like me ka US Apple Association.
Ma Michigan, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa kahi makahiki ikaika i nā kumukūʻai no kekahi mau ʻano like ʻole a ua alakaʻi i nā lohi ma nā hale hana hoʻopili.
Ke manaʻolana nei ʻo Emma Grant, ka mea nāna e mālama iā Cherry Bay Orchards ma Suttons Bay, e hoʻoponopono ʻia kekahi o kēia mau pilikia i kēia kau.
“ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻohana i kēia ma mua,” wahi āna, e wehe ana i kahi bākeke o ka wai keʻokeʻo mānoanoa. “Akā, no ka mea, ua nui aʻe nā ʻāpala ma Michigan a ua pono nā mea hoʻopaʻa i ka manawa hou aʻe e hoʻopaʻa ai, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻāʻo.”
ʻO ka wai hemea hoʻoponopono ulu mea kanu; ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia a me kāna mau hoa hana i ka mea i hoʻohuihui ʻia ma ke kāwili ʻana me ka wai a me ka pīpī ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o nā lāʻau ʻāpala me Premier Honeycrisp.
"I kēia manawa, ke pīpī nei mākou i kēia mea me ka manaʻolana e hoʻopaneʻe i ka pala ʻana o nā ʻāpala Premier Honeycrisp," wahi a Grant. "Huli lākou i ka ʻulaʻula ma luna o ka lāʻau, a laila ke pau mākou i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā ʻāpala ʻē aʻe a ʻohi iā lākou, aia nō lākou i ka pae pala no ka mālama ʻana."
Ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo e ʻulaʻula loa kēia mau ʻāpala mua me ka ʻole o ka pala loa. E hāʻawi kēia iā lākou i kahi manawa kūpono e hōʻiliʻili ʻia, mālama ʻia, hoʻopili ʻia a kūʻai ʻia aku i nā mea kūʻai.
Ua manaʻo ʻia e nui ka ʻohi ʻana i kēia makahiki, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka makahiki i hala. Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo nā kānaka noiʻi he mea maʻamau ʻole ke ʻike ʻia kēia e hana ʻia i ʻekolu mau makahiki i ka lālani.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris Gerlach ʻo ia kekahi hapa no ka mea ke kanu nei mākou i nā kumulāʻau ʻāpala hou aʻe ma ka ʻāina.
"Ua kanu mākou ma kahi o 30,35,000 ʻeka o nā ʻāpala i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei," wahi a Gerlach, nāna e hahai i ka loiloi mai ka Apple Association of America, ka hui kālepa ʻoihana ʻāpala.
“ʻAʻole ʻoe e kanu i kahi lāʻau ʻāpala ma luna o ke kumu ʻāpala o kou kupuna kāne,” wahi a Gerlach. “ʻAʻole ʻoe e kanu i 400 mau lāʻau i ka ʻeka me kahi uhi nui, a pono ʻoe e hoʻolilo i ka manawa a me ka hoʻoikaika nui i ka ʻoki ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻohi ʻana i nā lāʻau.”
Ke neʻe nei ka hapa nui o nā mea hana i nā ʻōnaehana paʻapū kiʻekiʻe. Ua like kēia mau lāʻau lattice me nā paia hua.
Hoʻoulu lākou i nā ʻāpala he nui ma kahi liʻiliʻi a ʻohi maʻalahi iā lākou—kahi mea e pono e hana ʻia me ka lima inā kūʻai hou ʻia nā ʻāpala. Eia kekahi, e like me kā Gerlach, ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maikaʻi o ka hua ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerlach ua pohō kekahi poʻe mahiʻai ma muli o ka hōʻiliʻili moʻolelo o 2023 i alakaʻi ai i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa no kekahi mau ʻano ʻano.
"ʻO ka maʻamau i ka hopena o ke kau, e loaʻa i kēia mau mea kanu ʻāpala kahi hōʻoia ma ka leka uila. I kēia makahiki, ua loaʻa i nā mea kanu he nui nā bila ma ka leka uila no ka mea ʻoi aku ka waiwai o kā lākou mau ʻāpala ma mua o ke kumukūʻai o ka lawelawe."
Ma waho aʻe o nā kumukūʻai hana kiʻekiʻe a me nā kumukūʻai ʻē aʻe e like me ka wahie, pono nā mea hana e uku no ka mālama ʻana, ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā ʻāpala a me nā kākoʻo komisina no nā mea kūʻai aku ʻoihana.
"ʻO ka maʻamau i ka hopena o ke kau, e lawe nā mea kanu ʻāpala i ke kumukūʻai kūʻai aku o nā ʻāpala me ka ʻole o ke kumukūʻai o kēlā mau lawelawe a laila loaʻa iā lākou kahi hōʻoia ma ka leka uila," wahi a Gerlach. "I kēia makahiki, ua loaʻa i nā mea kanu he nui nā bila ma ka leka uila no ka mea ʻoi aku ka waiwai o kā lākou mau ʻāpala ma mua o ke kumukūʻai o ka lawelawe."
He mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻomau ʻia kēia, ʻoiai no nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi a me waena—ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea kanu like nona nā māla hua he nui ma ka ʻākau o Michigan.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerlach e hoʻohui nei nā mea hana ʻāpala o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ke ʻike nei i nā hoʻopukapuka kālā hou aʻe mai nā waihona waiwai pilikino a me nā waihona waiwai aupuni haole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻomau wale ʻia ke ʻano i ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hana, e paʻakikī ai ka loaʻa kālā mai ka hua wale nō.
"Nui ka hoʻokūkū no nā hua waina, nā clementine, nā avocado a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe ma nā papa i kēia lā," wahi āna. "Ke kamaʻilio nei kekahi poʻe e pili ana i nā mea e pono ai mākou e hana e hoʻolaha i nā ʻāpala ma ke ʻano he mahele, ʻaʻole wale ʻo Honeycrisp e kūʻē iā Red Delicious, akā ʻo nā ʻāpala e kūʻē i nā huahana ʻē aʻe."
Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerlach e ʻike nā mea mahiʻai i kahi hōʻoluʻolu i kēia kau ulu. Ke hoʻohālikelike nei kēia makahiki i mea nui no Apple, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻāpala ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.
Ma Suttons Bay, ua loaʻa i kahi mea hoʻoponopono ulu mea kanu a Emma Grant i pīpī ai ma mua o hoʻokahi mahina i hala aku nei ka hopena i makemake ʻia: ua hāʻawi ia i kekahi mau ʻāpala i ka manawa hou aʻe e ʻulaʻula me ka ʻole o ka pala loa. ʻO ka ʻulaʻula o ka ʻāpala, ʻoi aku ka hoihoi o ia i nā mea hoʻopaʻa.
I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kali ʻo ia a ʻike inā kōkua ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe like i nā ʻāpala e mālama maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana a kūʻai ʻia aku.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-10-2024