Ganesh (GBI)

     A selection from Alandi, it was released for commercial cultivation in 1936 and renamed as Ganesh in 1970. Its fruits are medium-sized, with yellow, smooth surface and red tinge. The seeds are soft with pinkish aril. The juice tastes sweet. Ganesh has revolutionized the cultivation of pomegranate in Maharashtra.

G 137

     

       This is a clonal selection from Ganesh. Tree has spreading habit, fruit surface smooth, yellow with red tinge. Fruits are large-sized with deep pink and bold aril, sweet in taste, soft seeds and prolific-bearer. This is a distinct improvement over Ganesh in colour and size of aril and TSS.

P 23

        It is a seedling selection from a traditional Muskat seedling population grown in and around Kolhar region of Ahmednagar district. Fruit surface smooth, yellow with red tinge and bears heavily. Fruit size is large, fleshy, aril pinkish-white, sweet in taste, seeds moderately hard. It is distinct improvement over Ganesh in aril size and TSS.

P 26

        A seedling selection of Muskat. It is superior to Ganesh in yield and fruit weight. Its fruits are large-sized, rind yellowish-green with red tinge; fleshy, aril pinkish-white with moderately hard seeds and sweet juice.

Mridula

            A seedling selection from an open-pollinated progeny raised from the F1 proeny of a cross Ganesh × Gul-e-Shah Red. Its fruits are medium-sized, rind smooth, dark red in colour. It has blood-red arils with very soft seeds, juicy and sweet in taste. It is significantly superior cultivar to other commercially grown pomegranates.

Jyoti

        This is a selection from mixed seedling population of Bassein Seedless and Dholka pomegranate. The fruits are medium to large-sized, having attractive, yellowish-red, more fleshy and pink aril. Fruits are very sweet, soft-seeded and taste good. It yields moderately.

Ruby

              It is a hybrid from a 3-way cross between Ganesh × Kabul × Yercaud and Gulsha Rose Pink which has soft and red arils with good flavour. The plants are dwarf, prolific-bearer, providing uniformly red fruits.

IIHR Selection

            A soft-seeded selection with a mean fruit weight of 255g. It provides quality fruits with a heavy bearing capacity. It is a selection from the open-pollinated seedlings.

Yercaud 1

               Its fruits are medium-sized, with easily peelable rind. The seeds are soft with attractive, deep purple aril.

Co 1

                It is also a high-yielding selection. Its fruits are medium-sized with attractive rind, soft seeds, higher pulp content and sweet taste.