Ma kahi mahiʻai liʻiliʻi a mālie ma ka palena ʻākau o San Diego County, kanu ʻo Kenny Feitz i nā lālani o nā strawberry ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula e hoʻomaka ana i ʻOkakopa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO Feitz paha ka punahele nui loa o ka honua i nā strawberry. ʻO ia wale nō kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai nui o Kaleponi. Hoʻopuka ka Golden State ma mua o 80% o nā tōmato, apricots, avocados, lā, fiku, kiwi, ʻoliva, plums, prunes, raisins, blackberries, raspberries, tangerines, waina waina a me nā strawberries.
A ʻo ia mau mea a pau, ʻōlelo ʻo Feitz ʻo nā strawberry kekahi o nā meaʻai palupalu a palupalu loa e ulu ai. He pāʻani pāʻani kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ʻoliʻoli wale ʻo ia i kekahi mau makahiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā āna i hoʻokomo ai i ka hua o kēlā makahiki.
Akā ʻo ka hapa nui o kāna mau strawberries e hele ana i ka ʻōpala. Ma US, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapakolu o nā meaʻai hiki ke hoʻolei ʻia, a loaʻa kēia me nā hua hou. Loaʻa i ka ʻai hoʻopau ʻia ma kahi o ka hapahā o nā waihona ʻāina. Ma laila ia e hoʻoheheʻe ai a hoʻokuʻu i ka 8% o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua.
Hoʻomaka ka ʻōpala ʻāina ma ka mahiʻai - no ka mea e lanakila nā strawberry i ka hoʻokūkū nani. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea nui loa, liʻiliʻi loa, ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻē, ʻaʻole ʻulaʻula ʻaʻole e koho ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma kahi o 50-60% o nā hua i hua ʻia e ka mea kanu e kūʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he strawberries holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kekahi 20% ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke nānā aku akā palekana ke ʻai. Hoʻololi ʻia kēlā mau mea i jams a me nā medley berry smoothie medley. Waiho ʻia ke koena i loko o nā ʻauwaha a palau ʻia i lalo e hānai i ka hanauna hou o nā strawberries.
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