4. Cashews
Cashew trees flourish in the extreme heat of the
tropics. Thus, all of our cashew products have been
imported from the other side of the world. India,
Vietnam and parts of Africa are the main growing
regions with most nuts being harvested from
either small peasant farms or in the wild.
Roasted cashews are the premier nut we sell. We
import only the highest quality and our master
roasters achieve the best taste through our time-
honored roasting process - one batch at a time!
5. VRI-2 was variety
released by TNAU in
1985, and it produced on
an average 10 kg per tree
in a year from the sixth
year of planting.
However, the grafts of this
improved variety will come
to bearing from the third
year of planting.
It has a potential of
yielding 2000 kg per
hectare. The nuts of this
variety will be small and
hudred nuts will weigh
about 512 g, according to
him.
6. VRI-3 is a high yielding
variety from TNAU released
in 1991. It yields bold nuts.
Hundred nuts will weigh
about 718 g. Each tree will
yield on an average 15 kg
nuts in a year from the sixth
year of planting, and the per
hectare yield will be about
2600 kg.
The trees will come to
bearing from the third year
of planting. A spacing of 7m
by 7m has been found ideal
for planting cashew, and in a
hectare about 200 trees can
be accommodated.
7. Vengurla 5
State:Maharashtra Year of
release :1984 Centre :Region
al Cashew nut Research
station,
Vengurla Hybrid/selection:Hyb
rid Parentage Ansur early x
Mysore Kotekar 1/61
Canopy
type:Compact Branching
habit :Inensive Flowering :Oct
ober-
December Fruiting :January-
April Special
character:Compact Canopy and
dense shape, high sex ratio
Apple colour :Yellow Juice
%:86 Nut weight :4.5 g No. of
nuts/kg:220 Kernel weight :1
g Shelling %:30 Export
grade :W400 Mean nut
yield/tree :16.6 kg
8. Vengurla 7
Year of
release :1997 Centre :Region
al Cashew nut Research
station,
Vengurla Hybrid/selection:Hyb
rid Parentage Vengurla-3 x M-
10/4 (Vri-1)
Canopy
type:Compact Branching
habit :Inensive Flowering :No
vember-
December Fruiting :March-
May Special character:Bold
size nuts and export grade
kernel
Apple colour :Yellow Juice
%:86 Nut weight :10 g No. of
nuts/kg:100 Kernel
weight :2.9 g Shelling
%:30.5 Export
9. BPP-1
Year of
release :1980 Centre :Cashew
Research Station,
Bapatla Hybrid/selection:Hybrid
Parentage :T 1 x T
273 Canopy
type:Open Branching
habit :Extensive Flowering :F
ebruary-April Fruiting :April-
May Special character :Flush
colour is pinkish, Semi tall,
Cluster bearing Apple
colour :Yellow Juice
%:68 Nut weight :5 g g No. of
nuts/kg:200-205 Kernel
weight :1.375 g Shelling
%:27.5 Export
grade :W400 Mean nut
yield/tree :10 kg