Himachal apples

Aprajita Bansal runs Phal Phool, a startup that sells apples and other products grown on her family orchard in Banon, Himachal Pradesh.

Maharashtra farmer Kakasaheb Sawant grows the HRMN-99 apple variety, which was first conceived by Himachal farmer Hariman Sharma. Here’s how both farmers have been able to cultivate this low-chill variety.

Ex-banker Vikram Singh Rawat turned a barren piece of land into a lush apple orchard and farmstay named Kalasan Nursery Farm, which he built over a decade. Today, it has thousands of apple trees and earns crores.

Mandeep Verma quit his job to launch Swaastik Farms, an organic fruit farm that sells kiwis and apples, selling fresh produce across India

Tejasvi Dogra, a lawyer, is experimenting with his apple orchard in Madavag in Himachal Pradesh by irrigating, controlling the temperature of his orchard from a phone

Samuel (Satyananda) Stokes was an American who joined Indian National Congress in India's freedom struggle. He even introduced apples to Himachal Pradesh