A variety of fruit crops are produced in Western Australia including apples, grapes, olives and pears. Apples are the principal fruit crop. In 2006-07, the four most common varieties of apples produced in Western Australia were:

• Cripps Pink (10,600 tonnes)
• Granny Smith (7,800 tonnes)
• Gala (5,100 tonnes)
• Cripps Red (2,600 tonnes)

In 2006-07, 77% of all apples produced in Western Australia came from the South West Statistical Division (24,600 tonnes).

	Production		Trees		Yield
	'000 tonnes		'000		kg/trees
2002-03	38.9		887.2		43.8
2003-04	37.7		975.8		38.7
2004-05	35.9		873.5		41.1
2005-06	36.2		878.5		41.2
2006-07	31.9		853.9		37.4

(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).


In 2006-07, there were 12,200 hectares of bearing vines in Western Australia with a further 900 hectares planted but not yet bearing fruit. A total of 72,400 tonnes of grapes were produced with over 94% grown for winemaking. In 2006-07, 66% of all grape production in Western Australia came from the South West Statistical Division (47,800 tonnes).

	Vines non-bearing area '000 ha		Vines bearing area '000 ha		Production '000 t
2002-03	1.0		10.7		67.8
2003-04	1.0		11.1		92.1
2004-05	1.2		11.7		85.1
2005-06	0.9		11.4		65.4
2006-07	0.9		12.2		72.4

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

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