Cherries start arriving in Valley markets, bumper season on cards

Cherries have started to arrive in Kashmir markets with the pace set to pick up as the harvesting gathers momentum across the Valley.

- Mir Ehsan

SRINAGAR:

According to officials and experts, there will be a bumper harvest this season due to the favourable weather conditions this spring. This comes on the back of consecutive seasons of great harvests.

"This year, the weather was favourable and the harvest is good. We hope rates will also remain good for growers," said Ahmad Shah, a grower from Ganderbal, which is famous for cherry production.

In the coming days, cherries from all parts of south, north and central Kashmir will be harvested, and most of them will be exported to other states. Though the highly perishable crop has a good customer case in Kashmir, most of the produce is exported to metropolitan cities such as Mumbai and Delhi.