Commercial Varieties of Pistachio

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