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APPLE PRODUCTION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH I am sitting under an Apple tree in my orchard looking at the crispy red fruits hanging up there. It's late June and the Apple season is around the corner in Himachal Pradesh. A time when Apple cultivators harvest their crops and fill their pockets after a full year of hard work.  Apple production is one of the main and growing traditional businesses in many parts of the elevated state. Shimla accounts for the highest cultivated area followed by district Kinnaur, Kullu, and Mandi. Around 80 percent of Himachal Pradesh's fruit economy comes from Apple. INCEPTION ON APPLE CULTIVATION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH Apple cultivation in Himachal Pradesh is attributed to the colonial legacy like many other things in Shimla. In the late 1880s, a few Apple trees were planted by the British in Mashobra , a village 10kms away from Shimla, then the summer capital of British India. Later on an American missionary named Samuel Evans Stokes , introduced commercial ...

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HIMACHAL PRADESH Himachal Pradesh  is a state in the northern part of India, a province in the lap of snow-laden  Western Himalayas.  The state features extreme landscape and extensive river system. The predominantly mountainous region is also known as  Dev Bhoomi  or  Land of Gods and Goddesses.  The hilly state is spread across valleys with perennial rivers and lakes. Majority of population lives in rural areas. The capital is  Shimla  which was also the summer capital of British India and a major tourist attraction since independence. PLACES TO VISIT IN HIMACHAL PRADES H 1. SHIMLA The captivating magnificence of Shimla caused British to pronounce the land as their late spring capital. The pilgrim impact is as yet apparent in the city. The hill station offers terrific perspectives on the snow-covered Himalayan reaches. With lakes and rich plant life around, Shimla invites vacationers round the year, obviously, on the of...