A short documentary on the Indian apple industry, apparently somewhere around Himichal Pradesh. Note the packing methods.
Also, I had no idea India was the second largest producer of apples in the world behind China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWXVA1iDjUE
amazing, right?
India is a country of climate extremes. Being the largest producer in the world of the ultra-tropical jackfruit, many will find it surprising being also loaded with apples, as well as stone fruit.
Pears too!
Beautiful, isn’t it? 
And the mangoes… Oh the mangoes!
Looks like all of them would be bruised to Hell the way they handle them.
I read something that said India could increase apple production quite a bit too.
But yeah…give me the mangoes!
I think everyone tried to handle apples gently except for the grader. The way he threw aplles in each pile makes me cringe.
I remember those wooden boxes. In the old days, many fruit were packed in those wooden boxes. I don’t see them used much any more. They mostly are in cardboard boxes now.
you betcha!
This part of Himachal Pradesh is a part of India where the roads are horrible and dangerous. Many landslides due to snow and rain. There is one airport in Bhuntar (Kullu) that planes fly into. Perhaps they’ve lengthened the runway so more than 80 seaters can fly in. I do not know. There are trains as well. Getting supplies there is very difficult. They are trucked in from Chandigar and other larger cities. You are in the Himalaya, between 7- 13 thousand feet. Not one city in area is as large a Katmandu in Nepal. The orchards are beautiful as is the air. You definitely know you’re not in Kansas Dorothy! The good news in seeing the short film is that the women are no longer carrying the baskets. There is usually more than one person sorting. That was amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ltjLqZoWM
This is what it is like flying into Kullu to see those apples. The other thing that is amazing there are the roses. They are the size of your head and magnificent. My last trip was six years ago so the airport has gotten very fancy. It was a one room barn.
north india especially the region near kashmir is quite frigid. brrr
but i agree, am sure the folks there wish they could grow mangoes too
Rugged looking territory.
Very.