Grape Industry Analysis for Investment and Redevelopment

White grapes
Red grapes
Black grapes
7.1.1 Hectares of bearing and non-bearing table grape varieties
The non-bearing areas of table grapes in Figure 43 give an indication of changes in the popularity
of different varieties. For instance, Red Globe was popular from 1997 to 2003 but new plantings
of the variety have since declined.
Figure 43: Hectares of bearing and non-bearing table grape varieties 1997 to 2014
Colour &
season
Early
Mid
Mid
1997 (ha) 2003 (ha) 2006 (ha) 2009 (ha) 2014 (ha)
Non-
Variety bearing
bearing bearing Nonbearing
bearing Nonbearing
bearing Nonbearing
bearing Nonbearing
Other 14 4 2 5 1 6 0 4 0 4 1
PBR varieties 0 0 0 3 3 32 37 63 128 5
Black Muscat 7 2 10 0 7 1 8 1 9 0
PBR varieties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 30 65
M-L Ribier 39 1 20 0 12 0 8 0 7 0
Late
Early
Mid
M-L
Early
Mid
AutumnRoyal 0 0 2 10 11 233 231 116 324 30
Other 15 31 11 36 5 35 24 52 5 45 1
PBR variety 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 21 0
Cardinal 69 1 40 0 18 0 10 0 4 0
Flame 147 16 146 17 140 6 93 16 142 28
Ralli Seedless 7 31 71 42 111 12 103 7 160 50
Other 16 38 2 28 0 19 0 9 0 5 0
PBR varieties 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 14 85
Red Emperor 171 10 95 2 66 0 33 0 12 0
Red Globe 509 333 1,177 335 1,376 121 1,220 52 967 75
Crimson 32 16 154 654 777 482 1,258 632 2,512 865
Other 17 17 1 18 48 61 132 16 0 8 0
PBR variety 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 20
Menindee 607 286 1,031 276 1,126 122 969 90 814 85
Other 18 29 8 26 12 33 0 14 0 9 0
PBR varieties 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 10
Other 19 27 9 32 11 32 116 65 0 9 0
PBR varieties 1 3 6 5 11 0 0 4 6 10
Thompson 2,595 133 2,655 341 2,292 161 1,896 68 1,658 190
M-L Waltham 58 0 38 0 30 0 10 0 5 0
Late
Calmeria 123 44 163 31 178 16 124 8 105 0
Ohanez 118 3 79 10 73 12 58 1 33 0
Other 20 1 0 8 40 47 98 2 0 0 0
PBR varieties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 150
Total (hectares) 4,630 910 5,840 1,845 6,465 1,575 6,225 1,095 7,085 1,670
% Bearing / non-bearing 84% 16% 76% 24% 80% 20% 85% 15% 81% 19%
PBR varieties are proprietary varieties only recently, or still waiting to be, granted plant variety rights.
14 Other early-mid season black varieties: Fantasy Seedless, Kyoho, Maroo Seedless
15 Other late season black varieties: Black America, Purple Cornichon
16 Other mid season red varieties: Christmas Rose, Queen, Red Malaga, Ruby Seedless
17 Other mid-late season red varieties: Nyora, Red Prince, Red Rob, Zante
18 Other early season white varieties: Centennial, Early Muscat, Merbein Seedless, Perlette, Sunmuscat
19 Other mid season white varieties: Apple, Dawn Seedless, Golden Globe, Italia, Kismiski, Moss Sultana
20 Other late season white varieties: Hunisa, Jade Seedless, Stanley Seedless
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