Vegetables Agroforestry - Todd Leuty Report not available.
Apple harvest is now underway in all districts of the province.
Growers are facing a crop that stretches from reasonable quality and volume to a preponderance of inferior fruit and low yields. Maturity of some cultivars is difficult to determine with a wide range of maturity on the same tree, with Gala being a prime example. The crop in Ontario will be less than the high of 1999 when over 17 million bushels were grown and not all was harvested. This year the early estimates are for a crop that will be much easier to handle and about 4 million bushels less in volume. Present market prices are acceptable but should be higher to cover the short fall the average grower has experienced in the last few years.