B.M Pugh
[ba bteng] 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. Shuwa ban thung ia kitei ki shylluit najan ki thied, lane ki tnat lung lane ki shylluit, dei ban da puh ne lur bha ia ka bri, kumba ar ne lai sen da ka lyngkor. Ia kine pat kiba ngin thung dei ban da khyllad noh ia ki sla kiba kham sharum kiba lah ban pynwit ia ki thied ba kin kyan hapoh khyndew kata haba thung ia kitei ki shylluid kiba najan ki thied. Lada thung ha ka por ‘lap bah, kaba bha ka long ban da thad ia kine ki shylluit kumba shi sngi ar sngi ha ka jaka ka bym dei sngi. Ha Hawaii ki ju pynieng ia kine da khongpong kumba shi sngi shuwa ban thung ia ki. Ki ju leh kumne khnang ba kin ym pyut lada bun eh ka um ha ka khyndew.
Lada ka um ka bun eh, ka kham bha ruh lada thung ia ki ha ka kynton bad ym ha ka nur um. Ia kine ki shylluit bad ki tnat lung ki ju thung ha ki thliew kiba jylliew kumba lai ne saw inshi; bad ym dei ban tap ia i shylluit iba na khlieh da ka khyndew, lymda kumta i lah ban pyut lane ban ym san kloi. Ynda ki la nang san donkam teng-teng ban phut ia ki niut ki nier, ban kynton khyndew sharud shariang jong ki bad ban khlai noh ia ki shylluit ki bym donkam. Ynda ki lah kheit ia u sohtrun, donkam ruh ban pom noh ia ki met bah kiba la kha khun bad ban iehnoh tang ia ki tnat lung kiba thymmai. Ha kane ka ri India imat u sohtrun um da don kita ki khniang kiba pynjulor eh ia u. Ha Malabar (South India) ki ong ba don tang ka kynja niangshun (mealy bug) kaba paw teng-teng ha u sohtrun. U sohtrun ha kane ka ri, um da don ruh shibun ki jingpang kum sha kiwei pat ki ri. Kaba ngi ju iohi ha ri Khasi Jaintia imat ka long tang ki kynja jingpyut kiba bun jaid kiba lah ban long na ki bun ki daw (1) Kawei ka lah ban long na ka jingshoh eh ka sngi. Lada ki dieng sohtrun ki ieng beit da kaba ki ia kyrshan uwei ia uwei kumba nga la pyni haneng, lane lada kyrshan ia ki da u shken lane lada tap ia u soh da ka kynja sla, (2) Kawei pat ka jingpyut ka long kaba pynpyut ia u shreng. Kane ka lah ban long na ka jingbun eh ka um ha ka khyndew. Kaba pruid ki nur kiba jylliew ha ka bri lane kaba ai sboh eit masi lane ka sboh jingthung imat ka iarap ban kham pynduna ia kane ka jingpang. U sohtrun u phuh syntiew ha u bnai February bad March bad u ih pat ha u bnai July bad August. Katto katne ki phuh syntiew ruh tang shu kut ka jingkheit soh, bad ki soh na kine ki syntiew ki ih ha ka por tlang. Ki sohtrun kiba mih ha kane ka por ki kham jew.
Kumba nga la pyni haneng, ha kawei pat ki ri jong ka pyrthei, khamtam ha Hawaii, Singapore bad ha Australia ia u sohtrun ki shet bad ka shini bad ki thep ia ki ha ki tin bad ki sa phah ia ki sha kylleng ka pyrthei. Nga ngeit ba kane ka jingtrei kan sa mih shen ha ri Khasi-Jaintia ruh. Mynta hi uba kham bun u sohtrun na ri Khasi-Jaintia u leit sha Calcutta. Hynrei katba un da poi ha Calcutta, bunsien u la sdang ban pyut. Ka daw kaba kongsan ka long namar ba ka jingkheit ia u sohtrun bad ka jingshalan ia u ka long ha ki rukom kiba tohmet shibun. Khnang ban lah shalan jngai ia u dei ban kheit ia u shuwa ba un ih eh. Lada kham kheit kloi pat kata ka jingthiang ha u ka kham duna. Ki ju kheit ia u ynda u soh u la sdang ban stem. Lah ban antad ia ka jingih jong u da kaba bsiat da ki shympriah kti, bad da kaba sngap ia ka jingriew jong u. Haba kheit ia u dei ban shu ot da ka shaku kaba nep, kumba shi inshi shiteng narum jong u soh. Lada ot jymmoin eh ia u, kata bun jaid ki jingpang ki lah ban rung ha u soh bad ban pynpyut ia u. Kaba bha ruh ka long ban kheit ia u soh ha ka por ba rang lane haba khuid bha ka bneng, bad ynda la kheit ia u ym dei ban shu buh ha ka khyndew kaba jhieh. Ynda la kheit ia u, ka bha ban da buh kumba katto katne por (san haduh shiphew kynta) shuwa ban thep ia u ha ki shang lane ki synduk (crates) ban shalan ia u sha jngai. Kine ki shang lane ki synduk kim dei ban long kiba khia eh. Ia ki sohtrun dei ban thep ynda la sop ia ki da u skum kba lane uno uno u phlang uba rkhiang. Ia ki kliar ruh ym dei ban ot, hynrei dei ban iehnoh ia ki bad ban pynpaw ia ki shabar ha ka shang lane ka synduk. Donkam pat ba ka jingtap kan long kaba skhem bad ba yn nym don mano mano ba lah ban khlaw ia ki ha lynti. Lada ngi leh sumar kumne, nga ngeit ba ka jingkhaii sohtrun kan kham roi. Ha kiwei kiwei ki bynta jong ka ri India bad ha Assam ruh don katto katne ki jaid sohtrun kiba ki dang wallam shen na shabar. Kine ki long: Smooth Cayenne, Queen, Ripley Queen bad Spanish. Nalor kine, ha Assam ki don ruh kiwei ki jaid kiba ki khot ki ‘desi’ bad uwei pat u jaid uba ki khot ‘jaldhupi’. Na kine baroh imat u Smooth Cayenne u long u jaid uba bha tam. Ki soh jong u ki khia haduh kumba ar ser shiteng ne lai ser: tangba u long u jingthung uba donkam ka jingsumar kaba kham thikna. U Queen pat u long uba soh kloi bad uba bun bha ki soh; hynrei u soh u khia tang kumba shiser shiteng haduh ar ser. Une u jaid pat u soh bha hi, wat lada um da ioh eh ka jingsumar kaba paka. U sohtrun u long u jingbam uba bha shibun na ka bynta ka met u briew bad ka jingkoit jingkhiah jong u. U don shibun ki vitamin A, B, bad C bad shibun ki kynja met (mineral). U don ruh ka kynja met kaba ki khot ka enzyme ha ka ktien phareng kaba iarap ban tylliat ia ki kynja dohksah (proteins) bad kiwei kiwei ki kynja met. Kane ka enzyme ka pynpait wat ia ka shyntur lada bam than ia u sohtrun. [yn dang bteng]
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