This information is brought to you courtesy of the Ontario Tender Fruit Producers' Marketing Board. The Ontario Tender Fruit Producers' Marketing Board operates under the Farm Products Marketing Act, and represents all producers of tender fruit who market to either the fresh or processing market.
Tender fruit refers to peaches, pears, plums, prunes, sweet and sour cherries.
The Board has over 700 grower-members, and on their behalf negotiates prices, terms and conditions of sale, with processors, for tender fruit sold to processors. In addition, the Board also establishes prices for tender fruit sold on the fresh market. In all cases, prices are representative of local supply and demand as well as prices for imported fruit from competing jurisdictions in the United States. The Board derives its operating funds through a levy per ton of fruit sold, either fresh or for processing. The remainder is located in Norfolk County and in Southwestern Ontario.