Yes, apple farming is being experimented by a farmer in arid Kutch’s Nakhatrana region. If his tryst with the cold-weather fruit succeeds, then Shantibhai Mavani in Khirasara Roha will add another feather to his cap, after his successful experimentation on Kesar mangoes and the exotic dragon fruit. He has been trying to grow Himachal Pradesh apples in Kutch for five years now.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/red-apples-blossoming-in-kutch-farmers-experiment-bears-fruits/articleshow/77269128.cms