Hyderabad: Karnataka and a few parts of AP, including Chittoor, which supplied mangoes to the city during the rains last year (until September), have started supplying 3 varieties of the fruit early.
Usually, mangoes start arriving here in the first week of March but, for the first time ever, Hyderabad is able to buy mangoes in January.
Officials are saying that a few parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and AP have adopted hybrid crops but very few varieties such as the Banginapally, Totapuri and Rumani are available off season.
But nearly a tonne of the Rumani variety has been arriving at the biggest markets in both the Telugu states for the past two days. The Rumani variety is being supplied from Sri Bommarajapuram near Puttur in Chittoor district.
Similarly, Banginapally and Totapuri varieties are being supplied by farmers from Karnataka and the Chittor district in A.P.
Commission agents’ association head at the massive Gaddiannaram market, Mohammad Tajuddin, says usually, mangoes arrive in the first week of March.
“But arrivals have been increasing from January this year. Low quantity of stock has been coming but we are expecting more in February. During season, the Gaddiannaram market gets 1,000 to 1,500 tonne of mangoes,” he said. Mr. Tajuddin said prominent varieties would start arriving by summer.
