Lo mzuzu uyimbali uqhutywa ngumbono wabatyali-zimali kunye noosomashishini uGerrit van Zyl noPiet Malan abaye baba ngamaqabane ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30, kunye nobuchule bobugcisa bukaFerdi Ungerer ovela eHortAfrique, kunye noReinhard Botes, ozisa ulwazi lobugcisa bendawo kunye nobuchule bokunkcenkceshela etafileni. “Eli linge linxibelelanisa iinguqulelo ezintsha, uzinzo kunye nesithembiso sezoqoqosho kwilaphu leGreat Karoo, libeka iNkosana u-Albert njengomkhondo kushishino olukhulayo lwepistachio eMzantsi Afrika,” utshilo uLinda.
Imithi yePistachio, okanye iPistacia vera, i-dioecious, enemithi eyahlukileyo yamadoda nabasetyhini. Imithi yobufazi ivelisa amandongomane axabisekileyo, ngoxa imithi yamadoda inika umungu, ngomlinganiselo oqhelekileyo wendoda enye kwimithi ebhinqileyo esi-8–10, nto leyo eqinisekisa ukusasazeka kwepoleni eqhutywa ngumoya. Ingcambu ye-Clone 2, ekhethelwe ukomelela nokubanda kwayo, ibambelela kule mithi kumhlaba wasePrince Albert otsalwe kakuhle, umhlaba onealkaline, ofanelene ngokugqibeleleyo nehlobo elitshisayo laseKaroo kunye nobusika obuneqabaka. Kwatyalwa imihlanganiselwa emithathu engundoqo, iShufra, Ariyeh kunye neSirora, enemithi engama-5500 etyaliweyo kunye neminye imithi engama-20,000 ecwangciselwe ixesha lonyaka lika-2026, uninzi lophuhliso lweziseko ezingundoqo esele lwenziwe. Ukulungiswa komhlaba kuya kuqala kwikota yesine ka-2025.
Uphando olungqongqo luyiqinisekisile imeko-bume yeNkosana u-Albert njengelungele iipistachios, iimeko zesipili kwizindlu zamandla zehlabathi ezifana neCalifornia, Iran kunye neTurkey. Indalo yemithi ekwaziyo ukumelana nembalela iyachuma kulo mmandla ungekho mbalele, ixhaswa ziinkqubo zokunkcenkceshela eziphambili zePlatberg Farm. Ifama izingca ngeziseko ezingundoqo ezifana nombane welanga, ukubiyelwa okuqinileyo kunye nezicwangciso zeehektare ezinkulu zemithi ecaleni kwendawo yemveliso zibonisa umbono okhaliphileyo. Ukuqhutywa kovavanyo oluyimpumelelo kuye komeleza ukuzithemba, okungqina ukuba iipistachios zinokukhula apha, njengasePrieska, apho ishishini lepistachio laqala laqala khona eMzantsi Afrika.
Amathuba emisebenzi sele ehluma kuphuhliso lwegadi yeziqhamo kunye neziseko zophuhliso, kunye nokuqhakaza okuninzi xa imithi ifikelela kwimveliso epheleleyo kwiminyaka eyi-8-10. Njengoko uMzantsi Afrika utya i-150–200 yeetoni zeepistachios ngonyaka kodwa uvelisa i-10% kuphela apha ekhaya, isivuno sasePlatberg sinokondla iimarike zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe, oko kunyusela iPrince Albert njengomdlali odlamkileyo kwezolimo. Iiprojekthi ezifana nezi zisikhumbuza ukuba idolophu yethu encinci iyaqhubeka ukutsala iinkcuba-buchopho ezintsha ezidibanisa inzululwazi nethuba, zidale inzuzo yezoqoqosho ehlala ihleli kubahlali bethu.
