Umphumela Womhlaba Wonke
Amapheya adabuka enyakatho nentshonalanga yeChina. Kukholakala ukuthi babefuywe eceleni komfula iYangzi, lapho kutholakala khona amatshe wepherishi asukela ngonyaka ka-6 000 BC.
Izimbali ezi-peach kwakucatshangwa ukuthi 'zivimbela ububi'. Kakhulu kangangokuba amasosha aphatha izimbali ezi-peach njengoba ehola ababusi, ababehamba phakathi kwamadolobhana. Izimbali ze-peach zazilengiswa ezinsikeni zomnyango ekuqaleni konyaka omusha ngamunye. I-peach yabuye yabonwa njengophawu lokuphila nokungafi.
Igama le-botanical la peach yi-Prunus Persica, elisho ukuthi "okhona wasePheresiya", ebhekisa ekwazisweni kwePheresiya kwaphawulwa kwabaseRoma, abalisakaza kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. I-China isengumkhiqizi ophambili we-peach emhlabeni, ilandelwe yi-Italy bese i-United States.
Indawo Yokukhiqiza eNingizimu Afrika
Iningi lamapheya aseNingizimu Afrika akhiqizwa esifundeni sase Ntshonalanga Kapa. I-Ceres iyindawo ehamba phambili yokwenziwa kwe-dessert (freestone), elandelwa yiPiketberg, isifundazwe saseNyakatho, iKlein Karoo, iWolseley, iTulbagh, nePaarl. Amavolumu amancane nawo akhiqizwa eFree State, eMpumalanga Kapa, eGauteng, eMpumalanga, eLangkloof naseHex River Valley.
I-Klein Karoo ilandisa cishe isigamu sokukhiqizwa kwe-peach ezweni, ngamanani amakhulu aqhamuka eCeres, Wolseley, Tulbagh, eningizimu Kapa naseWorcester. Amavolumu amancane nawo akhiqizwa eVilliersdorp, Vyeboom, Hex River, Langkloof East, Piketberg naseMpumalanga.
Isikhathi Sonyaka Esifanele i-Peach
Isizini yokukhiqiza yaseNingizimu Afrika iqala kusuka ngo-Okthoba kuya kuMashi, kuya ngezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene nezokukhiqiza. Lokhu kuvumela izwe ukuthunyelwa kwezithelo eNyakatho Nenkabazwe uma isikhathi sokukhiqiza salawo mazwe sesiphelile.
I-Ningizimu Afrika, nokho, ingumdlali omncane wamazwe omhlaba, obalwa ngaphezu kwamaphesenti ayi-15 wamapentshisi akhiqizwe kwi-South Hemisphere. Izimbangi zabo eziphambili zezimakethe zaseYurophu nase-Asia yiChile, Argentina neBrazil.
Ukuthengisa
Umkhiqizo wepani waseNingizimu Afrika wedlula amathani angama-210 000 ngonyaka we-2015 kodwa ubuyiselwe emalini elinganiselwa ku-200 000 kulandela izimo ezinzima zesomiso eziqale ngonyaka ka-2017. Cishe ama-70% ezitshalo athontshwe unyaka nonyaka, kanti ezinye zithengiswa endaweni, zomisiwe noma zithunyelwa kwamanye amazwe.
I-Mozambiki, iZimbabwe, iLesotho, i-Singapore, i-United Kingdom, i-Angola, i-Hong Kong, i-China, neMauritius, iSaudi Arabia kanye ne-Emirates zimele izindawo eziphambili zokuthumela ngaphandle.
Translated by Nsika Khoza
Izinhlobo eziningi zama-dessert nezinhlobo ze-peach ezihlwanyelwe eNingizimu Afrika, ngokukhetha okuvame ukuqondiswa yizidingo zokukhiqiza k...