Himachal Pradesh is known as the Apple State of India due to its high production. About 70% of the farmers are engaged in apple production here. Being a temperate fruit, it was always considered to grow only in snowy hills with low chilling hours but just a little innovation created history making people of Himachal Pradesh astonished. The variety HRMN-99 developed by Shri. Hariman Sharma can grow in non-traditional subtropical and tropical areas of Himachal Pradesh.