Abstract

                                Owing to the spontaneous and unregulated fruit industry of this part of India, our commercial orchards produce an admixture of good, bad and indifferent quality fruits in varying proportions In almost every season the problem of disposal of the inferior quality or cull fruits is one of major importance to the fruit growers The stability and expansion of a profitable fruit farming industry is intimately connected with the profitable utilisation of a large part, if not all, of those fruits that have no value in our fresh fruit markets. It is true that preparation of home-made jams, dried mangoes and some kinds of pickles and chutneys are popular in several parts of the country, but these outlets cannot be expected to touch even the fringe of the problem of the utilisation of fruits.

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