still waiting to savour the fruits of his labour mangaluru can a temperate fruit like the apple be tamed to grow in the tropics as of now in karnataka apples are being grown on a trial basis in dakshina kannada kodagu tumkur bengaluru tarikere vijayapura and chamarajanagar he said the plant can be grown in regions where the temperature ranges between 10 degree celsius and 30 degree celsius the fruits were small but tasty this year hes planting eight trees in his garden if id taken care they may have yielded better results he said that started the whole process said shetty i need further guidance from scientists he said