PATTAN · BARAMULLA · KASHMIR
In a valley ringed by snow peaks and fed by mountain streams, we're building a new kind of Kashmiri orchard — high-density, high-tech, and documented in the open.
The highlands
The Kashmir Valley sits 1,600 metres up, cradled between the snow line of the Pir Panjal and the Great Himalayas. Glacial melt feeds its streams. Cold winters give the trees their deep rest; long, bright summers give the fruit its color and sugar.
This is why three out of every four Indian apples are Kashmiri. The geography was never the question — the question is what a new generation does with it.
The turning point
Kashmir's traditional orchards are majestic — and slow. Seven years to a full crop, ladder work in every tree, quality that varies branch to branch. High-density changes the equation. Drag the slider to see the shift.
Illustration — our own rows will appear here as they're planted.
Happening now
Excavators are cutting level terraces into our slopes — the benches that will carry the first rows of trees. Every milestone is documented in the open, as it happens.
What we'll grow
High-density orcharding opens the door to the varieties the world's best markets ask for by name — grown at altitudes and in a climate few regions can match.
The world's most-planted premium apple — early to color, sweet, crisp, and made for high-density systems.
Dense, honey-sweet apples that store beautifully — the kind that reach distant markets in perfect condition.
Jeromine-style intense-red apples that command premium prices in Indian and export markets alike.
Final variety selection will be announced at planting — every tree from certified, SKUAST-K-verified material. How we verify →
The journey so far
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Two blocks near Pattan, in the heart of the apple belt.
Surveys, stakes, and a ~665 m perimeter mapped.
Terraces cut into the slopes for the first tree rows.
Tanks rise, the perimeter closes, and planting begins.
Buyers, growers, and the simply curious — we're early, and early is the best time to talk.
