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The Cultivation of the Apple

Volume : 2
Issue: Jun-jun
Pages: 250 - 256
Published: May 19, 2025
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Abstract


The apple is one of the most important staple fruits of the world. The plant is grown in sub-tropical and temperate regions throughout Europe, United States, Australia and, to a less ex- tent, in India. The plant could be grown here at elevations bet- ween 3,000 and 7,000 feet above sea level, with a rainfall of 30 to 50 inches. The land selected for the garden should fulfil all the condi- tions necessary for any good cultivation with facilities for irriga- tion and drainage. It is certainly better if the site is situated near a town or any commercial place, so that marketing the fruits may be easy. Red loamy soil with a little lime in it over- lying a bed of gravel or laterite would suit apple very well. It is well if the land has a slope, and the slope faces the morning sun, It should be protected from wind, lest the young plants suffer and the old plants drop their flowers.

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250 - 256
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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