1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/08/2004   
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Apples are, by far, still the most significant fruit crop in Tasmania. In 1999-2000, Tasmanian farmers produced 58,000 tonnes of apples, third behind Victoria (98,000 tonnes) and New South Wales (67,000 tonnes).

The five most common varieties of apples grown in Tasmania were:

  • Red delicious (25,000 tonnes)
  • Golden delicious (7,000 tonnes)
  • Fuji (6,000 tonnes)
  • Jonagold (3,000 tonnes)
  • Democrat (3,000 tonnes)

In 1999-2000, just under three-quarters of all apples produced came from the Huon Valley municipality. Growers there produced 43,000 tonnes of apples, which were more than that grown in either Western Australia (41,000 tonnes), Queensland (33,000 tonnes) or South Australia (23,000 tonnes).

APPLES, Tasmania(a)
Production
Trees
Yield

Years ended 31 March
'000 t
'000
kg/tree
1996
52
1,093
47.9
1997
56
1,103
50.5
1998
47
1,051
44.4
1999
62
1,040
59.9
2000(b)
58
1,043
55.1
(a) Number of trees and yield based on trees six years and over.
(b) Year ended 30 June.

Source: Agriculture, Australia (Cat. no. 7113.0).