Me ka leo o nā bela a me nā alikaʻi o ka tsarist Lūkini, lohe mau ʻia nā leo ʻeuʻeu o nā mea ʻalala, "Ua mālama ʻia nā huahe a Tsaregradsky! E nā leo aloha! E hoʻopuni ana lākou a puni ka mea i loaʻa ke kālā!"
Aia kekahi mea nāna e kāʻili i kou mau maiʻa mai: ʻaʻole he mea nui loa ka lole, akā ua hoʻohiki ʻia ka waiwai nui.
ʻO ka lāʻau carob, a i ka ceratonia siliculose, a i ʻole tsaregradsky poli (Ceratonia siliqua). © Juan CaparrosMa nā wahi kīlaʻi o nā polar Tsaregradsky, hele lākou i ka hānai holoholona, a ʻo ka poʻe ilihune wale nō lākou i ʻai ai i nā manawa. No 400 tausani mau rubles i ke gula, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā pū i ka Lūkini i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka loaʻa kālā mai ko lākou kūʻai aku i ka helu kālā.
Kahi i lawe ʻia ai kēia huahana maikaʻi? Ka mea i huli mai i nā huaʻai Tsaregradsky nā hua o ka lāʻau carob, ceratonia. ʻO ka moʻomeheu ua loa i ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻāina o ka Mediterranean.
ʻO ka inoa ʻepekema ʻo ke ʻano he Ceratonia mai ka Helene κεράτιον (ceratiοn), κέρας (ceras), ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka "pū." ʻO ka huaʻōlelo carat, ka manaʻo he nui ke kaupaona, mai ka Greek κεράτιον (ceratiοn) hoʻokahi, me ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā hua kanu o ka iwi Ceratonia siliqua ma Roma kahiko ma ke ʻano he paona.
ʻO ka Ceratonia kahi lāʻau liʻiliʻi 10-mika o kahi ʻohana he nui e like me ka acacia keʻokeʻo. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ko lākou lei ākea ākea ma mua o ka acasia, he liʻiliʻi nā pua, ʻaʻole i kohi ʻia i loko o kahi palaki.
Nā hua ʻai ʻona. © ʻO Julio ReisʻĀnō, nā hua ʻona - nā ʻala ʻekala - he mau polula kēia ʻo Constantinople, ai ʻole nā pepeiaʻi ʻoluʻolu. Nui loa lākou, me ka lōʻihi o 10 a 25 sentimita, kahi ākea a hiki i 4 centimeter a me kahi mānoanoa o 1 henimita. Hoʻomau nā hua o ka hua ceratonia i loko o kahi pulima momona momona (ma kahi o 50 pakeneka gula).
Hāpai kēia mau lāʻau i ka hua mau, e hāʻawi ana i ka 200 kilograms o nā hua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻopau wale ʻia nā hua o ka ceratonia i ka lau a waiho ʻia i kekahi mau lā i ka lā a hoʻōla ʻia lākou i ka pulponia. Ke kūʻai aku nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka waiwai ʻole i nā waiwai o Tsaregradsky i ʻoki kaomi mai lākou mai a kūʻai aku iā lākou e like me ka pīnike a hoʻoliʻawale paha iā lākou no ka ʻawaʻawa, a ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ke koena i loko o kahi kīʻaha no ke kofe.
ʻO nā hua o kahi lāʻau carob, i ʻole Ceconia. © PhilmarinMa hope o ka huli ʻimi lōʻihi, hōʻoia nā mea hoʻonaninani kahiko a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau me nā hua paʻakikī, ʻāpala palupalu o ka ceratonium - he lāʻau kāʻei kūlike ia i ka paona. No laila, hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻohana iā lākou e like me nā kaupaona kūlima i ke kaupaona ʻana o nā pōhaku makamae a me nā metala koʻikoʻi: nā daimana, nā emeralds, gula, platinum. Ua ʻike mākou i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o nā kaupa-a nā hua ʻai o ke kumulāʻau a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia nā hua carob i mea mālama ʻia.
Kau ʻia e S. I. Ivchenko
