Statistics Norway

Census of agriculture 2010

9 Area of fruit trees1, by species, county and area. 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2010. Decares
  Area of fruit trees, total Apples Apples, bearing Pears Pears, bearing Plums Plums, bearing Cherries Cherries, bearing Sweet cherries Sweet cherries, bearing
1979 37 735 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1989 32 673 22 580 .. 4 067 .. 3 461 ..  830 .. 1 736 ..
1999 27 321 18 948 .. 2 224 .. 3 195 ..  471 .. 2 482 ..
2010 21 765 14 277 12 570  898  799 4 163 3 419  475  438 1 952 1 635
                       
2010                      
County                      
Buskerud 3 055 2 389 2 085 2 2  348  310  190  188  125 80
Vestfold 1 596 1 062  912 22 6  272  227 60 53  180  126
Telemark 3 240 2 657 2 391 6 3  277  200  112 98  188  167
Rogaland  743  390  302 60 45  222  199 3 3 69 66
Hordaland 8 272 4 902 4 332  408  370 1 997 1 612 58 52  906  766
Sogn og Fjordane 3 540 2 117 1 883  360  336  711  594 32 27  321  304
Other counties 1 321  761  668 40 35  337  276 20 17  162  126
                       
Area of fruit trees                      
 1.0- 4.9 decares  626  340  305 44 38  149  123 21 20 72 67
 5.0- 9.9 "  930  521  482 62 56  165  151 13 10  169  143
10.0-19.9 " 3 213 1 866 1 662  210  200  720  618 40 33  378  339
20.0-29.9 " 3 796 2 512 2 246  175  171  635  542 43 36  432  338
30.0-49.9 " 5 787 3 937 3 478  227  190 1 124  902 18 18  481  412
50.0-    " 7 412 5 102 4 397  180  144 1 370 1 083  340  322  420  336
1  Comprise holdings with at least 1.0 decare of fruit trees (50 fruit trees in 1979 and 1989).
Source: Census of Agriculture and Forestry 1979, Census of Agriculture and Forestry 1989, Census of Agriculture 1999, Census of Agriculture and Forestry 2010, Statistics Norway.

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