The apple season is in full swing these days in Himachal Pradesh. Officials said that in order to facilitate the apple growers, 257 collection centers have been set up under Market Intervention Scheme in the apple belts of the Shimla, Kullu, Chamba and Mandi districts. They said that more procurement centers would be opened as per demand during current apple season. Himachal Pradesh is also known as apple state in the country and these days fruit growers are busy in plucking their apple produce. Till date more than 1.16 crore boxes of apple have been exported to the different markets of the country. Besides it , nearly 75 Lakh metric ton apples have been procured by the various state government agencies under Market Intervention Scheme.