Practice Name:

To Help The Wood Apple (Feronia limonia) Tree Bear Fruit Where It Does Not

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Apple
Crop Family	Rosaceae
Scientific Name	Malus domestica
Vernacular Name	Safarjan
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Beeswax and mercury
Details Of Innovation	If the wood apple tree (Feronia limonia) does not bear fruit, a hole should be drilled in its trunk; it should taper towards the lower side. Beeswax is given the shape of a bottle and filled with a small quantity of mercury. This bottle is kept inside the hole that is then closed with beeswax. This is said to be effective in encouraging the tree to bear fruit

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mahajan
Address	Maharashtra
Languages Spoken	Marathi/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Maharashtra