Apples are the most important fruit crop in Tasmania. In 2006-07, Tasmanian farmers produced 28,500 tonnes of apples.

The four most common varieties of apples produced in Tasmania in 2006-07 were:

• Fuji (4,800 tonnes)
• Gala (4,200 tonnes)
• Delicious - striped red (4,000 tonnes)
• Delicious - block red (3,800 tonnes)
  

In 2006-07, almost 69% of all apples produced in Tasmania came from the Southern Statistical Division (19,600 tonnes).

	Production		Trees		Yield
	'000 t		'000		kg/trees
2002-03	52.5		1 285		40.9
2003-04	42.4		1 245		34.0
2004-05	45.5		1 267		35.9
2005-06	32.8		1 172		27.9
2006-07	28.5		1 041		27.4

(a) Yield equals kg/tree and is based on the number of trees 4 years and over.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


Data for 2006-07 indicate there were 1,200 hectares of bearing vines in Tasmania with a further 200 hectares planted but not yet bearing fruit. A total of 5,100 tonnes of grapes were produced and all were grown for winemaking.

Three varieties of grape accounted for 79% of all production: Pinot (2,327 tonnes), Chardonnay (1,136 tonnes) and Riesling (512 tonnes).

	Vines non-bearing		Vines bearing		Production
	area ha		area ha		tonnes
2002-03	167		978		6 390
2003-04	157		1 048		7 861
2004-05	288		981		6 136
2005-06	255		999		5 571
2006-07	238		1 196		5 058

Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

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