No ke aha lā e like me nā'ōlū, nā pears, nā maʻa, nā mela a me ka quince.
ʻO lākou nā hua a pau i kapaʻia e like me nā pom ((i kekahi manawa kekahi hua'ōlelo, pomima). ʻO ka pomes kekahi o kaʻohana Rosaceae,ʻo ia hoʻi nā Roses, nā hua pōhaku, nā huaʻosa, nā almonds, a me nā lāʻau hawthorne.
Hoʻomākaukauʻia nā pomes e keʻano o kā lākou hua. ʻO ka pome ka mea a mākou e kapa nei i hua hua'ōlelo,ʻo ia hoʻi, kaʻiʻo a me ka momona (ʻo nā'āpana o ka pua e ulu ai i hua a me nāʻanoʻano) me nāʻanoʻokoʻa likeʻole.
ʻO ke kumu nui nā pahu carpels maha i loko o nāʻanoʻano. Ke'ōpiopioʻia nāʻanoʻano e kahiʻano paʻakikī,ʻeleʻele, a me keʻano kikowaena i kapaʻia endocarp. Ua puni kēia i kahi māmā māmā a māmā, ka nui o ke kino eʻai anaʻoe i ka hua. Ma waho o kēlāʻano ka epicarp,ʻo ia kaʻili o ka hua.
ʻO nā kumulāʻau i ka lāʻau,ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻokuʻu ka lāʻau i kona mau lau i ka makahiki a ua moe i ka hoʻoilo. Hiki ke'ālaʻai i ka pūnāwai me ka hōʻiliʻili hua i ka hopena o ke kauwela a me ka hoʻoilo.
He wā lōʻihi ko Pomes i ka meaʻai mau no nā lāhui likeʻole. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lōʻihi loa nā'ōʻono o kekahi o nā hua i kaulana loa maʻEulopa a meʻAmelika.
Ua manaʻoʻia ua kokoke ka 60% o nā pomima i uluʻia ma ka moʻolelo nui no kaʻaiʻana akā naʻe no ka hāʻawiʻana i nā mea inu waiā. ʻO kēia wale nō i hoʻokuʻuʻia maʻEulopa me ka piʻiʻana o ka waina a me ka beer, a maʻAmelika Huipūʻia ma muli o ka pāpāʻana i ka wā e kūʻai aku ai ka'ōlaa i ka 100% o ka hua i kaʻaiʻaina.
(ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka liloʻana o nāʻano heirloomō he nui, no ka mea,ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā'ōʻaʻa a pau no kaʻaiʻana, akā, no ka hukiʻana.)
Hoʻomaopopoʻia nā pomes no ko lākou hiki ke maʻalahi. Hiki i kahi pahu hopu hoʻokahi ke kākoʻo i ka 20 mauʻano. ʻO keʻano o ka'ōlaʻi, ka pears, a me nā peʻa Peia (aka: nishi) ua kūʻaiʻia me nā kiʻi lahilahi no ka mālamaʻana i nāʻano likeʻole akā no ka paleʻana i nā maʻi a me nā meaʻeha.
ʻO nā pēpē, nā peʻa'Alaia, a me nā pears ma kahi aʻoi aku ka nui o nā pomu a he mau haneli he nui o kēlā me kēia.
Loaʻa nā loquats i ka loina i ka'Āsia a me ka Middle East, aʻoiai lākou e ulu nui ana maʻAmelika Hema, ua ulu nui lākou e like me nā mea hoʻonani me nā mea waiwaiʻole iʻikeʻole i ka hua eʻai maʻa mau.
ʻO nā hualala, nā quince, a me nā paepae he mau huahele kaulana ma o nā mea nui o'Europa, akā naʻe, ua hāʻule i ka kaulanaʻole e like me nā'ōlaʻa a me nā lau e hua mai ana i nā hua iʻoi aku ka nui me ka nui aʻe. He lohi nuiʻo Quince i kēia mau lā, akā,ʻaʻole i ulu nui nā maʻamau a me nā laina no ka hoʻohanaʻana i nāʻoihanaʻoihana.
ʻO ka papa inoa o nā hua'ōpala
- Apples
- Nā Pears
- Nā pearsʻAla (aka: Nishi)
- ʻO Quince
- Loquats
- ʻEke Rowans
- ʻO nā lāʻau
- ʻO nā'ōpenaʻili