Guava (Psidum guajava L) is an evergreen plant and has been cultivated in Kohat since ancient times. It is believed to have been grown since 17^th century. It is an important fruit giving two crops in a year and is grown in all the provinces of the country.

Kohat is famous for guava production throughout the province. There are very vast collection of guava types on farmers’ fields in Kohat where very attractive fruits develop. There is need for their introduction and to find out their good characters. It was, therefore, imperative to collect different types of guava plants on the basis of colour, taste and high yield to study their performance.

Four types of guava i.e. Red, Pink, White and Brazilian were collected from different locations and have been propagated vegetatively (by cutting) in the progeny garden in March, 2003 with the following objectives:

 

*     To introduce the attractive coloured fruit plants of guava propagated by cuttings.

*     To study the performance of different types of guava regarding growth, yield, quality and

Varieties                                               1. Red 2. Pink 3. White 4. Brazilian

No. of plants / variety                        6 plants

Date of plantation                               March-April 2003

Plant distance                                      30 ft apart

Parameters to be studied                   

     1.   Survival data

2. Growth data (stem girth, canopy, height etc)
3. Yield data

Different Germ plasms were collected from all over Kohat and best plants cuttings were planted at Barani Agricultural Research Station Kohat. Cuttings were planted in polythine bags filled with 80% sand and 20 Silt media. Total length of the cutting kept 6" and the cuttings were planted one fourth of the total length deep. These planted cuttings in polythine bages were covered with plastic sheet to provide hot and humide conditions. These cuttings were irrigated by sprikler when needed but avoided flood irrigation. After 15-20 days those cuttings stated sprouting and they were kept under plastic sheet for two months and then these new developed true to type plants were shifted to open enviroment to adjust themselves with open temprature. These plants now ready to establish a new orchard.