Tag: Season of Apples

With unrest in the Valley entering its second month, August that is normally the season of fruits has failed to bring cheer to the seven lakh families involved in horticulture in Kashmir. Spells of curfew and unending shutdowns have grown fears that the Rs 6,000-crore fruit industry has run into bad weather. In this season of peaches, apricots, plums and apples, fruits have ripened but there is no market. With markets shut, even the varieties that mostly cater locally are finding no buyers. “This is the main season of peaches,…

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