The Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Department will start selling the improved varieties of imported as well as self-produced fruit plants from December 15 onwards as per the past practice.
A spokesperson of the Horticulture Department on Wednesday said that these plants are self-produced as well as imported from the USA, Italy and the Netherlands as per the demand of horticulturists.
Approximately 3-4 lakh grafted and 7-8 lakh clonal rootstocks of apple, disease-free plant material including pear, peach, plum, cherry, apricot, etc., would be sold under the Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project in addition to general or standard winter season fruit plants.
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He further said that as per guidelines, these plants would be sold on first come first serve basis and the first preference shall be given to those cluster farmers who have already submitted their demand through respective Development Block Officers of the Horticulture Department and have been included in the World Bank funded HP-HD Project.
The plants would also be provided to other non-cluster farmers afterwards, if available, said the spokesperson, adding that the plant material would be provided at the door steps of the farmers after proper packing.
He said that the sale rates would also be displayed at the sale centres and website of the department. This year, the sale rates of imported and kept at Post Entry Quarantine sites Apple, Pear and Peach (grafted) would be sold at Rs 400 per plant.
However grafted plants produced by the department from imported stock including Apple, Cherry, Pear, Plum, Walnut, Apricot would be sold at Rs 150 per plant, whereas the clonal rootstocks of Apple would be sold at Rs 100 per plant.
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