Name of Variety Salient Features Recommended Areas
Female Cultivars
Kerman Moderately vigorous, upright and spreading. Female cultivar. Large round nuts, white colour. Late maturity. Precocious but alternate bearer. Jammu & Kashmir
Red Allepo Medium vigour, spreading with hanging branches. Female cultivar. Small nuts, crisp kernels. Early to mid-season maturity. Jammu & Kashmir
Joley Medium vigour, upright. Female cultivar. Small to medium nuts, crisp kernels. Early to mid-season maturity. Jammu & Kashmir
Male (Pollinizer) Cultivars
Peter Moderate vigour, upright. Male cultivar. Excellent pollinizer for Kerman. Produces durable pollen with long bloom period (~3 weeks). Jammu & Kashmir
Chiko Moderate vigour, upright. Male cultivar. Good pollinizer for early cultivars like Bronte and Red Allepo. Jammu & Kashmir