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number four, has a near normal crop of 933,000 metric tons (48.9 million bushels). Just east and south of the core coun- tries of the European Union, Turkey is a large producer and is just below its nor- mal production, pegged this year at 2.4 million metric tons (124 million bushels). Russia is up slightly at 1.6 million metric tons (85 million bushels). Of the European production of 511 million bushels, Golden Delicious is most prevalent, forecast at 116 million bushels, followed by Gala at 56 million bushels and Red Delicious at 29 million bushels. Canada Donald Werden, who works in sales and logistics of the Norfolk Fruit Growers Association in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, spoke about the Canadian apple crop. Canada is expecting a crop of 14.1 mil- lion bushels, 32.6 percent below last year and its smallest crop in more than 20 years. The big drop occurs in Ontario, down 87.2 percent from its average 9.3 million bushels to 1.1 million bushels. Like Michi- gan and New York, Ontario endured a month of subfreezing April nights after a Rental & Lease Return Tractors Available Now balmy March that brought bud break on March 19. British Columbia's crop is up 26 per- cent to an estimated 5.5 million bushels, with more than 600,000 bushels of it the Ambrosia variety. Nova Scotia's crop is up just slightly, at 2.1 million bushels. Quebec's crop, at 5.3 million bushels, is down 9 percent. New Brunswick, a small producer, has a crop down slightly at 167,000 bushels, Werden said. • HONEYCRISP moves into top six F 39" high Burrows Tractor Is the Only New Holland Certified PLM Dealer in the State of Washington Low profile • Fuel efficient • 60 mo. at 0% interest • 1,635-lb. 3-pt lift capacity Reliable 30- or 35-HP engine Ideal for weed spraying, mowing & binning out fruit. 51" wide *at top of fender T1510 LP & T1520 LP developed exclusively by Burrows Tractor or the first time, Honeycrisp will make the list of the top six apple varieties produced in the United States this year. The rank order of the top six U.S. varieties, by bushels, is Red Deli- cious, Gala, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Granny Smith, and Honeycrisp, Mark Seetin, director of regulatory affairs for the U.S. Apple Associa- tion, reported during the associa- tion's Apple Outlook and Marketing Conference in August. Honeycrisp production has been rising steadily, and the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture pegged the 2012 Honeycrisp crop at 6.2 million bushels, beating out McIntosh for the sixth position. While McIntosh production is slowly falling, this spring's freezes in the East hit that variety especially hard, cutting its production estimate to 5 million bushels from its more normal 10 million. Rome production is also down this year to just under 5 mil- lion bushels from a more normal 8 or 9 million. In capturing sixth place, Honey- crisp is still much smaller than any of the big five. USDA forecasts pro- duction by variety this year of 47.2 million bushels of Red Delicious, 32.3 million of Gala, 20.6 million of Golden Delicious, 21.6 million of Fuji, and 20.6 million bushels of Granny Smith. —G. Warner 30 OCTOBER 2012 GOOD FRUIT GROWER www.goodfruit.com SALE 0% INTEREST BONANZA VALUE