Neva Plantations Pvt. Ltd. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

• PlantPlants medium tall, spreading, open and vigorous. Stem few ,thick, colored at base with well developed wavy wings
• FoliageGrey-green. Leaves open, rachis green. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, smooth glossy surface with entire margin.
• FlowersLight red-purpule. Profuse flowering. Anthers
• TubersWhite, large, oval, slightlyflattened, smooth skin, fleet eyes and dull white flesh.
• SproutsLight red

Easy to cook, floury texture, mild flavor, free from discoloration after cooking, Suitable for dehydrated dice, vacuum, Miffing, instant flakes and chips.

Variety: Asiatic- asiatic sun rise, Brunello, Pollyanna, Elite, London, White princess Oriental – Tiber, Stargazer, Simplon Hybrid – Lilies have a good demand in the flower market as cut flower and pot plants. Out of the different types of lilies, oriental types of lilies, Oriental and Asiatic hybrid are the most popular ones. Bulb Size: As a thumb rule, the bigger the bulbs more is the stem length and the number of flowers per stem. Bulbs less than 10/12 cm in circumference should not be used for flower production. In oriental hybrid lilies, bigger bulbs (as big as 22/24 cm) should be planted as compared to other lilies.   Harvesting Flowers are ready for harvesting between 90-120 days after planting.

Knowing about apple rootstocks, asking the nursery which rootstock a tree is grafted on, choosing the rootstock most compatible with your site, and following the best cultural practices for each rootstock will help the ecological gardener to ensure that his or her trees will be healthy and productive.   Rootstocks are one of the unique aspects of apple growing. There is no other above-ground crop where so much attention has been devoted to roots! There are about 100 rootstocks for the major tree-fruits, and more than 20 for apple. Some of these rootstocks-like M.7 and M.9-can be traced back hundreds or thousands of years in history. In this bulletin we describe the relative strengths and weaknesses of apple rootstocks commonly available from fruit-tree nurseries.   Apple varieties are propagated by taking vegetative buds from a young shoot (scion) of the desired variety (i.e. a ‘McIntosh, ’ ‘Jonagold’ or other named cultivars) and grafting those buds onto another tree branch or small sapling. This is necessary because the seeds of each apple are the result of pollination from a different apple tree species or variety. This makes each seedling a genetically unique individual with unpredictable traits; for example, seedlings sprouted from ‘Granny Smith’ apples might produce tiny red crab apples!   Rootstocks are usually necessary for grafting and propagation of apple scion varieties. In past times, seedlings that sprouted naturally in pomace piles around cider mills were often dug up, and buds from known scion varieties were grafted onto these seedlings for planting new orchards.   Since the genetic traits of these seedling rootstocks were unknown, their performance was unpredictable. Fruit trees in seedling rooted orchards were usually large, vigorous, slow coming into production, and many died off because their roots were not adapted to the particular soil or climate conditions in each orchard.   To avoid these problems, most orchards today are propagated from “clonal” rootstocks-that is, they are grafted onto rootstocks that are genetically identical offshoots or clones of a mother rootstock type with certain desirable characteristics such as disease resistance, tolerance of winter cold, seasonal flooding and summer droughts, or reducing tree size. Clonal propagation ensures that the important traits of each rootstock will make the resulting orchard more manageable and productive.   Most of the important apple rootstocks used today were derived from collections and selections by East Malling Research Station in England, during the early 1900s. Pomologists at East Malling collected and characterized the clonal rootstocks that had been developed by farmers during many centuries in Europe. They assigned numbers to each clone, and subsequent rootstocks have been developed by hybridizing these clones, or breeding them with other apple species and varieties. The following Malling or Malling-Merton hybrid rootstocks are important and widely available from nurseries:

Pecan nut is a valuable fruit tree of North America occupying fifth position among leading tree nuts. It is popular because of its excellent nutty flavour and superb tree characteristics. Because of its various qualities, it is aptly called the queen of nuts. This booklet describes the scientific cultivation of pecan nut in detail. Pecan nut ( Carya illinoensis ) is a valuable and favourite edible nut of the Americans. It has excellent nutty flavour and tree characteristics. In the USA, pecan is considered the ‘queen of nuts’ because of its value both as a wild and as a cultivated nut and acceptable quality of meats. It belongs to the family Juglandaceae . It is commercially cultivated in the USA, Mexico, Australia, Canada and Western Europe. It is also distributed in Egypt, India, Israel, Morocco, Peru, Turkey and South Africa. Pecans are native to North America. However, the natural range extends from the North-central USA to northern Mexico. Pecan tree is a beautiful plant which can also be used for shade and ornamental purposes. The cultivation of the pecan nut in India is still in the initial stages. Exotic varieties are found fruiting in the country and seedling trees do not yield true to type nuts. Therefore, there is a need to raise high quality nursery through vegetative propagation.  

Strawberry is very delicious and nutritious fruit with a sweet flavor and pleasant aroma. Strawberry is rich in vitamins and minerals particularly iron. Strawberry is best suitable for raw consumption. Strawberry fruits are also used for preparing strawberry jams and syrups. Strawberry is cultivated as a temperate fruit crop in India and it can be grown throughout the year. In India, strawbeery is commercially cultivated in Nilgiri hills, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Strawberry prefers a temperate climate for its vegetative growth. Twelve hours of daylight period is preferred for its flower bud inititation. But this requirement of daylenght may differ from cutivar to cultivar. Generally moderate temperatures are preferred by strawberry plants. Major strawberry cultivars that are grown under septentrional climatic conditions (that is, short day lenghts in autumn and severe winter conditions) are Senga Sengana; Gorella and Redgaunlet. An important strawberry cultivar that is best adapted to meridional climatic conditions (that is, long daylenghts in autumn and moderate winter conditions) is Tioga. Day-neutral cultivars of strawberry include Hecker, Tristar, Silva, Fern, Muir, and Trileute. Day-neutral cultivars of strawberries are among high yielding strawberry varieties.