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Fresh Market Sales and Sales to Processors of Specified Commercial Fruit Crops, Ontario, 2008

Author:
 Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 01 September 2009

Fresh Sales
Crop Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Farm Valuea ($'000)
Apples
11,000
222,500
55,000
Apricots
70
325
190
Blueberries, High Bush
450
1,800
3,820
Blueberries, Low Bush
20
40
100
Total Blueberries
470
1,840
3,920
Watermelons
710
19,000
2,800
Melons, Other
680
15,135
3,340
Total Melons
1,390
34,135
6,140
Cherries, Sour
30
30
40
Cherries, Sweet
x
x
x
Grapes, Labrusca
800
6,000
3,500
Grapes, Vinifera
50
130
70
Total Grapes
850
6,130
3,570
Nectarines
510
3,800
2,900
Peaches
5,000
42,500
29,000
Pears
x
x
x
Plums and Prunes
800
2,900
2,300
Raspberries
750
1,200
3,400
Strawberries
3,000
13,500
19,200

 

Sales to Processors
Crop Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Farm Valuea ($'000)
Apples
5,500
200,000
18,000
Apricots
-
-
-
Blueberries, High Bush
-
-
-
Blueberries, Low Bush
-
-
-
Total Blueberries
-
-
-
Watermelons
-
-
-
Melons, Other
-
-
-
Total Melons
-
-
-
Cherries, Sour
1,900
12,280
3,341
Cherries, Sweet
x
x
x
Grapes, Labrusca
2,500
7,097
1,220
Grapes, Vinifera
13,000
126,900
78,300
Total Grapes
15,500
133,997
79,520
Nectarines
-
-
-
Peaches
1,000
5,512
1,433
Pears
x
x
x
Plums and Prunes
-
-
-
Raspberries
-
-
-
Strawberries
50
300
220


Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in August 2009, following the release of the Spring 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 Production; Ontario Tender Fruit Producers' Marketing Board, Grape Growers of Ontario

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