On a hot summer day, cashew orchards in Panruti near Cuddalore are buzzing with life as farmers are busy plucking ripe cashew apples from trees during the peak season that begins in mid-April.
A.K.S. Kulandaivelu, a farmer of Mambattu village near Panruti, is hopeful of a bountiful harvest this year. The flowering of cashew trees has been satisfactory, and the harvesting has commenced.
“The season has commenced, and we will be plucking cashew apples over the next two months. The flowering has been good and we hope for a good season. However, unseasonal rain is a cause for concern as they may spoil the harvest,” he says.
