Shakarpara
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About Shakarpara
Ladakhi folk cultivar with pale yellow skin and white-yellow sweet flesh. Very sweet, excellent for both table and drying purposes. Well-adapted to cold arid conditions of Ladakh.
Where it grows well
Altitude8,000 – 12,000 ft
Chilling needed800 hours
Ideal temperature-10 – 28 °C
Rain toleranceLow
Season
FloweringMid season
HarvestMid season
Harvest windowJuly – August
Bloom to harvest95 days
The fruit
ShapeRound
Average weight25 g
Skin colourPale yellow
Flesh colourWhite-yellow, sweet
StorageGood · 4 months
Market demandHigh
Taste
Very sweet, excellent for both table and drying
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