KA KOT REP

B.M Pugh

[ba bteng] Hynrei kat ha ki jaka kiba la pyrshang ia u ha kane ka ri, u long bha khlem jingshitom. Nga ngeit namarkata ba une u dei ban long bha ha ri Khasi-Jaintia. Ki variety, kata ki jaid jong une u soh kiba la poi sha ka ri ki long kine; Marsh’s Seedless, Triumph, Duncan bad Foster. Ka Allahabad Agricultural Institute ha Allahabad ruh ka thung bha ia une u soh bad u iaid bha ruh. U long u soh uba bang-pyngngad shibun ban bam. Kito kiba kwah ban ioh jingtip shuh shuh shaphang ki sohjew sohthiang ki lah ban pynioh ia kine ki kot ba la ai kyrteng harum: 1: Hume, H.H – The Cultivation of Citrus Fruits (The Macmillian Company, New York) 2: Fawcet, H.S and Lee, H.A – Citrus Diseases and Their Control (Mc Graw-Hill Book Company, New York) 3: Quayle, H.J – Insects of Citrus and other Subtropical Fruits (Comstock Publishing Company, Ithaca, New York) 4: Report on the Marketing of Citrus Fruits in India – Manager of Publications, Government of India Press, Delhi.

LYNNONG – 22

U SOHTRUN Une u soh imat u long uba wan nyngkong-nyngkong na Brazil ha South America. Imat u la wan poi sha ri India ha ka snem 1548. Bad la um pat roi stet ha kane ka ri kumba u la roi ha kiwei pat ki ri, kum ha ki dewlynnong Hawaii, Malaya, West Indies, South Africa bad Queensland, la katta ruh ngi shem ia u ha bun ki jaka ha kane ka ri India kum ha Assam, Bengal, Malabar bad ha ri rud duriaw jong ka Bombay Presidency. Na kitei ki jaka baroh, ka Singapore ha Malaya bad ki dewlynnong Hawaii ki long ki jaka kiba rep bha ia une u soh namar ba ki don ki karkhana kiba heh kiba thep ia une u soh ha ki tin bad kiba phah ia u sha kylleng ka pyrthei. Ka ri Khasi bad jylla Assam baroh kawei ki long ki jaka kiba bit eh ban rep ia une u soh lada ki lah ban thep ia u kumta ha ki tin kumba ki leh sha kiwei pat ki jaka. Kane ka long kawei na ki indostri (industry) kaba ki Khasi-Pnar ki dei ban pynieng. Une u soh u long bha ha ki jaka ki bym da shit eh, bad um da long bha satia ha ki jaka kiba khriat. Ka jingshit jong ka bneng kaba naduh 60 degree haduh 90 degree (Fahrenheit) imat ka long kaba ia dei bha na ka bynta une u soh. Dei na kata ka daw ba nga ngeit ba ki jaka ri War bad ri Bhoi jong ngi ki dei ban long kiba bit eh na ka bynta une u soh. Um lah ban shah ia ka jingshit eh jong ka sngi, hynrei um lah pat ban long bha lada shar eh ki dieng. Une u soh u lah ruh ban long bha ha ki bun jaid ki khyndew; hynrei u iadei bha eh ha ka khyndew ka bym da shyiap eh lane ka bym da skhah eh. Imat kam da donkam ruh ba ka khyndew ka dei ban long kaba da sboh eh. Don kiba ngeit ba u soh uba na ka khyndew ka bym da sboh eh u long uba kham bang. la u soh na ka khyndew kaba sboh bha u lah ban long uba kham heh. Imat une u soh um da long bha eh ha ki jaka kiba duna ka nar bad kiba bun eh ka shun.

Ka khyndew ka dei ruh ban long kato ha kaba ka um kam lah ban neh slem. Namar kata ki jaka sharing ki lah ban long kiba kham bha. Ia u sohtrun ki thung na ki shylluit (ratoons or suckers) kiba mih najan ki thied napoh khyndew lane na ki tnat lung (suckers) kiba mih ha khap ki sla (axils) bad u met bah, lane na ki shylluit (slips) kiba mih na ka met bah kaba bah khun (fruiting stem) hajan trai u soh lane na i shylluit kiba mih narud u kliar, lane na ka kliar hi jong u soh. Na kitei ki saw jaid kiba ngi ngi lah ban pyndonkam ha kaba thung, ki shylluit najan ki thied bad ki tnat lung ki long kiba kham bha eh namar ki lah ban pynmih soh kham kloi, tang kumba shi snem shiteng; hynrei ki shylluit pat ki shim por kumba ar snem. La katta ruh ki ju pyndonkam ia ki shylluit namar ki pynmih ki soh kiba kham heh ha kaba ki dang mih nyngkong. Ka rukom kaba thymmai kaba ki leh ha Trinidad khnang ban pynmih kloi ia kine ki shylluit ka long kumne. Ia ki met bah ki law ki ot pyngkiang pynkiang bad ki pynlong ki lyngkniap kiba kumba shi pawa inshi ka jingstang bad na kine ki khlai noh ia ki sla baroh. Nangta pat ki buh ia ki kumba san minit ha ka potassium permanganate kaba la khleh bad shibun ka um (5 percent), bad ki sa pynrkhiang ia ki. Ynda kumba shi bnai ki shylluit ki sdang ban mih, bad ynda ki la dap kumba ar bnai ki sa leit thung ia ki sha bri. Ka rukom thung sohtrun ka iapher shibun ha la ki jaka-jaka; hynrei imat kaba kham bit ia ki jaka kiba kham madan ha ri Khasi-Jaintia ka long lehse ban thung ia ki ha ki lynter lynter kiba ia jngai kumba ar phut na kawei ka lynter ha kawei, bad hadien kata pat ka jingjngai jong kine ki ar syrtap ki lynter ka lah ban long kumba sa phut na kiwei pat ki ar syrtap.

Ka jingjngai ha ki lynter pat na uwei u dieng sohtrun ha uwei pat ka long kumba ar phut. Haba leh kumne kito ki dieng sohtrun kiba ha ki lynter kiba marjan ki ia kyrshan uwei ia uwei pat, bad ki soh ha ki kim da shah shoh sngi eh. Lada thung pat haduh lai ki lynter kiba marjan kata ka lynter kaba hapdeng kam da ioh sngi kaba biang. Ka jingjan ne jingjngai jong uwei u dieng sohtrun ha kata ka jaka: kata katkum ka jingbun ki snem ba u nongrep u mut ban iehnoh ia ka bri ba kan seisoh. Ha ki katto katne ki ri ki ju iehnoh haduh kumba 10 ne 12 snem; ha kiwei pat ki ri ki iehnoh tang lai ne saw snem. Ha ki bun ki jaka ha Assam imat ki iehnoh tang kumba 5 ne 6 snem. Hynrei don ki jaka ha ri Khasi-Jaintia ha kiba ki iehnoh haduh 30 snem. [yn dang bteng]