APK (Ca) 1
(2003)

It is a clonal selection from a high yielding type in the State Horticultural farm, Courtallam. It bears higher yield in rainfed vertisol (black soil). It is a drought tolerant variety which bears sweet fruits (TSS of 24.5 Brix with an acidity of 0.2 per cent). The Fruit weigh ranges about 207.5 g with a mean of 72 fruits per tree per year. The first bearing commences in a graft/budded plant at 3-3 ½ years. The Optimum productive life is 25 yrs. The best season for planting is May – June / August – September. It yields about 7300 kg fruits / ha (14.90 kg / tree which is 30.7 percent higher than Balanagar). It is suitable for cultivation in plains of Tamil Nadu especially in semi arid regions and marginal soils of both vertisol and alfisol in dry tracts. It is suitable for both rainfed and irrigated conditions.