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Area, Production and Farm Value of Specified
Commercial Fruit Crops, Ontario, 2007

Author:
 Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 15July 2009

Crop
 Area
Harvested
(acres)		 Marketed Production
('000 lbs) 		Average
Price
(cents/lb) 		Farm
Valuea
 ($'000)
Apples
17,000
494,984
18.6
92,255
Apricots
90
400
65.0
260
Blueberries, High Bush
585
2,200
204.5
4,500
Blueberries, Low Bush
45
90
188.9
170
Total Blueberries
630
2,290
203.9
4,670
Watermelons
690
18,000
13.3
2,400
Melons, Other
550
12,500
24.0
3,000
Total Melons
1,240
30,500
17.7
5,400
Cherries, Sour
2,015
15,763
26.0
4,102
Cherries, Sweet
685
2,700
132.1
3,568
Grapes, Labrusca
3,560
17,046
30.5
5,191
Grapes, Vinifera
12,900
114,247
64.2
73,390
Total Grapes
16,460
131,293
59.9
78,581
Nectarines
520
5,000
64.0
3,200
Peaches
6,000
60,226
54.8
32,977
Pears
2,050
14,058
42.1
5,913
Plums and Prunes
800
2,500
78.0
1,950
Raspberries
735
1,115
295.1
3,290
Strawberries
3,475
15,700
130.3
20,450

Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in May 2009, following the release of the Fall Fruit and Vegetable Survey data.

a Does not include government subsidy payments.

References: Statistics Canada: Fruit and Vegetable Survey; Ontario Tender Fruit
Producers' Marketing Board; Grape Growers of Ontario

 

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