Vijay Stokes, a retired Mechanical Engineer Professor of IIT Kanpur, at his orchard in Kotgarh, Shimla.

Nearly a century after it brought in an unprecedented boom in apple cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, Kotgarh in Shimla district is set to usher in yet another era of sweeping horticulture reforms. A first-of-its-kind “scientifically-managed”orchard is being nurtured at the Harmony Hall (HH) Orchard after replacing ageing apple trees with imported varieties.

A first-of-its-kind “scientifically-managed”orchard is being nurtured at the Harmony Hall (HH) Orchard after replacing ageing apple trees with imported varieties. The HH Orchard is associated with the legendary Samuel Evans Stokes who planted the state’s first commercial orchard at Kotgarh in 1914. Since then, Himachal Pradesh has been synonymous with apples, producing fruits worth Rs 1,500 crore each year.

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