Snap taum yog cov zaub qoob loo hauv tsev neeg legume uas qiv lawv tus kheej zoo rau kev ua liaj ua teb me me thiab ib nrab sijhawm. Kev nqis peev pib yog qhov tsawg, thiab ntau qhov haujlwm ua haujlwm, xws li kev npaj av, cog, thiab kev sau qoob loo, tuaj yeem raug ntiav. Cov cuab yeej xav tau ntawm thaj chaw me me tsis zoo heev, thiab feem ntau ntawm cov cuab yeej siv tau rau lwm lub hom phiaj.
Snap taum keeb kwm nyob rau yav qab teb Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, thiab Costa Rica. Lawv tau cog qoob loo los ntawm Cov Neeg Qhab Asmeskas thoob plaws hauv North America hauv kev sib koom ua ke cog qoob loo nrog squash thiab pob kws hu ua "Peb viv ncaus." Lawv tseem yog cov qoob loo tseem ceeb, thiab Asmeskas cov neeg ua liaj ua teb tau pib cog cov noob taum nyob ib puag ncig xyoo 1890 vim tias muaj kev txaus siab rau cov noob taum nrog cov noob tsis muaj hlua.
Tebchaws Asmeskas tau sau cov noob taum rau ob lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb: kev ua lag luam thiab kev lag luam tshiab. Hauv xyoo tas los no, Tebchaws Asmeskas tau sau qhov nruab nrab ntawm ib ncig ntawm 177,000 acres ntawm taum snap nrog tus nqi ntau dua $ 278 lab (64 feem pua ntawm cov khw tshiab). Pennsylvania sau qhov nruab nrab ntawm yuav luag 7,100 daim av ntawm cov taum snap nrog tus nqi ntau dua $ 8.3 lab (34 feem pua ntawm cov khw tshiab).
Kev lag luam
Fresh-market snap taum feem ntau yog tsim nyob rau hauv Pennsylvania txij lub Rau Hli mus txog Lub Kaum Hli. Snap taum cultivars pom zoo rau Pennsylvania yog teev nyob rau hauv Table 1. Rau kev lag luam lwm txoj hauv kev muaj rau cov neeg cog qoob loo: cov khw muag khoom, cov koom tes, cov khw muag khoom hauv zos (khoom noj khoom haus), cov chaw muag khoom, kev ua haujlwm ntawm koj tus kheej, thiab cov tuam txhab ua lag luam.
Fresh-market snap taum growers muaj ntau txoj kev lag luam. Ua ntej, koj tuaj yeem cog lus nrog cov neeg xa khoom mus rau kev lag luam thiab xa koj cov taum snap rau tus nqi uas tau txiav txim siab. Koj tuaj yeem xa koj cov qoob loo mus rau lub khw muag khoom lag luam xws li kev muag khoom muag, tab sis koj tuaj yeem ntsib tus nqi hloov pauv ntau nyob ntawm cov khoom siv thiab kev xav tau ntawm lub sijhawm. Ib txoj hauv kev kom tsis txhob muaj cov kev hloov pauv no yog koom lossis tsim kev koom tes ua lag luam uas siv cov nqi sib sau ua ke txhua hnub thiab tus nqi uas nthuav tawm tus nqi hloov pauv ntawm txhua tus neeg tsim khoom. Cov khw muag khoom hauv zos yog lwm lub khw muag khoom, tab sis koj yuav tsum siv sijhawm los tiv tauj cov thawj coj tsim khoom thiab muab cov taum zoo zoo thaum cov khw muag khoom xav tau. Roadside stands (xws li koj tus kheej lossis lwm tus neeg cog qoob loo), cov neeg ua liaj ua teb cov khw muag khoom, thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm koj tus kheej muab sijhawm kom tau txais txiaj ntsig siab dua cov nqi muag khoom rau koj cov taum snap, tab sis koj yuav muaj qee cov nqi ntxiv rau kev tshaj tawm, tsim thiab tswj chaw, kev thauj mus los, thiab muab kev pabcuam rau koj cov neeg siv khoom. Nrog kev xaiv-koj-tus kheej ua haujlwm, koj txuag cov nqi sau, tab sis koj kuj yuav tsum txaus siab txais qee qhov pov tseg. Nyob ntawm koj qhov chaw nyob, processors yuav lossis tsis yog kev xaiv lag luam. Snap taum processors feem ntau cog lus nrog cov neeg cog qoob loo ua ntej cog rau ib qho kev txiav txim siab thiab tus nqi; lawv tsis tshua muaj kev cog lus nrog cov neeg cog qoob loo me me (cov uas muaj tsawg dua tsib daim av).
