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Fresh Market Sales and Sales to Processors of Specified Commercial Fruit Crops, Ontario, 2007

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

**Fresh Sale**
Crop	Area Harvested (acres)	Marketed Production ('000 lbs)	Farm Value^a ($'000)
Apples	12,000	293,896	77,588
Apricots	90	400	260
Blueberries, High Bush	585	2,200	4,500
Blueberries, Low Bush	45	90	170
Total Blueberries	630	2,290	4,670
Watermelons	690	18,000	2,400
Melons, Other	550	12,500	3,000
Total Melons	1,240	30,500	5,400
Cherries, Sour	15	35	30
Cherries, Sweet	x	x	x
Grapes, Labrusca	710	7,000	3,600
Grapes, Vinifera	50	140	45
Total Grapes	760	7,140	3,645
Nectarines	520	5,000	3,200
Peaches	5,000	49,000	30,000
Pears	1,300	11,000	5,100
Plums and Prunes	800	2,500	1,950
Raspberries	720	1,100	3,250
Strawberries	x	x	x

**Sales to Processors**
Crop	Area Harvested (acres)	Marketed Production ('000 lbs)	Farm Value^(a) ($'000)
Apples	5,000	201,088	14,667
Apricots	-	-	-
Blueberries, High Bush	-	-	-
Blueberries, Low Bush	-	-	-
Total Blueberries	-	-	-
Watermelons	-	-	-
Melons, Other	-	-	-
Total Melons	-	-	-
Cherries, Sour	2,000	15,728	4,072
Cherries, Sweet	x	x	x
Grapes, Labrusca	2,850	10,046	1,591
Grapes, Vinifera	12,850	114,107	73,345
Total Grapes	15,700	124,153	74,936
Nectarines	-	-	-
Peaches	1,000	11,226	2,977
Pears	750	3,058	813
Plums and Prunes	-	-	-
Raspberries	15	15	40
Strawberries	x	x	x

Note: 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.
x Data suppressed due to confidentiality restrictions.
- Nil or zero.

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

For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca