Len Troup

Last done in 1999, Ontario’s tender fruit tree census is woefully out of date. The provincial industry association, related research facility and OMAFRA are working to rectify the situation with April the goal for releasing census results.

While the possibility still exists a buyer might be found for the only remaining North American fruit canning plant east of the Rockies, the chairman of the Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board isn’t holding his breath.