ONTARIO CROP
March 1st, 2002
BY MONICA DOBIEONTARIO'S tobacco auctions have been wrapped up for the 2001 crop, which has proved to be a successful year for growers in the key Canadian province, being blessed with a very dry summer.A tally of 117,094,080 pounds of tobacco was sold at an average price of CAN$1.79 per pound, up two cents from last year.Frank Menich Chairman of the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board said cleaner styles of tobacco have been the focus for the 2001 crop and will be increasing in popularity in the future crops. Most popular varieties of the 2001 ...
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