Name of Variety Salient Features Recommended Areas
Santa Rosa Large vigorous trees. Fruits large, round to oblong-conic, purplish crimson skin. Good pollinizer. Early to mid-season. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Jharkhand
Au-Rosa High yielding (≈10 t/ha), TSS ~19.3°Brix. Suitable for temperate regions. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram
Frontier Vigorous upright trees. Large fruits, red-purple skin, yellow flesh. Freestone. Mid-season. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram
Red Beauty Medium vigour. Medium globose fruits, bright red skin, yellow flesh. Very early maturity. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Jharkhand
Methley Medium vigour. Small-medium fruits, reddish purple skin, dark red flesh. Good pollinizer. Very early maturity. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram
Burbank Low vigour, drooping habit. Medium fruits, bright red mottled skin, deep yellow flesh. Early to mid-season. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram
Satsuma Medium-vigorous upright trees. Medium-large fruits, dark reddish skin. Semi-freestone. Mid-season. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu
Mariposa Vigorous upright trees. Large heart-shaped fruits, mottled maroon skin. Almost freestone. Mid to late season. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram
Additional Varieties
Beauty Medium vigour. Small-medium round fruits, translucent red over yellow base. Early season. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram
Kanto-5 High yielding (~6.44 t/ha), TSS ~8.3°Brix. Suitable for temperate regions. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram
Kubio High yielding (~6.5 t/ha), TSS ~8.3°Brix. Suitable for temperate regions. Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu
Punjab Special Varieties
Satluj Purple Large fruits, bright crimson, thick flesh. Excellent for transport. Ripens mid-May. Self-incompatible. Punjab
Kala Amritsari Popular Punjab variety. Medium round fruits, dark brown at maturity. Yellow flesh, good for jam. Mid-May maturity. Punjab