Mapiere Afrika Tshipembe

© Glenneis Kriel

Miri ya mapiere, u fana na miri ya maapula, I hula fhethu hune ha rothola-vhupo hune ha vha na vhuria ha u rothola na tshilimo tshi sa fhisesi. Vha Western Cape, nga mulandu wa hezwi, ndi vhone vho no bveledza maapiere ane aswika a vhukati ane avha atshi khou bveledziwa kha shango. Sa zwe zwa sumbedziwa nga nwaha wa 2017 kha muvhigo wa Hortgro Tree Census report, fhethu hothe ho fhelelaho hune ho vha hu tshi khou bveledziwa ho vha ho swika 12 265 ha nga 2017.

Kha kusi kwa Ceres ho vha vhone vhabveledzi vhahulwane lwa minwaha minzhi vha kona u swikisa 37% ya fhethu hothe hune ha vha uri ho tavhiwa nga 2017. Ha kona uvha na vhupo ha Langkloof vhane vha vha vha vhuvhili, vhane vho kona u bveledza zwine zwa swika 14% kha dubo lwa east n 2% kha dubo lwa West, ha kona u tevhela Wolseley, Tulbagh na Groenland hune dzothe dza vha dzi tshi khou bveledza zwine zwa swika 12%. 

Villiersdrop/Vyeboom ina dzine dza swika 9%, ngeno huna uri vha Klein Karoo vhana dzine dza swika 7% ha vha na vha Southern Cape, Piketberg na Somerset West dzothe dzina dzine dza swika 2% dzine dza vha uri dzi khou bveledziwa.

Tshaka Dza Mapiere

©Louise Brodie

Tshaka khulwane vhukuma dzine dza vha uri dzo dala Afrika Tshipembe ndi Packham’s Triumph, Forelle, Bon Chretien na Abate Fetel. Packham ivha yo tavhiwa hune ya swika 33% fhethu hune ha vha uri hu khou bveledziwa nga 2017, ha tevhela Forelle ine ya vha na 26%, Williams Bon Chretien ina 20% na Abate Fetel ire na 7%. 

Sa zwe zwa vhonala fhethu ha mitshelo, Forelle yo bveledza mbeu Germany ya da Afrika Tshipembe nga 1800. Holu lushaka lwo wana dzina zwi tshi khou bva kha muesengavhadzimu nga mulandu wa uri lukanda lwa hone lu na muvhala wo no nga wa musengavhadzimu. Packham’s Triumph yo bveledziwa Australia, ho tanganiswa Bon Chretien na St Germain, ya kona u swika Afrika Tshipembe nga 1992. 

Bon Chretien vhubvo hayo ndi United Kingdom nahone i vha yo fanelwa nga maraga musi i tshi kha di vha thethe na u vhewa kha dzi thini. Abate Fetel yo bveledziwa nga murahu ha musi ho tangana dzi tshaka dzine dza vha uri dzo vhala nga French Monk, Abbe Fetel, nga 1866 na hone i todea nga vhunzhi vhukuma Europe.

Khalanwaha

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Mutshelo hoyu ndi wa tshilimo, nahone tshifhinga tsha u kana zwi vha zwi tshi khou bva kha uri ndi lushaka lufhio lwo tavhiwaho. Mapiere a Forelle Afrika Tshipembe athoma u fuliwa mafheloni a nwedzi wa Luhuhi u swika mafheloni a nwedzi wa Thafamuhwe. Packham’s Triumph dzi thoma u kaniwa vhukati ha nwedzi wa Luhuhi, Bon Chretien ithoma u fuliwa mathomoni kana mafheloni a nwedzi wa Phando.

Thengiso

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Vha Afrika Tshipembe vha kha di vha vhabveledzi vhatuku musi vha tshi sedza kha zwa mashango davha ho sedziwa fhethu hune ha vha uri a khou bveledziwa hone, fhedzi vha bva phanda kha u isa kha mashango a nnda. U bveledziwa hu vha ho di sendeka kha uri akone uya kha manwe mashango, ha kona u tevhela zwauri a vhewe ha kono vha na matuku tuku ane avha uri aya omiswa.

Europe na the United Kingdom ndi vhone vhathu vhahulwane vhane Afrika Tshipembe ya vha i tshi khou vha isela mapiere musi ro sedza u dala na thengiselano. Hu ya kona u tou nangiwa dzi tshaka huna mbuno dzine dza vha uri dzi ya vhonala, zwi dovha zwavhudi u sedza vharengi vhau. Vha EU’ vha ditika nga tshaka dzo omaho, u fana na Abate Fetel na Doyenne du Comice, ngeno vha United Kingdom vha tshi toda ane avha uri ndi matete.

Mushumo

©Louise Brodie

Mutshelo hoyu wo dala vhukuma nga pfushi, dzi vitamin, mineral, fibre na dzi antioxidants. Unga ula u tshi kha di tou vha mutete kana kha dzi salad. Uya kona u vhewa kha dzi thini, wa omiswa, wa ita zwa u dola na juice. Uya shuma kha u bika na u baga.

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe