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BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 25
Some scientists have been set in motion by an unexpected, unusual, unnatural happening in Kashmir Valley--appearance of oranges on a tree. This information was circulated by the CNN-IBN television channel on Friday. Oranges normally grow in high temperatures and the season ends by the onset of summer. But when oranges start growing in Kashmir, bizarre is the only word that comes to mind.
Details pasted on the website of the television channel are quite revealing. Abdul Rashid Badyari, a local Kashmiri Muslim of Srinagar, has been identifed as the owner of the orange tree--the only orange tree in the Valley of Kashmir.
Badyari is reported to have divulged that he had planted his orange tree about 12 years ago. Funnier party of the story: Badyari did not know that it was orange tree when he planted it in his garden. When he began to trim the tree he saw an orange for the first time.
And he has been quoted as saying: "Iss saal toa Allah kay fazal say sau say zyada sangtaray niklay (This year by God's grace the tree has more than 100 oranges)". Badyari owns a small hotel on the baks of famous Dal Lake in the capital city of Srinagar.
Oranges normally grow in the plains. In fact, the best ones come from Nagpur, which is one of the hottest places in India. Badyari's oranges, on the other hand, have seen freezing winters. Scientists at the Sheri Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Srinagar are reportedly baffled by this phenomenon and are planning a full fledged study
"Yes, of course it is a new thing in Kashmir Valley but in certain pockets we do have these fruits. But in the Valley, where we have temperate climate, it is a new thing. We will look into the matter and see what is the case", Prof. MS Wani, Chief Pomology Scientist of University of Agricultural Sciences was quoted as saying.
According to the Television channel's report, the orange, which is bigger than the normal varieties but slightly bitter in taste, is making name in the Valley as 'Badyari orange'. It has been a season of surprises in the Valley no doubt. After warm winters and heavy snowfall in spring, it is now Oranges in Kashmir, which resulted in raised eyebrows.
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