Date:08/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/08/08/stories/2006080803300800.htm

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A. Roy Chowdhury

TOO MANY FOR TOO LITTLE?: Retail traders bidding for apples, which have come from Himachal Pradesh, at the Mechua wholesale fruit market in Kolkata on Monday. According to the traders, the season has begun and only limited quantity of the fruit is coming from the northern State. The prices are ranging from Rs 600 to Rs 1,200 a box depending on size and quality. Apples from Kashmir are expected to hit the market by the end of this month.