Unikezelo loMthi weziqhamo ezingama-40. (Ifoto: Ngu-Sam Van Aken) Unjingalwazi weYunivesithi yaseSirakuse kunye nomzobi uSam Van Aken wakhulela efama, kodwa akazange acinge ukuba angangumlingani wezolimo noGqirha Frankenstein.
Khange ndicinge ngenene ngokulima iminyaka engamashumi amabini, utshilo uMnu Van Aken kweyakhe Intetho yeTedx ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo. Kude kwade kwafuneka athathe ingqeshiso yegadi yeziqhamo yamatye eneminyaka engama-200 ubudala eGeneva, NY Igadi yeziqhamo yayingomnye wabalimi bokugqibela bemithi yeziqhamo yamatye eNew York State, kwaye yaba lithuba elihle kuMnumzana Van Aken ukugcina iintlobo ngeentlobo zamandulo kunye nezincinci ezaziwayo zemithi yeziqhamo.
Ngokusebenzisa ubuchule bamandulo obubizwa ngokuba yi-chip grafting, uMnumzana Van Aken waqala ukuguqula umthi weplum owomileyo ube ngumthi we-hybridi onokuthi uthwale ngaphezulu kwe-40 yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zeziqhamo zamatye, kubandakanya iipesika, ii-nectarines, iiapilkosi, iitsheri kunye neeamangile.
Lo mthi umangalisayo ujongeka njengawo nawuphi na umthi omdala, kude kube sentwasahlobo, xa utyatyamba unemibala emininzi yeentyatyambo ezisuka kumhlophe ziye kwi-fuchsia. Xa ihlobo lijikeleza, umthi uqala ukuvelisa iziqhamo ezahlukeneyo.
Zonke iindidi zemithi yeziqhamo zamatye zivela kwigadi yeziqhamo kaMnu Van Aken, apho egcina nzima ukufumana iintlobo zemithi yeziqhamo yamatye. Enye yeentandokazi zakhe yi-Greengage plum-tree, eya e-US isuka eFrance kwaye ithwala iiplamu ezibukeka ngathi ziiapile zikaGranny Smith. Umthi weziqhamo ezingama-40 eNewton, eMassachusetts. (Ifoto: Ngu-Sam Van Aken)
UMnu Van Aken, omelwe eNew York ngu URonald Feldman UbuGcisa boBugcisa , Izicwangciso zokusebenzisa imali evela kwimithi (ethengisa malunga ne-30,000 yeedola inye) ukwenza igadi yeziqhamo eya kuthi isebenze njengendawo yokugcina izinto zemithi yamandulo kunye neye-antique.
Ngokubhekisele kuMthi weziqhamo ezingama-40, njengoko usaziwa, uninzi lwazo lutyaliwe ngeenxa zonke eU.S.
Inxalenye yengcinga esemva komthi weziqhamo ezingama-40 yayikukutyala kwindawo apho abantu beza kukhubeka kuzo, utshilo uMnu Van Aken. IJografi yeSizwe .
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