Watermelon
Arka Jyoti
An F1 with large round fruit to 8 kg, deep-red crisp flesh and good transport quality for market growing.
Zaid Germ 5-8 days Bears 100-105 days
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What are you planting out?
Melons & Vine Fruit
Watermelon, muskmelon and passion fruit — the fast fruit crops you sow and harvest the same year.
7 products
Papaya & Quick Fruit
Papaya, strawberry and cape gooseberry, cropping within a season of planting.
7 products
Orchard & Rootstock Seed
Seed for raising your own rootstock and seedling trees — mango, citrus, guava, sapota.
7 products
Hardy Native Fruit
Amla, bael, jamun, karonda, ber and tamarind for dryland and boundary planting.
8 products
Tropical & Specialty
Dragon fruit, custard apple, fig and mulberry for the grower trying something new.
7 products
7 products
Melons & Vine Fruit
Watermelon
Arka Manik
An IIHR release with round, light-green fruit banded darker, 6 kg, and field tolerance to powdery mildew and anthracnose.
Zaid Germ 5-8 days Bears 95-100 days
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Muskmelon
Arka Rajhans
Oval fruit with a firm white flesh, high sugar and a rind that stands up to handling and transport.
Zaid Germ 5-8 days Bears 95-100 days
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Muskmelon
Hara Madhu
Green-fleshed, very high sugar melon with a thin rind. Best eaten close to the field — it does not travel well.
Zaid Germ 5-8 days Bears 90-95 days
In stock
7 products
Papaya & Quick Fruit
Strawberry
Chandler
Raised from true seed — slower than runners but disease-free at the start. Large, firm, deep-red fruit with good flavour.
Rabi Germ 21-30 days Bears Fruits in the first cool season
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Papaya
Coorg Honey Dew
Also sold as Madhu Bindu. Large oblong fruit with firm, sweet, seedless-cavity flesh and good keeping quality.
Year-round Germ 15-20 days Bears 9-10 months
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Papaya
Pusa Delicious
Gynodioecious, so nearly every plant fruits — deep-orange flesh with excellent flavour and around 1-2 kg per fruit.
Year-round Germ 15-20 days Bears 9-10 months
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Papaya
Pusa Nanha
A true dwarf that starts fruiting at 25-30 cm from the ground, so you can pick standing. Suits high-density and pot growing.
Year-round Germ 15-20 days Bears Fruits in 8-9 months
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7 products
Orchard & Rootstock Seed
Guava
Allahabad Safeda
Seed of the classic white-fleshed Allahabad guava, used both for seedling trees and as rootstock for grafted varieties.
Kharif Germ 15-25 days Bears Bears from year 3
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Sapota
Khirni Rootstock
Rayan seed, the standard rootstock for grafted chikoo. Slow to germinate — soak before sowing and be patient.
Kharif Germ 30-45 days Bears Graftable at 12-18 months
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Guava
Lucknow-49
Also known as Sardar. Large fruit with creamy-white flesh and few seeds — the standard commercial guava of North India.
Kharif Germ 15-25 days Bears Bears from year 3
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Citrus Rootstock
Rangpur Lime
The workhorse rootstock for mandarin and sweet orange in India — drought hardy, tolerant of salinity, and vigorous.
Kharif Germ 20-30 days Bears Buddable at 12-14 months
In stock
8 products
Hardy Native Fruit
Amla
Chakaiya
A prolific, small-fruited amla favoured for processing into murabba and candy. Very hardy and long lived.
Kharif Germ 20-30 days Bears Year 4-5
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Ber
Gola
Indian jujube seed of the early Gola type. Fruits in the driest part of the year on land with no irrigation at all.
Kharif Germ 15-25 days Bears Bears from year 2-3
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Amla
NA-7
Indian gooseberry seed of the NA-7 type — heavy, uniform fruit and a tree that yields on genuinely poor, dry land.
Kharif Germ 20-30 days Bears Bears from year 4-5
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Bael
Native Selection
Wood apple seed for a tree that fruits on land nothing else will use — alkaline, dry, and left alone.
Kharif Germ 20-30 days Bears Bears from year 5-6
In stock
7 products
Tropical & Specialty
Custard Apple
Arka Sahan
An IIHR hybrid with large fruit, few seeds and thick pulp — the best eating custard apple released in India.
Kharif Germ 20-30 days Bears Year 3-4
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Custard Apple
Balanagar
Sitaphal seed of the Balanagar type — good-sized fruit with sweet, creamy segments, on a tree that asks very little.
Kharif Germ 20-30 days Bears Bears from year 3-4
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Pomegranate
Bhagwa Seedling
Seed of the Bhagwa type for raising seedling stock and for breeding work. Deep-red arils and a thick rind that travels.
Kharif & Rabi Germ 15-25 days Bears Bears from year 3
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Mulberry
Fruiting Selection
Long-fruited mulberry seed, grown both for the berry and as fodder. Fast, hardy and productive within a couple of years.
Kharif & Rabi Germ 10-20 days Bears Bears from year 2-3
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