ʻO kekahi o nā mea mua e hele ana i Hawaii i kaʻikeʻana i ka hōʻeaʻana i ka papa mokulele aiʻole i ka hele muaʻana i kahi hale kūʻai nui,ʻo ia nā hōʻailona nui o nā hua'ōpili macadamia, e like me nā pūpū momona o nā hua maloʻo maloʻo. He aneane pau ka kohoʻana a he mea kupanaha ke kumukūʻai, emi iho o ka hapalua o nā mea āu e uku ai ma ka'āina no nā mea like.
ʻO Nut Capital Nut Capital of the World
Pehea e hiki ai kēia?
ʻAe, he maʻalahi ka pane. ʻO Hawaiʻi kekahi o nā mea nui loa o nā kāpili macadamia o ka honua a uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia ka puʻu o ka macadamia nut i ka honua, e ulu ana i ka 90% o nā hua macadamia honua.
He aha ka mea e kahaha loa ai kēia no ka pilikino nutadamiaʻole no Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole i ka makahiki 1882 i kanu muaʻia ka lāʻau ma Hawaii nei e kokoke ana ma Kapulena ma ka mokupuni nui o Hawaiʻi.
He poʻe malihini maiʻApelika
ʻO ka'ōmaʻopaʻa macadamia ka mea i ulu mai ma'Austeteria. Ua hoʻohuihuiʻia ka macadamia a kapa inoaʻia e Baron Sir Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller, Luna no nā Botanical Gardens ma Melbourne a me Walter Hill, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā Botanic Gardens ma Brisbane.
Ua kapaʻia ka lāʻau no ka mahalo o ka hoaaloha o Mueller,ʻo Kauka John Macadam, he mea haʻi'ōlelo koʻikoʻi i ka papa hana a me keʻano makamaika ma ke Kulanui o Melbourne, a he lālā o ka Palepule.
ʻO William H. Purvis, he mea kanuʻohi i Big Island, i kipa aku i'Asetalia a ua mahaloʻia e ka nani o ka lāʻau. Ua hoʻihoʻiʻo ia i nā huaʻano i Hawaii kahi i kanu aiʻo ia iā lākou i Kapulena. No nā makahiki he 40 e hiki mai ana, ua ulu nui nā kumulāʻau i kumu lāʻau nani aʻaʻole naʻe no kā lākou hua.
Nā hana kūʻai mua loa ma Hawaiʻi nei
I ka makahiki 1921, ua hoʻonohonoho kahi kanaka Massachusettsʻo Ernest Shelton Van Tassell i ka ululāʻau macadamia mua kokoke i Honolulu.
ʻO kēia ho'āʻo mua, akā, ua hālāwai me ka hemahema, no ka mea,ʻo nā mea kanu mai ka lāʻau hoʻokahi e ulu pinepine i nā hua o nā hua likeʻole a me ka maikaʻi. Ua komo ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ke kiʻi a ua holo aku ma luna o 20 mau makahiki o ka noiʻiʻana e hoʻonui i ka hua o ka lāʻau.
Hoʻomakaʻia ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka nuiʻana o nā mea nui
ʻAʻole hiki i ka makahiki 1950, i ka wā i komo ai nā hui nui i ke kiʻi, ua lilo ka hanaʻana o nā huapoki macadamia no ka kūʻai kūʻai kūʻaiʻana i mea nui. ʻO Castle & Cooke ka mea nāna i hoʻolako nui loa,ʻo ia ka mea nona nā Dole Pineapple Co.. Ma hope iho, hoʻomaka iholaʻo C. Brewer a me Kamupene Ltd. i kā lākou mau waiwai i loko o nā kānana macadamia.
Ma hope, ua kūʻaiʻo C. Brewer i ka Castle a me Cooke i kaʻoihana macadamia a hoʻomakaʻo ia e kūʻai i kāna mau huapalapala ma lalo o Mauna Loa i ka makahiki 1976. Mai ia manawa, hoʻomau ka uluʻana o nā huapiliʻo Mauna Loa. Aia nōʻo Mauna Loa ka mea nāna e hoʻopuka i nāʻano macadadan ma ka honua aʻo ko lākou inoa me keʻano o nā huaʻaiʻai macadamia.
Hana maikaʻi nā hana
Aia naʻe, he nui nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi e hua mai i nā hua. ʻO kahi o nā mea iʻike nuiʻia he pāʻuku liʻiliʻi ma ka mokupuniʻo Molokai i paʻaʻia e Tuddie a me Kammy Purdy. He wahi maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaha ai no ka loaʻaʻana o kāu haʻawina pono'ī e pili ana i ka mahiʻaiʻo Macadamia nut, a ke ho'āʻo a kūʻai aku i nā hua hou a me ka'ōpala a me nā hua huaʻai macadamia.