After Oranges, Kashmirs now claim growing Lemon

Growing lemon is commercially not viable: SKUAST After oranges, now some people have started growing lemon in Kashmir for last few years. Few families in Tengpora, Magarmal Bagh in Srinagar and Pinglish, Naibasti area in Tral have got the lemon yield also. Earlier, some families in Srinagar and Rajouri had grown oranges in their kitchen garden. Rukhsana Bakshi of Magarmal Bagh in Srinagar, Srinagar has been growing lemon at her farm in Tengpora.  “Everyone is surprised to see lemons in our farm. We have been cultivating Kashmiri lemons since 2012.…

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