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Cricket Ball

Original price was: ₹399.00.Current price is: ₹175.00.

The Cricket ball is also known as Calcutta large, fruits are large and round, pulp is gritty, granular and moderately sweet. The variety performs well in both arid and humid climate. Each fruit contains one to six seeds. The seeds are hard, glossy, and black, resembling beans, with a hook at one end that can catch in the throat if swallowed. The unripe fruit is hard to the touch and contains high amounts of saponin, which has astringent properties similar to tannin, drying out the mouth.

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Scientific Name: Manilkara zapota

Common Name:   sapote, chicoo,

Climate and soil requirement

It can be grown in a variety of soils but deep alluvium, sandy loam, and well-drained medium black soils with pH 6.0-8.0 are ideal for its cultivation. However, shallow clay soils underlaid with hard pan or high calcium contents are unsuitable for sapota cultivation. It is a tropical fruit, which likes warm and humid climate. It grows well up to an altitude of 1000m however, coastal climate is ideal for sapota cultivation. Temperature range of 10-38°C and annual rainfall between 1250-2500 mm is suitable for sapota cultivation where it flowers and fruits throughout the year. Temperatures exceeding 43°C leads to flower drop.

Land preperation  

Pit size of 60x60x60 cm,  Standard spacing is 8 m x 8 m Leave for 15-20 days exposing to sunlight. Each pit should be filled with surface soil mixed with 15 kg farm yard manure before planting the grafted plants.

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