Famous Allahabadi Guavas gear up for peak winter harvest; delight consumers worldwide

Bright green, glossy, and weighing down the branches, Allahabadi guavas are entering their prime harvest season. Despite the city’s official renaming from Allahabad to Prayagraj, the legacy of its iconic guavas, especially the soft, creamy Allahabadi Safeda and the apple-red Surkha, remains as strong as ever.

These famed varieties are cultivated extensively across Prayagraj and neighbouring Kaushambi. The Horticulture Experiment and Training Center at Khusro Bagh continues to support farmers with improved cultivation techniques to boost yield and quality.