BP Singh

Promising Introductions in Horticultural Plants and Oil. Seeds 77(b)Temperate fruitsNoteworthy cultivars, genetic stocks/roots stocks and specieshave been introduced in apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, cherry,walnut, almond, pecan, Chinese gooseberry, feijoa and others.(i) Apple: There has been pressing demand for introduction ofbetter spur type delicious cultivars for early cropping, scabresistant and suitable dwarfing rootstock for high density planting.There is also need to have low chilling cultivars for growing atlower elevations or in plains. Amongst the high chilling types,promising introductions include :Spur type red delicious-II (Ee 43974, USA) - a bud spurt of RedDelicious - it is regular and heavy bearer with medium large fruit,with red splashed skin, ripening in the middle of August. It issuited for high density planting.'Red Baron (Be 115820 USA) - a heavy bearer, with medium size,yellow and bright red fruits maturing in August.Mollies Delicious (USA) - has performed well in HimachalPradesh; fruits are large, very sweet, with good keeping quality.In low chilling types - cultivars Vered (Israel) performed well atlower altitudes in Ranchi hills, Delhi and Udaipur. Fruits smallsized, conical in shape, light yellow, green skin splashed with red,soft flesh, ripens in middle of June.Tropical beauty (USA) is another promising low chilling variety,which gave good performance at Ranchi (Bihar ) and in Orissa.Amongst the rootstocks useful introductions include M7, M9,MM 25, MM 26, MM 101 and M 106.(ii) Pear: Amongst the recent introducti