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Arecanut processed by boiling is known as Kalipak.
Kalipak is made from areca nuts of 6 - 7 months maturity. The nuts are dehusked, cut into pieces, boiled and then coated with a substance called kali before being dried. Kali is produced by concentrating the liquid (water) in which the nuts are boiled.

Fruit of bael (Aegle marmelos) is a botanically Hard Shelled berry.
The Bael fruits are globose in shape, with a hard exterior and do not split open even upon ripening. The raw fruits look greenish grey while the woody exterior turns yellow upon ripening. The ripened fruit contains aromatic pulp with around 10 - 15 seeds, enclosed in a sac filled with natural adhesive.
It is a sweet, aromatic fruit that grows on the bael tree.

Carrot is a heavy feeder, particularly for K (Potassium).
Heavy feeder refers to a plant type that requires more nutrients than other average plants.
The carrot is a heavy potassium and calcium feeder. It requires 3-fold and 2-fold of these nutrients, respectively, as compared to the nitrogen rate. Potassium promotes solid, sweet carrots.

A highly salt tolerant fruit crop among the following is Ber.
The salt tolerance of a plant is often defined as the degree to which the plant can withstand, without significant adverse effects, moderate or high concentrations of salt in water on its leaves or in the soil within reach of its roots.
It can withstand saline, alkaline soil also in waterlogged soil. Deep sandy loamy soils with good drainage capacity are ideal soil for ber cultivation.
Based on salt tolerance limits, ber cultivars Banarsi Karaka, Narendra Ber Sel. -2 and Ponda can be placed intolerant and CVS.

Pusa purple round is the variety that is resistant to the little leaf of brinjal.
It is an early maturing and long-fruited type variety. Fruits are small, dark purple and borne in clusters. The crop is ready for picking 75 days after transplanting. Variety is resistant to little leaf disease under natural conditions.

The percentage of sugar for the complete preservation of fruits in jam is 70%.
Jam should have a fruit content of at least 40 percent and a total sugar content of not less than 68 percent to prevent mould growth after opening the jar. Jams contain 0.5 - 0.6 percent acid and inverted sugar should not be more than 40 percent.
The abundance of sugar helps mask the sour taste of the citric acid found in the lemon juice.

Rose Supreme, Happy End and Friendship are improved varieties of Gladiolus.
Rose supreme variety takes about 103 days for flowering; spike length 93 cm; 15 florets per spike; floret colour light peach; cormel production 24 per plant.
Happy end variety requires about 82 days for flowering; spike length 65 cm; 10 florets per spike; floret colour salmon carmine rose with yellow throat, cormel production 37 per plant.
Friendship variety takes about 86 days for flowering; spike length 78 cm; 12 florets per spike; floret colour carmine rose with yellow throats; cormel production 15 per plant.

Kunwari is a variety of Cauliflower.
It is released by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
It is an early variety suitable for growing in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
The leaves are bluish green. Curds are semi-spherical with an even surface and ready for harvesting from mid-September to mid-October.

Neer vazhai is a malady of banana.
Neer Vazhai (Neer = water and vazhai = banana) is a malady of unknown etiology. The fruits ooze out watery fluid when cut. It affects Nendran bananas in Tamil Nadu. Infested plants show poor plant growth, delayed shooting, a lanky bunch with few hands and immature unfilled fingers.

An important ingredient of Panchkutta vegetables is cucurbit.
Panchkuta ki Sabzi is essentially made up of 5 prime ingredients. Another Rajasthani delicacy is used for breaking a Jain fast (parna).
This curry primarily consists of 5 ingredients - Ker, Sangri, Amchur, Gunda and Kumati hence the name Panchkutta.