Horticulture (fruit-growing and vegetable-growing). Horticulture is one of the specialized branches of agriculture in Azerbaijan. Quba-Khachmaz is specialized on seedy fruits, Zakatala-Sheki on nuts (chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts), Nakhchivan AR on stony fruits (peach, apricot), Kur-Araz on dry sub-tropical fruits (pomegranate, quince), Lenkeran on citrus fruits (orange, mandarin, feykhoa, lemon), Absheron peninsula on the Southern plants (fig, olive, pistachio, almond, etc). The largest region of fruit-growing in Azerbaijan is Quba. 85% of the fruits are produced in Quba, 15% in Sheki-Zakatala and Nagorno Shirvan economic regions. 95% of nuts production is centralized in Sheki-Zakatala economic region. There are many mulberry trees in Kur-Araz and Upper Karabakh regions.
Khachmaz, Lenkeran, and partly Aran and Absheron regions are specialized on vegetable-growing. Khachmaz is specialized on the slow-growing, and Lenkeran on fast-growing vegetables. A great amount of vegetables is grown in the greenhouses near Ganja city. In recent years, the fields of cabbage are enlarged in Agdash.
Melon-growing is highly developed in Aran, Absheron and Lenkeran region of Azerbaijan. Kurdemir is famous for its melons, Sabirabad and Zire for their watermelons.