Mary Allen
He ʻano mea kanu ʻo Pumpkins, no laila he hui nui. ʻIke maikaʻi mākou i nā ʻukena māla, kahi ʻano mea kanu ʻokoʻa. ʻO kā mākou mea kanu punahele ʻo zucchini. Ma Switzerland, kapa ʻia lākou ʻo "Zucchetti". No nā paukena ʻai e like me ka paukena nunui a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ke kanu nei kā mākou mau māla i nā ʻukena ʻē aʻe no ka mea nani lākou. Kapa ʻia lākou he ʻumeke hoʻohiwahiwa. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai iā lākou a hiki ke lilo i mea ʻawaʻawa. ʻono lākou i ka ʻawaʻawa. ʻOi aku ka mamao e pili ana i ka paukena ʻo nā melon a me nā kukama.
ʻO ka ʻukena i ka hāʻule. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maka, no laila pono ʻoe e kuke. Hiki ke hoʻomaloʻo a ʻai ʻia nā ʻanoʻano a i ʻole ke kaomi ʻana i ka ʻaila mai ia mau mea. Loaʻa i ka ʻukena ka nui o ka huaora A, maikaʻi loa ia no nā maka.
Ua grafting a ulu paha nā kānaka i ka ʻukena no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻO ka hopena, ua nui nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole i ka wā mua a hiki mai lākou i ʻEulopa i ke kakahiaka nui. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻanoʻano paukena mua ma kahi o 7000 mau makahiki i hala ma Mexico a me ʻAmelika Hema. Ma laila ua hoʻohana mua ka poʻe India i ka paukena i meaʻai nui. ʻO kā lākou ʻōpū paʻa paʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he ipu no ka wai a i ʻole nā hua. I kēia lā, no ka Halloween, ʻāwīwī nā kānaka i nā ʻukena a hana i nā kukui mai loko mai o ia mau mea.