Professor M A Rahim of Germ Plasm Center, BAU visited some of the successful BAUKUL orchards with Shamol Bangla, Mati-o-Manush and other media teams recently. Md. Abul Kalam Azad also visited those gardens with him. All the visited garden owners thanked him from the core of their heart for discovering this high yielding variety. "We are satisfied with the quality of this fruit. It's really a profitable business" garden owners said to the media teams. They also thanked Germ Plasm Centre and Azad Hybrid Horticulture Center for providing superior quality grafts. "BAUKUL has opened up a new door to earn foreign money. Importers from different countries have already shown interest on this tasty fruit" Dr. Rahim said in his interviews.

Apple kul is one of the most tasty jujube variety in Bangladesh. This variety has already become popular to fruit lovers for it's unique color and taste. For the last few years, demand of this rediscovered variety has been increasing rapidly. Experts suggest that fruit set is much higher in a mixed garden than single variety garden. As a result, gardeners are paying more attention to put both the varieties in a single garden. Baukul is an early variety whereas apple kul comes late in the market. For this friendly nature,...

Mango is highly cross-pollinated crop. Pollination is effected through insectss like common housefly, honeybees, thrips and possibly through wind. Flowers start opening in the morning and the anthesis is completed generally by the noon. Maximum flowers open between 9 to 10 A.M. Dehiscence takes place after the flowers have opened. Like previous year, unexpected rain takes place mostly between 5 A.M. to 4 P.M. As a result, less fruit set seems probable in mango gardens. But fruit set can be increased by using necessary fertilizers and spraying proper medicines. We've already suggested necessary doses to ....

For the last 20 years, Azad Hybrid Horticulture Center has been propagating superior quality mango, jujube, guava etc. grafts under the supervision of local and foreign scientists. For betterment of the farmers, we've decided to propagate high quality BAUKUL-1, Apple Kul, Guava grafts under the direct supervision of Professor M A Rahim. In addition, we also have strong support system for farmers around the year.

Baukul-1 has got tremendous market potential both in home and abroad. As a result, huge market demand of baukul-1 grafts is created. Azad Hybrid Horticulture Center, one of the leading local horticultural farm, has got the ability to propagate large number of high quality fruit grafts to fulfill any market demand. They are propagating large number of BAUKUL-1 grafts from the mother plants supplied by Germ Plasm Center, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Maymensingh. I recon they will be able to fulfill cultivator's demand in consideration with both quality and quantity.