Apples of Switzerland
19 varieties in the atlas came from Switzerland. The oldest is Tobiasler, dated by 1805.
Harvest
Switzerland grew 213,926 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.22% of the world's harvest; it ranked 41st among the world's producers.1
The figures
| Year | Tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 213,926 |
| 2023 | 161,973 |
| 2022 | 195,491 |
| 2021 | 176,574 |
| 2020 | 237,232 |
| 2019 | 196,223 |
| 2018 | 296,778 |
| 2017 | 145,864 |
| 2016 | 227,300 |
| 2015 | 214,250 |
| 2014 | 231,343 |
| 2013 | 210,129 |
| 2012 | 233,556 |
| 2011 | 327,500 |
| 2010 | 201,641 |
| 2009 | 251,054 |
| 2008 | 254,887 |
| 2007 | 274,922 |
| 2006 | 259,305 |
| 2005 | 212,996 |
| 2004 | 284,586 |
| 2003 | 209,501 |
| 2002 | 275,023 |
| 2001 | 202,380 |
| 2000 | 374,984 |
| 1999 | 228,903 |
| 1998 | 426,368 |
| 1997 | 226,264 |
| 1996 | 358,320 |
| 1995 | 199,337 |
| 1994 | 288,235 |
| 1993 | 264,075 |
| 1992 | 438,313 |
| 1991 | 181,800 |
| 1990 | 397,800 |
| 1989 | 311,000 |
| 1988 | 492,000 |
| 1987 | 240,200 |
| 1986 | 393,000 |
| 1985 | 278,000 |
| 1984 | 384,000 |
| 1983 | 242,000 |
| 1982 | 542,000 |
| 1981 | 243,000 |
| 1980 | 340,000 |
| 1979 | 442,000 |
| 1978 | 355,000 |
| 1977 | 279,000 |
| 1976 | 243,000 |
| 1975 | 435,000 |
| 1974 | 240,000 |
| 1973 | 380,000 |
| 1972 | 260,000 |
| 1971 | 390,000 |
| 1970 | 280,000 |
| 1969 | 530,000 |
| 1968 | 270,000 |
| 1967 | 580,000 |
| 1966 | 350,000 |
| 1965 | 255,400 |
| 1964 | 389,600 |
| 1963 | 359,600 |
| 1962 | 480,400 |
| 1961 | 269,800 |
Varieties from Switzerland, oldest first
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Berner Rose
A chance seedling from the canton of Bern that first fruited in 1888; its parents were found by DNA
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Luresweet
A scab-resistant red-fleshed apple from Markus Kobelt's nursery at Buchs; sold under the trade mark Redlove Odysso
And 17 more in the catalogue, A to Z
- Arlet by 1995
- Bovarde by 1934
- Chusenrainer about 1852
- Citron d'Hiver (Swiss) by 1925
- Elbee
- Glockenapfel by 1948
- Goro 1951
- Gustavs Dauerapfel by 1899
- Iduna
- Jubile d'Argovie by 1934
- Maigold 1944
- Marina by 1999
- Mors de Veau by 1948
- Rubinette 1966
- Schweizer Orange 1935
- Thurgauer Weinapfel by the 1860s
- Tobiasler by 1805
Sources
- 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.