Sitselo sepersimmon sivame kudliwa sisesisha, nomakunjalo, kukhona ematiko lakhicita emapersimmon lamakhulu, lakhokha emapersimmon lomile. Njengoba emapersimmon atfwele tigaba letisetulu te pectin, aphindze asetjentiswa kabanti ekwakheni bojamu kanye ne condiment, kufana ne chutney kanye netinongo te atchar.
Emapersimmon lansundvu asetjentiswe njengemutsi wemfologo, kwentela kwelapha kufa luhlangotsi lwemtimba eJapan phindze njengemutsi wemacembe eChina, kusuka ngetikhatsi tandvulo. Lesigogo lesinsundvu sivikela tinhlayiya, sikhulise sitfo semtimba kutsi singatfoli emagciwane kanye netifo. Sigogo lesinsundvu siphindze sisite ekwehliseni kukhuphuka kwashukela kanye kekukhulula kuhlangahlangana lokungekhatsi.
iChina nguyona lekhicita lokuningi kwemapersimmon ngesigaba lesikhashane phindze nguyona leyente lokungetulu kwakubili kulokutsatfu kwemkhicito mhlabawonkhe. Loku kulandzelwa yi South Korea, iJapan kanye ne Spain. Lamanye emave lakhokha ipersimmon yi Israel, U.S.A, iNingizimu Afrika, iNew Zealand, iAustralia, iEgypt kanye ne Chile.
Litiko le persimmon eNingizimu Afrika yonkhana lelikhicitwako lisuka eSharon™Sitselo, leligama lentsengo lale persimmon leyatiwako letetinhlavu sitselo se Kaki inhlobo ye Diospyros Triumph. Lena nhlobo yepersimmon lema ngakunye yayilinywa ngekwemvelo eSharon Valley eIsrael futsi nguyona mvelaphi yeligama lentsengo. Lelitiko lasungulwa eNingizimu Afrika phakatsi kwemnyaka wa 1990, ngebukhulu ngenca yesincumo se Mor Yangaphesheya, lelicembu lase Israel lelalibuke kumaketha kakhulu kwe nhlanyelo ye persimmon.lesidzingo sekusungula litilo lase Ningizimu Afrika kwakukuchubekisa sikhatsi sayo sekutsengiswa nemkhicito losuka esigodzini saseningizimu. Ngetikhatsi letengcile, lelitiko selihlanginisiwe etigodzini letilungele kulima lesitselo.
eNingizimu Afrika, sitselo se Sharon™ sivunwa kusuka phakats kwenyanga yaMabasa kuze kube sekugcineni kwenyanga yeNkhwenkhweti futsi siyatfolakala kuze kube yinyanga yeNgci.
Lesitselo sikhicitwa kakhulu eSouthern Cape, incenye ye Western Cape futsi setfulwa ku ARISA indzawo yekupakisha kanye nekwelapha eBuffeljagsriver ledvute ne Swellendam lese Western Cape. Sibe lesinye Sitselo se Sharon™ sitsengiswa kumakethe yasemakhaya, incumbi yalesitselo sihanjiswa ngelwandle sengce iport yase Cape Town.
Imakethe lenkhulu yekuhambisa ye Sitselo se Sharon™ yeNingizimu Afrika yi Nyonyani yase Europe, sibe sicumbi salesitselo sibekelwe luhlelo lwesitolo eNorthern Europe nase United Kingdom.
Ema persimmon lasemasha lahanjiswe kusuka eNingizimu Afrika ahambisana nalokusunguliwe lokulizinga lelihanjiswako letigaba letisungulwe yi PPECB yase Ningizimu Afrika (Perishable Products Export and Control Board – Libhodi Leligadza Imikhicito Lehanjiswako yeKubola).
Translated by Phindile Malotana