The share of fruit area in total cultivable area of Serbia in the investigated
period (1980-2003) is 5.58% showing the tendency of slight increasing. In 2002
the plum is the leading fruit species showing the decrease of its share in total
fruit production of Serbia. Plums have the share of 56.0% in total number of
trees of productive age and 45.85% in total realized fruit production. In the fruit
production structure of Serbia the second and third place have apple and sour
cherry