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Fresh Market Sales and Sales to Processors of
Specified Commercial Fruit Crops, Ontario, 2004

Author: Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 10 December 2008

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Fresh Sales
Crop Area Harvested (acres) Marketed
Production
('000 lbs)
Farm Valuea ($'000)
Apples
12,400
222,048
61,771
Apricots
80
190
195
Blueberries, High Bush
375
1,325
2,325
Blueberries, Low Bush
30
35
95
Total Blueberries
405
1,360
2,420
Watermelons
250
6,800
990
Melons, Other
675
14,600
3,500
Total Melons
925
21,400
4,490
Cherries, Sour
50
110
85
Cherries, Sweet
555
2,200
3,250
Grapes, Labrusca
725
4,900
2,900
Grapes, Vinifera
200
650
310
Total Grapes
925
5,550
3,210
Nectarines
800
8,000
5,250
Peaches
4,900
40,000
24,000
Pears
1,100
8,900
4,800
Plums and Prunes
950
4,100
2,800
Raspberries
950
1,400
3,200
Strawberries
x
x
x

 

Sales to Processors
Crop Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production
('000 lbs)
Farm Valuea ($'000)
Apples
5,000
188,445
15,463
Apricots
-
-
-
Blueberries, High Bush
-
-
-
Blueberries, Low Bush
-
-
-
Total Blueberries
-
-
-
Watermelons
-
-
-
Melons, Other
-
-
-
Total Melons
-
-
-
Cherries, Sour
2,050
8,330
3,805
Cherries, Sweet
100
1,186
466
Grapes, Labrusca
3,100
23,387
4,133
Grapes, Vinifera
12,000
101,807
45,896
Total Grapes
15,100
125,194
50,029
Nectarines
-
-
-
Peaches
750
13,656
3,578
Pears
750
7,634
1,850
Plums and Prunes
-
-
-
Raspberries
-
-
-
Strawberries
x
x
x

Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were intercensally revised in November 2008, following the release of the intercensal revision data.

a Does not include government subsidy payments.
x Data suppressed due to confidentiality restrictions.
- Nil or zero
Last revised: 10 December, 2008

Statistics Canada: Fruit and Vegetable Survey; OMAF: Apple Marketing Survey; Ontario Tender Fruit Producers' Marketing Board; Grape Growers of Ontario
For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca