date:Oct 30, 2020
Apples from Kashmir are at last fetching market rates that are satisfactory for fruit growers and traders in south Kashmir. The demand for the apples is now also good, despite the Covid19 situation.
According to fruit growers in Shopian, the rates of Grade A apples are almost double those of last year, when a 16-kilogram box was being sold at Rs 500 in markets outside the region. They said that this year, the rates of Grade A Kulu variety apples is at Rs 1,000.
However, the gains could have be