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trees. They established a tree bed of
2,000 to 3,000 trees from seed from
Doug Campbell's and bought three -to
four year old trees from Paul Bennett.
The 50 trees cost $6.00 each; and 50
pounds of seed costs $3.00 a pound.
Dianne says they will heve a longer
waiting period before they will see
any returns, probably "10 years."
They plan to eventually have 96 acres
planted in nut trees.
Campbell, of Campberry Farm at
Niagara -on -the -Lake, specializes in
nursery stock, as well as exotic fruit
trees and berries. He is also a director
with the Commercial Association of
Nut Growers of Ontario. CANGO has
four main objectives: to facilitate the
commercialization of nut growing in
the province, to promote the sharing
of nut -growing technology, to pro-
mote the marketing of nuts and nut
products, and to promote improve-
ments in nut growing. To qualify for
membership, an applicant must be a
grower of nuts "whose current or
potential revenue from nut growing is,
or will become, a major part of total
income."
Campbell says CANGO has a
provision to assist in organizing an
orderly market approach but, because
of the volume of nuts, growers are still
at the field -development stage. "Right
now," he says, "about 300 acres in
Ontario are planted in nut crops."
In the Niagara area, some plan-
tations have been in existence for 40
to 60 years and are used for seed
stock.
The current era of nut crops started
about 1972 when an informal group of
nut growers called the Society of Nut
Growers (SONG) stirred a general
interest from urban agriculturists,
Campbell says. "In 1989, we wanted
to establish a commercial group with
larger area plantings. It has escalated
in southern Ontario and we now have
65 members."
Additional Information Sources
on Nut Tree Crops
• OMAF Publication #494 (1989), Nut Culture in Ontario,
information on nut crops with commercial potential.
• Doug Campbell has produced a private paper Cottage
Industry Nut Growing in Ontario, (costs $2.) a basic,
functional article which includes: species selection, site
selection, establishment and maintenance costs, maintaining
maximum production, insect and disease control,
harvesting, marketing, and future prospects. A companion
paper Understanding Hardiness ($2.) helps you understand
conditions under which nut trees can prosper. Doug
Campbell can be reached at R. R. 1, Niagara -on -the -Lake,
Ontario, LOS 110.
• Taylor, J. Lee and Perry, R.L. 1986. Growing Nuts.
Produced by the Co-operative Extension Service, Michigan
State University, P.O. Box 6640, East Lansing, Michigan,
48823-6640 Publication 237.
• Brown, D. M. and Place R. E. 1989. Rating Climate in
Southwestern Ontario for Horticultural Crops, Can. J. Plant
Sci. 69:325-336.
• For more information on the Commercial Association of
Nut Growers in Ontario (CANGO) , write to Charles Rhora,
Treasurer-CANGO, R. R. 1, Wainfleet, Ontario, LOS 1VO.