Volume 51 Number 4 Article 40
Year 1997 Month 10
Title: Peach and Nectarine Breeding in Canada 1911 to 1995
Author: R.E.C. Layne
Abstract:
Canada is one of the world's most
northerly countries for the commercial
production of peaches and nectarines (22).
Long winters with low temperatures,
comparatively short growing seasons, and
the frequent occurrence of spring frosts
during die blossom period greatly restrict
where peaches and nectarines can be successfully grown.
Only three provinces
(Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia)
have regions where the climate is sufficiently moderated by a) the Great Lakes
(Ontario), b) protected mountain valleys
(British Columbia) or c) the Gulf Stream
and protected river valleys (Nova Scotia)
to permit commercial culture of peaches
and nectarines.
Canada now ranks eighteenth among the world's peach producing
countries with annual production of
40,000 tonnes (29). About 80% of Canada's production is centered in Ontario,
19% in British Columbia and 1% in Nova
Scotia.
In 1993, Ontario's production was
valued at $23.2 M, accounted for 33,255
tonnes from 3,375 ha.
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