Apple tree bears fruit in Nuwara-Eliya

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An apple tree, grown in a home garden of Gajabapura, Mahagastotawatte, Nuwara-Eliya, has borne fruit. Pix by Shelton Hettiarachchi

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Kugan Thursday, 21 April 2016 10:05 AM

It's s good news. It took such a long time. Good luck! Don't say that it was a foreigner who grew them.

loki Thursday, 21 April 2016 11:17 AM

Cool!

Rom Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:56 PM

I remember my uncle had a small tree which bore fruits in his farm in 1984.

Ganesha Friday, 22 April 2016 08:55 AM

Everything is possible in our country if we try hard without always talking Ape agama bashawa Mathuruboomiya for nothing except for , as communal slogan for political living

Hushaard Friday, 22 April 2016 10:08 AM

Its a foreign conspiracy !!

DP Friday, 22 April 2016 12:06 PM

when we lived in the area N'Elya, Agras area my grand father and father planted many fruit trees and apple was one of them. Had plenty of apples as well. So nothing new.............If one has the will to plant and nurture a crop, anything is possible in that climate.....

waco Wednesday, 27 April 2016 12:07 PM

This is nothing new. Apple could grow in Ambewela, Hagggala, Nuwara-Eliya , Nanu-Oya, Hputale, and Agarapathan. But not in commercial scale.

nicole Wednesday, 20 September 2017 11:11 AM

British inject poison to Lankan soil

Priyan Tuesday, 31 October 2017 04:56 PM

Appreciate if somebody can share me a contact detail of a person who grows apple in sri lanka as I am also interested in having a plant in my garden.

A.Christopher Thursday, 07 May 2020 05:32 PM

how can I get plants

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Apple tree bears fruit in Nuwara-Eliya

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