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Fresh Market Sales and Sales to
Processors of Specified Commercial
Fruit Crops, Ontario, 2002

Author: Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 15 March 2004

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Fresh Sales
Crop
Area Harvested
(acres)
MarketedProduction
( '000 lbs)
Farm Valuea
($ '000)
Apples
11,800
164,952
51,367
Apricots
115
276
280
Blueberries, High Bush
x
x
x
Blueberries, Low Bush
x
x
x
Total Blueberries
400
1,260
2,250
Watermelons
140
3,200
850
Melons, Other
850
18,800
4,150
Total Melons
990
22,000
5,000
Cherries, Sour
x
x
x
Cherries, Sweet
710
1,450
2,015
Grapes, Labrusca
950
4,300
2,400
Grapes, Vinifera
200
775
365
Total Grapes
1,150
5,075
2,765
Nectarines
675
8,050
5,310
Peaches
4,550
39,100
23,700
Pears
1,400
8,750
4,550
Plums and Prunes
x
x
x
Raspberries
1,100
1,606
3,850
Strawberries
3,900
16,250
18,200

 

Sales to Processors
Crop
Area Harvested
( acres)
Marketed Production
( '000 lbs)
Farm Valuea
($ '000)
Apples
5,200
120,081
12,059
Apricots
-
-
-
Blueberries, High Bush
x
x
x
Blueberries, Low Bush
x
x
x
Total Blueberries
-
-
-
Watermelons
-
-
-
Melons, Other
-
-
-
Total Melons
-
-
-
Cherries, Sour
x
x
x
Cherries, Sweet
75
232
140
Grapes, Labrusca
3,100
18,671
3,850
Grapes, Vinifera
11,200
97,647
45,732
Total Grapes
14,300
116,318
49,582
Nectarines
-
-
-
Peaches
900
12,038
3,344
Pears
850
4,882
1,188
Plums and Prunes
x
x
x
Raspberries
-
-
-
Strawberries
200
1,250
775

 

 

Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in March 2004, 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.

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