1Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, IARI, New Delhi 110 012
2Central Institute for Sub-tropical Horticulture, Rehmankhera, P.O. Kakori, Lucknow 227 127
*Corresponding author's present address: Division of Pomology, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (K), Shalimar campus, Srinagar 191 121, J&K; E-mail: feza@rediffmail.com