India produces all deciduous fruits including pome fruits (apple and pear) and stone fruits (peach, plum, apricot and cherry) in considerable quantity. These are mainly grown ..... There is a large number of government and private nurseries engaged in multiplication of planting material of deciduous fruit crops. read more
Apples were introduced in India by Capt. R C Scott of the British Army in 1870. But these were sour apples, and gained very less popularity. Later, in 1916, sweet apples' saplings were first planted by Samual Evan Stokes, in Thanedar. read more
Officials also hope the trees will improve air quality in India, which suffers from some of the worst in the world. Trees can help remove some pollutants from the air. Right now, 6 of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in the country. read more
Decorative trees with smaller canopy include different varieties of palm – bottle palm, areca palm, fan palm, royal palm, devadaru (Cedrus deodara) etc. Functional trees – flowering,d fruit yielding etc., for meant for this purposes are golden champa (Michelia Son Champa), weeping bottle brush, coconut, guava, citrus, papaya, pomegranate, plantain trees etc. read more