HRMN 99

HRMN 99 is a self-pollinating apple variety that requires lesser chilling hours. Developed by a farmer from Himachal Pradesh, this variety is being cultivated in plain, tropical and subtropical regions across India, where temperature is often spiking to 40 to 45 degree Celsius. It was found that the HRMN-99 plants aging three to eight years produced 5 to 75 kg fruits per annum. These apples were bigger when compared with other varieties, with soft, sweet and juicy pulp.

National Innovation Foundation (NIF) has supported this variety’s registration under the Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Rights Act, 2001 and its expansion in the other parts of India. Its commercial cultivation is underway in Manipur, Jammu, low-lying areas in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.