The World of Apples

Apples of Germany

96 varieties in the atlas came from Germany. The oldest is Roter Stettiner, dated by 1598.

Map of where the apple varieties in the atlas came from A map of the world on the Equal Earth projection, with a dot for each variety at its place of origin.

Harvest

Germany grew 871,990 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.89% of the world's harvest; it ranked 16th among the world's producers.1

1961 2024
The figures
YearTonnes
2024 871,990
2023 941,210
2022 1,070,980
2021 1,004,630
2020 1,023,320
2019 991,450
2018 1,198,520
2017 596,666
2016 1,032,913
2015 973,462
2014 1,115,900
2013 803,784
2012 972,405
2011 898,448
2010 834,960
2009 1,070,678
2008 1,046,995
2007 1,070,036
2006 947,611
2005 891,402
2004 979,730
2003 818,032
2002 1,471,100
2001 1,779,000
2000 3,136,800
1999 1,036,100
1998 977,200
1997 764,600
1996 878,100
1995 573,300
1994 879,500
1993 882,400
1992 1,377,800
1991 780,800
1990 2,222,019
1989 2,483,089
1988 3,164,425
1987 1,592,954
1986 2,902,106
1985 2,206,203
1984 2,347,783
1983 2,097,458
1982 3,417,125
1981 1,285,644
1980 2,395,094
1979 2,713,069
1978 2,109,260
1977 1,473,564
1976 1,806,949
1975 2,488,968
1974 1,499,477
1973 2,320,000
1972 1,500,000
1971 2,309,000
1970 1,975,000
1969 2,913,000
1968 1,748,000
1967 2,732,000
1966 1,702,000
1965 1,424,000
1964 1,346,000
1963 2,216,000
1962 2,059,000
1961 851,000

Varieties from Germany, oldest first

  • Coloured plate of Rheinischer Bohnapfel apples from W. Lauche, Deutsche Pomologie: Aepfel.

    Rheinischer Bohnapfel

    A triploid Rhineland apple described by Diel in 1797; hard and sour when picked, it was said to keep over a year

    Germany, by 1797

  • Coloured plate of Kaiser Wilhelm apples from W. Lauche, Deutsche Pomologie: Aepfel.

    Kaiser Wilhelm

    Named in 1875 with Emperor Wilhelm I's consent; DNA shows it is the Rhineland apple Peter Broich

    Germany, before 1864

  • Photograph of Freiherr von Berlepsch apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, one cut across.

    Freiherr von Berlepsch

    Raised about 1880 at Grevenbroich; DNA shows its parents are Ananas Reinette and Danziger Kantapfel, not Ribston Pippin

    Germany, about 1880

  • Photograph of Gloster apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, on the tree.

    Gloster

    Bred at Jork in the Altes Land from a 1951 cross of Glockenapfel and Richared Delicious; dark red and long-keeping

    Germany, 1951

  • Pinova

    Crossed at Dresden-Pillnitz in 1965 from Clivia and Golden Delicious; released in 1986, it crops early and heavily

    Germany, 1965

  • Weirouge

    An acid, astringent red-fleshed apple for processing; Germany's fruit genebank files it as Michurin's Roter Mond

    Germany, by 1997

  • Bay 3484

    Bred from Weirouge at the Bavarian Centre of Pomology, Hallbergmoos; its fruit is sold under the trade mark Baya Marisa

    Germany, by 2009

And 89 more in the catalogue, A to Z

Sources

  1. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Updated 31 December 2025. Supports: each country's apple harvest by year (item 515, apples, in tonnes, 1961 to 2024), the shares of the world's harvest and the ranks worked out from them, and which figures FAOSTAT estimated or imputed.