Fruit culture; area fruit orchards, sort fruit, 1992-2016

Fruit culture; area fruit orchards, sort fruit, 1992-2016

Periods Stone fruit trees Other stone fruit trees (hectare) Small fruit shrubs Other small fruit shrubs (hectare)
2016* 19 80
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides information about the culture area of fruit orchards in the Netherlands. The data are broken down by: apples, pears, stone fruit trees (plum trees, sweet cherries, sour cherries), small fruit shrubs (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, red currants, wine grapes and black currants) and nut trees. The data refer to areas cultivated in the open, and thus exclude fruit culture in greenhouses.

Data available from 1992 to 2016.

Status of the figures:
The figures for the years 1992 to 2015 are final, and the figures for 2016 are provisional. Due to the discontinuation, the provisional figures will not become definite.

Changes as of 12 April 2019:
None, this table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not. This table has been discontinued.

Description topics

Stone fruit trees
Stone fruit is fleshy fruit that grows on trees,
and has a stone inside.
Total stone fruit trees include plum trees, sweet cherry
trees, sour cherry trees and other stone fruit trees.
Other stone fruit trees
E.g. peach trees.
Small fruit shrubs
Small fruit is a collective of fruit growing on shrubs.
Total small fruit (soft fruit) shrubs include blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, red currants, black currants,
wine grapes and other small fruit shrubs.
Other small fruit shrubs
E.g. gooseberries and kiwis.
Until 2002, including wine grapes.