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Progeny-cum-Demonstration Orchards/Nurseries:

Progeny-cum-Demonstration Orchards/Nurseries have been established for different fruits in 98 locations in the State to serve as growth centers for the development of horticulture in their impact zone of normally ten kms radius. The objectives of these units are:

1. Progeny-cum-Demonstration Orchards/Nurseries

2. Private Registered Nurseries

3. Plant Tissue Culture Laboratories

4. Olive Stations

5. Walnut Development Stations

6. Plant Protection Centres

(i) stocking of fruit trees of outstanding merit
(ii) multiplication of pedigree and true to type planting material
(iii) to act as model and demonstration orchards
(iv) conducting field adaptability trials for new fruit varieties and testing of other Horticultural Technologies.
(v) to act as extension and training units for local farmers.

The district wise position of these PCDOs are given below:

	District	No. of Units	Total Area (Ha)	Kinds of fruit plants propagated
1	Shimla	14	87.18	Apple, stone fruits, pear, cherry, pomegranate
2	Kinnaur	8	39.71	Apple, stone fruits, almond, apricot, grapes
3	Solan	9	41.58	Stone fruits, Kiwi fruit, hazelnut, persimmon, pear, Mango, Citrus
4	Bilaspur	6	16.55	Mango, Litchi, citrus, guava, peach, pear etc.
5	Mandi	11	48.98	Apple, stone fruits, mango, citrus fruits, Kiwi fruit, walnut, strawberry etc.
6	Sirmaur	14	116.40	Apple, Stone fruits, Kiwi fruit, mango, citrus fruits etc.
7	Kangra	8	35.76	Mango, Litchi, Citrus fruits, low chilling varieties of stone fruits, guava, pecan nut, aonla, grapes etc.
8	Una	1	33.88	Mango. Pear, citrus, papaya, pomegranate etc.
9	Hamirpur	5	10.75	Mango, citrus, pear
10	Chamba	14	55.43	Apple, stone fruits, mango, citrus, walnut, pear, guava etc.
11	Kullu	5	36.39	Apple, stone fruits, cherry, pomegranate, persimmon, kiwi fruit, strawberry, clonal rootstocks of apple, cherry, pear, stone fruits etc,
12	Lahaul Spiti	3	7.02	Apple, apricot, almond, hops
	Total	98	529.63

Private Registered Nurseries:

The propagation of fruit plant material in HP is regulated under the Himachal Pradesh Fruit Nurseries Registration Act 1973. So far 732 nurseries have been registered under this Act, out of which 662 nurseries are in the private sector and the balance 70nurseries in the public sector. About two million fruit plants are propagated in these nurseries per annum. The district wise position of private registered nurseries is as follows:

S. No.	District	Nos. of Nurseries	Total Area	Kinds of fruit plants multiplied
1	Shimla	117	33.00	Apple, pear, cherry, apricot, peach, almond, kiwifruit, strawberry, walnut, pomegranate
2	Kinnaur	34	9.25	Apple, pear, apricot, almond, grapes, kiwifruit
3	Solan	12	4.00	Stone fruits, apple, kiwi fruits, mango, citrus, guava, pear
4	Bilaspur	23	9.50	Mango, litchi, guava, aonla, pear, papaya, grapes
5	Mandi	110	28.00	Apple, stone fruits, mango, guava, litchi, walnut, pomegranate, strawberry, olive, pecanut
6	Sirmaour	64	20.50	Stone fruits, apple, mango, citrus, kiwifruit
7	Kangra	68	30.60	Mango, citrus, litchi, pecan nut, grapes stone fruits, aonla, guava, loquat
8	Una	15	6.25	Mango, pear, papaya, pomegranate, banana, peach, strawberry.
9	Hamirpur	21	7.50	Mango, pear, citrus
10	Chamba	67	22.30	Apple, stone fruits, mango, walnut, pear, guava, kiwifruit
11	Kullu	130	32.50	Apple, pear, stone fruits, pomegranate, persimmon, olive, cherry, kiwifruits
12	Lahaul Spiti	1	0.30	Apple, apricot, almond, hops
	Total	662	203.70

Plant Tissue Culture Laboratories:

For the rapid propagation of horticulture and floriculture planting material, the State Department of Horticulture has promoted two plant tissue culture laboratories, one each in the public and private sectors:

S. No.	Name and Address of the Laboratory	Approximate plant propagation capacity
1.	Agrigene International, Highway Home, Sanjauli, Shimla 171006	Two lakh micro plants
2.	Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, District Solan, HP.	50000 virus free plants per year

Olive Stations:

For promoting the development of olives in the State, three Olive Stations have been established with the objective of collection of varieties and development of suitable package of practices for its cultivation.

Sr No	Name of Station	Area (hectares)	No's of Olive plants
1.	Olive Station, Panarsa, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.	4.80	1000
2.	Olive Station, Lanji, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh	8.09	1900
3.	Olive Station, Jerva, District Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh.	6.36	399

Walnut Development Stations

A walnut Development stations has been established at Nohra in district Sirmaur for the collection of walnut varieties and to develop and adapt technology for the cultivation of this fruit.

Sr No	Name of Station	Area (hectares)	No's of walnut plants.
1.	Walnut Development Station, Nohra, District Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh	4.40	351

Plant Protection Centres:

337 Plant Protection Centres have been established in the different fruit growing regions of the State with the objectives of serving as
(i) supply/sale centres for plant protection chemicals and equipments and
(ii) extension units for the dissemination of technical information to the local farmers.

The district wise details are as follows:

Sr No	Name of Districts	No's of units
1.	Shimla	78
2.	Kinnaur	20
3.	Solan	23
4.	Bilaspur	16
5.	Mandi	47
6.	Sirmour	13
7.	Kangra	16
8.	Una	13
9.	Hamirpur	16
10.	Chamba	47
11.	Kullu	42
12.	Lahaul & Spiti	6
	Total	337