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Area, Production and Farm Value of Specified Commercial Fruit Crops, Ontario, 2006

Author: Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 12 May, 2008

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Crop
 Area
Harvested
(acres)		 Marketed
Production
('000 lbs) 		Average
Price
(cents/lb) 		Farm
Value (a)
($'000)
Apples
18,000
384,237
18.2
69,774
Apricots
90
410
65.9
270
Blueberries, High Bush
580
2,280
200.7
4,575
Blueberries, Low Bush
40
40
262.5
105
Total Blueberries
620
2,320
201.7
4,680
Watermelons
490
15,000
15.3
2,300
Melons, Other
700
15,500
25.2
3,900
Total Melons
1,190
30,500
20.3
6,200
Cherries, Sour
2,055
6,454
23.7
1,527
Cherries, Sweet
800
3,544
108.5
3,845
Grapes, Labrusca
4,380
32,373
29.0
9,387
Grapes, Vinifera
12,960
117,235
55.4
64,896
Total Grapes
17,340
149,608
49.7
74,283
Nectarines
550
6,000
65.0
3,900
Peaches
6,000
57,200
54.4
31,100
Pears
2,050
19,100
37.0
7,065
Plums and Prunes
850
5,000
78.0
3,900
Raspberries
770
1,320
244.7
3,230
Strawberries
3,590
16,500
133.9
22,100

 

Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in March 2008, following the release of the Fall Fruit and Vegetable Survey data.

a Does not include government subsidy payments.

Last revised: 12 May, 2008


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

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