Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 4, 1 February 1980 — Home Gardening [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Home Gardening

by Olomana K. Akona

On the 1976 voyage of Hokule'a twelve varieties of taro to Tahiti along with other food crops, a pig, chickens and a dog. These were gifts to be presented to the Tahitian people. On the return voyage to Hawaii one of the crew members brought eight Tahitian varieties of taro. One died from the funigation process and another was eaten by wild pigs after it had been planted. The survivors are showing a lot of promise. One of them is a yellow fleshed Mana taro while another seems to be the same variety called Maniniowali. A variety with a red ha seems to be one introduced from Tahiti under the name "Mana ura." The name refers to the V shaped red mark on the tpp side of the leaf. It is reported that this new voyage of Hokule'a, the crevv members will be taking seeds and seedlings of plants we use for the constructīon of our canoes such as koa -wood and o?ona cordage fibers. It is not known exactly what our ancestors took with ihem 011 iheir voyages as gifts, for our traditional myths and legends do~not recount of any gifts being laken down. However, these seeds and seedlings when grown in the Bouth Pacific islands should be a wonderful means to strungthen the ties between the Hawaii and tht Pulyuesian peoples. .

Ma'ka holomoana o ka wa'a Hokul'a i ka M.H. 1976, ua lawe 'ia aku !a i 'umikūmamalua 'ano kalo kama 'aina me na la'au *ai 'oko'a, kekahi pua*a, {16 niau moa anie ka 'ilio ia Tahiti. A ma ka ho'i n>ai *ana, ua lawe maila kekahi po*e ho 4 okele wa'a i 'ewalu 'ano kalo Tahiti. 4 Dia na mea makana aloha i ha'awi Ma kekahi 1 kekahi, A ua make 'elua 'ano kalb no ka ho*ehu mea Mno malihini ame ka 'ai 'ia ena pua'a , ahiu. f O na *ano kalo e ola ai s maika'i ka ulu 'ana me ka mohala o na lau, 4 0 kekahi o keia ano kalo 'oko'a, he Mana me ka i'o melemele a 'o kekahl ua halike pu m,e ke 'ano kalo ma'a mau i kapa *ia Manini owali* A 'o kekahi, he ha 'ula'ula a e like me ka kalo i lawe 'ia ma mamua ma ka inoa *o"Mana ura. H Hepiko 'ula'ula ka ia me ke ano M V." Ifa 'olelo Ma mai nia ka huaka'i hou o ka wa*a Hokule'a. lawe 'ia aku na po'e ho'okele wa'a \ mau 'ano'ano ame kawowo o na la'au e pili me ke kalai a kukulu wa'a, penei n6 hoM ke koa ame ka 'olona ame na mea e a*e. Pohihihi no ka mana'o i ka mea makana i lawe Ma aku ilalla i ka wa kahiko no ka mea. 'a'ohe mea i hal mai iloko o mo*olelo ame ka'ao Holomoa|a. Aka s ina e ulu mau no na'e keia mau' 'ano'ano a me kawowo ma na mokupuni o k.l 'Pakipiloi Hfma, alaila e ho'opa'a ikc aloha mWena c?na po'e Polinesia.