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Fresh Market Sales and Sales to Processors of Specified Commercial Fruit Crops,
Ontario, 2003

Author: Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 20 October 2005

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Fresh Sales
Crop
Area Harvested (acres)
Marketed
Production
('000 lbs)
Farm Valuea ($'000)
Apples
13,250
231,665
69,029
Apricots
115
440
390
Blueberries, High Bush
375
800
1,470
Blueberries, Low Bush
50
70
200
Total Blueberries
425
870
1,670
Watermelons
250
4,100
1,025
Melons, Other
650
11,200
3,250
Total Melons
900
15,300
4,275
Cherries, Sour
70
105
85
Cherries, Sweet
570
2,350
2,755
Grapes, Labrusca
940
4,950
3,000
Grapes, Vinifera
200
670
230
Total Grapes
1,140
5,620
3,230
Nectarines
800
9,555
5,640
Peaches
5,000
41,400
26,025
Pears
1,300
8,825
3,975
Plums and Prunes
1,050
5,250
3,300
Raspberries
1,100
1,160
2,700
Strawberries
3,500
15,600
17,500

 

Sales to Processors
Crop
Area Harvested (acres)
Marketed Production ('000 lbs)
Farm Valuea ($'000)
Apples
4,750
155,387
12,753
Apricots
-
-
-
Blueberries, High Bush
-
-
-
Blueberries, Low Bush
-
-
-
Total Blueberries
-
-
-
Watermelons
-
-
-
Melons, Other
-
-
-
Total Melons
-
-
-
Cherries, Sour
1,790
10,165
5,269
Cherries, Sweet
180
1,988
968
Grapes, Labrusca
3,100
23,115
3,240
Grapes, Vinifera
11,000
58,313
23,276
Total Grapes
14,100
81,428
26,516
Nectarines
-
-
-
Peaches
800
13,806
3,645
Pears
750
7,418
1,705
Plums and Prunes
-
-
-
Raspberries
-
-
-
Strawberries
100
700
425

Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in August 2005, 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.

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