SRINAGAR, INDIA - OCTOBER 5: A Kashmiri farmer picks fresh apples from a tree in an orchards in Budgam, on October 5, 2017 some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, India. Apples from Kashmir are famous in South Asia and the horticulture is one of the backbones of Kashmir's economy, employing thousands of people direct and indirectly. From the mid September growers across Kashmir region start harvesting different varieties of apple, and season goes till mid November.(Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times )