XV 



A FEW VERNACULAR TERMS CONNECTED WITH DATE CULTIVATION IN THE 

 PUNJAB, WITH THEIR ENGLISH MEANINGS. 



ANNA *Jf 

 BACHA *a?u 

 BAIKAR T*V 



Bui 

 BHUGRIAN c 



BHUTRA 

 BOGH * 



BOKAR 



BUHARA 



BUHARI 



BUR ;>J 

 CHHARI 



CHHAUDA ljj 



One penny approximately. 

 Off-shoot, sucker. 



The lessee of the date trees. The lease is usually taken 

 before the time the fruits are fully formed. The 

 baikar protects the fruits from enemies, harvests, 

 and disposes of them making what profit he can 

 over the sum which he has agreed (in the lease) 

 to pay to the owner of the trees. 



Seedling : a tree grown from a seed. 



Date fruits especially inferior ones are plucked from 

 the tree before they begin to^soften ; are boiled in 

 water, to which has been added some oil or " ghi " 

 (boiled butter) or milk and sometimes a little salt. 

 They are then dried hard and stored. They can 

 be kept for years in this state and are used at 

 festivals. Such fruits are called " Bhugrian." 



In other cases the fruits are boiled in water, dried and 

 smeared with oil or " ghi." Sometimes they are 

 not boiled but simply dried hard and smeared with 

 oil or "ghi." Rape or mustard oil is preferred for 

 this purpose. The term Bhugri is also applied to 

 the dried ripe fruit of the " beri " plant (Zizyphus 

 jujuba). 



Leaflet : see also Leaf. 



Fruits from polygamous trees. Also sometimes 



applied to any date fruit with little flesh on it. 

 Polygamous trees are also called Bogh. 



(A broom) Applied to the male or female inflorescence 

 of a date tree after the flowers or fruits have 

 gene from it. See Illustrations Nos. 15 and 16 

 pages 12a and 126. 



Pollen ; sometimes flowers. 



(A stick) the main axis of the date leaf (see page 7). 

 Sometimes applied to^the whole leaf. 



Leaf base, i.e., the part of the leaf stalk left attached 

 to the tree stem when the leaf is pruned away. 



