The World of Apples

Apples of Netherlands

58 varieties in the atlas came from Netherlands. The oldest is Friandise, dated by 1760.

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

Netherlands grew 194,000 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.20% of the world's harvest; it ranked 43rd among the world's producers.1

1961 2024
The figures
YearTonnes
2024 194,000
2023 198,000
2022 236,000
2021 245,000
2020 220,000
2019 273,000
2018 269,100
2017 227,000
2016 317,000
2015 336,000
2014 353,000
2013 314,000
2012 281,000
2011 418,000
2010 334,000
2009 407,000
2008 375,000
2007 391,000
2006 365,000
2005 359,000
2004 436,000
2003 359,000
2002 354,000
2001 408,000
2000 461,000
1999 570,000
1998 518,000
1997 420,000
1996 637,000
1995 534,000
1994 530,000
1993 597,000
1992 640,000
1991 260,000
1990 431,000
1989 417,000
1988 363,000
1987 340,000
1986 400,000
1985 270,000
1984 388,000
1983 364,000
1982 440,000
1981 260,000
1980 470,000
1979 450,000
1978 510,000
1977 315,000
1976 380,000
1975 430,000
1974 385,000
1973 450,000
1972 400,000
1971 520,000
1970 450,000
1969 475,000
1968 340,000
1967 488,000
1966 345,000
1965 404,000
1964 515,000
1963 279,000
1962 226,000
1961 292,000

Varieties from Netherlands, oldest first

  • Watercolour painting of Ananas Reinette apples by Deborah Griscom Passmore.

    Ananas Reinette

    Long thought Dutch, first described in Germany in 1826; DNA names Golden Harvey as one of its parents

    Netherlands, by 1821

  • Watercolour painting of Belle de Boskoop apples by Bertha Heiges.

    Belle de Boskoop

    Found at Boskoop in 1856 and much grown in the Netherlands and Germany; DNA shows Kasseler Renette is one parent

    Netherlands, 1856

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

    Elstar

    Dutch cross of 1955 named from Elst and the assistant breeder Arie Schaap; Germany's leading table apple in 2022

    Netherlands, 1955

  • Photograph of Red Jonaprince apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, one cut across.

    Red Jonaprince

    A dark red sport of Jonagold found at Weert in 1994; 4 per cent of Europe's apple crop in 2025/26

    Netherlands, 1994

And 54 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.