Can apples be cultivated in West Bengal, red & lateritic areas

Temperature in winter ranges from 7 – 28 degrees celcious.

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 02/16/2020 @ 1:23 pm

Special warm climate varieties of apple trees may be okay. The big issue is getting enough "chill hours" to set fruit adequately to make it worthwhile. You are in a borderline climate even for those varieties. If the temperature stays at 7C range for a long enough time frame it may work. But there may be some years when you won't get much fruit.

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