Cultivar: Cricket Ball, Barmasi, Oval, Co.1

Time of Planting: Early monsoon

Soil:Well drained deep sandy loam, laterite and old alluvium

Propagation :Propagation is by inarch grafting during rainy season. In case of inarch grafting the rootstock should be Khirni (Manilkara hexandra).

Planting Distance: 7-9 m x 7-9 m
Plant Protection:
(1)Stem borer: Plug with kerosene dipped cotton.
(2)Scale insects:Spray malathion (2 ml per lit. of water)
(3)Leaf spot: Monthly spray of 0.2% (2 g in 1litre of water) Dithane Z-78.
(4)Sooty mould: Spray starch solution (100 g in 18 litres of water)

Pruning :Remove all the sprouts appeared on the rootstock below the graft or bud joint. After 3 to 4 years of planting the lower branches upto height of 60-90cm should be removed. Remove the over shaded and crowded branches.
Cropping : Grafted Sapota bears fruits 3 years after planting. Fruit production increases up to 30 years and declines thereafter. Sapota blossoms continuously in several flushes at short interval throughout the year.

Manure and Fertilizer:
For bearing Tree:
Urea: 110g.
Super Phosphate: 250g
Sulphate of Potash: 125g.
Oil Cake: 2 kg.
Bone Meal: 2 kg.
Wood ash: 4 kg.

Harvesting : Mature fruits should be harvested with fruit-stalks.
Yield : A mature tree bears 1500 to 3000 fruits a year.