State Statistical Report F&FCG00

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FOLIAGE, FLORICULTURE
AND CUT GREENS

May 2000

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service | 1222 Woodward Street | Orlando, Florida 32803 | 407 / 648-6013

TOPICS IN THIS REPORT
for Firms with . . . Number of firms Value of Sales

1998 1999 1998 1999

Million dollars

$10,000 or more sales ^1/ 1,245 1,223 629.1 671.2

$100,000 or more sales ^2/ 739 697 605.7 645.1

  Foliage Plants 462 424 311.1 308.8

  Cut Cultivated Greens 167 152 90.7 101.5

  Potted Flowering Plants 147 132 76.6 100.5

  Bedding Plants ^3/ 156 124 99.97 105.8

  Cut Flowers 16 20 27.4 29.0

^1/ Estimates by product not available. Sales for growers below $100,000 estimated by multiplying the number of firms in each sales category by the mid-point of each dollar value range.
^2/ Product sales may not add to total due to rounding.
^3/ Includes flowering hanging baskets.

FOLIAGE PLANTS

Florida leads the Nation in net wholesale sales of potted foliage and foliage hanging baskets with sales set at $308.8 million during 1999. The 1999 sales decreased by less than one percent from the 1998 revised sales of $311.1 million. Potted foliage sales accounted for $278.2 million of the 1999 total while the sales of foliage hanging baskets totaled almost $30.6 million. Florida's 424 commercial foliage growers used over 174.2 million square feet to produce foliage, up almost three percent from the 1998 area of 169.7 million feet. The 72 firms whole sales of foliage totaled a million dollars or more accounted for nearly 65 percent of all sales equal to the 1998 share. Information for the 1998 estimates was obtained from the Census of Horticulture Specialties. The questionnaire for this census did not give enough detail for estimates of foliage open and covered areas.

Foliage sales in the southeast, which includes the counties of Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach, decreased two percent from the $188.6 million realized during 1998 to $184.4 million during 1999 which represents about 60 percent of all 1999 foliage sales. Southeastern growers used almost 130.5 million square feet to produce the 1999 potted foliage crop, up slightly from the previous year. The Apopka area, which includes the counties of Lake, Orange, and Seminole, sold $99.5 million worth of foliage during 1999 which is about 32 percent of all 1999 foliage sales. Apopka producers used 24.7 million square feet, down slightly from the previous year.

FOLIAGE PLANTS: Number of commercial producers with $100,000 plus sales of
all floriculture products, square feet in production, and value of sales,
by area and size group, 1998 and 1999, FLORIDA

Number of firms Total area^1/ Net value of sales ^2/

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

Area Number 1,000 square feet 1,000 dollars

  Apopka ^3/ 198 183 24,795 24,701 100,528 99,527

  Southeast ^4/ 190 179 130,284 130,451 188,607 184,354

    Other 74 62 14,685 19,061 21,969 24,965

  All Areas 462 424 169,764 174,213 311,104 308,846

Sales Categories

  $1-$99,999 ^5/ 63 38 3,561 2,250 3,217 2,249

  $100,000-$249,999 166 145 22,238 20,673 26,943 23,851

  $250,000-$499,999 99 105 24,979 22,979 34,813 36,887

  $500,000-$999,999 62 64 31,274 30,700 45,209 45,588

  $1,000,000-& over 72 72 87,712 97,611 200,922 200,271

All sales categories 462 424 169,764 174,213 311,104 308,846

^1/ Square footage utilized for producing both hanging baskets and potted foliage was counted only once. However, for those firms having some area exclusively for hanging baskets, the questionnaire design did not have sufficient detail to pick up this portion of the hanging basket area.
^2/ Net value is gross wholesale value less cost of plant material purchased from others for growing on.
^3/ Includes Lake, Orange, and Seminole counties.
^4/ Includes Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties.
^5/ This group includes firms that had over $100,000 in value of total sales from all nursery products included in the survey but had net sales of less than $100,000 for foliage plants.

GROWERS WITH SALES OF ALL FLORICULTURE PRODUCTS OVER $100,000

Wholesale value of all products, foliage, and cut flowers,
1998 and 1999 in selected States ^1/

State
(Rank) ^2/ All
Products Foliage Plants All Cut
Flowers

All Foliage Potted Foliage Hanging Baskets

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

1,000 dollars

FLORIDA (2) 605,706 645,062 311,104 308,846 280,971 278,230 30,133 30,616 27,398 28,501

California (1) 766,836 775,175 87,819 93,764 82,776 80,705 5,043 13,059 261,548 279,581

Texas (3) 221,332 228,095 24,896 19,447 19,092 13,079 5,804 6,368 431 453

Michigan (4) 211,509 211,860 3,056 2,996 1,900 1,402 1,156 1,594 8,551 4,995

Ohio (5) 151,220 150,539 3,728 3,907 2,077 1,984 1,651 1,923 3,220 3,426

New York (6) 137,010 138,498 2,185 2,257 925 842 1,260 1,415 6,408 5,158

Pennsylvania (7) 117,517 134,036 3,375 3,330 1,964 1,740 1,411 1,590 4,734 5,326

North Carolina (8) 108,018 121,090 7,816 7,240 2,626 1,526 5,190 5,714 2,017 2,038

New Jersey (9) 108,796 115,642 7,510 7,570 6,676 6,676 834 894 8,495 7,000

Washington (10) 91,668 94,860 2,089 2,114 1,381 1,628 708 486 17,736 23,295

Illinois (11) 80,183 82,627 1,486 3,637 690 2,020 796 1,617 2,810 877

Oregon (12) 84,164 81,449 558 402 455 389 -- -- 10,214 10,338

Alabama (13) 70,971 76,522 1,972 2,251 964 948 1,008 1,303 640 662

Colorado (14) 66,721 70,406 1,645 2,039 1,355 1,944 290 95 11,425 10,749

Virginia (15) 62,960 68,031 1,701 1,525 928 305 773 1,220 947 885

Hawaii (21) 44,182 47,997 13,217 13,141 13,148 13,079 69 62 14,383 15,583

36 States 3,641,232 3,774,096 502,501 509,243 436,243 428,311 66,258 80,932 411,595 425,958

Wholesale value of bedding plants and potted flowering plants,
1998 and 1999 in selected States ^1/

State
(Rank) ^2/ Bedding/Garden Plants Flowering Potted Plants

All Bedding Flowering Hanging Baskets^3/ Bedding
Pots and Flats All Flowering
Potted Plants Poinsettias

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

1,000 dollars

FLORIDA (2) 99,927 105,810 7,445 7,599 92,482 98,211 76,610 100,452 13,390 12,041

California (1) 241,874 234,308 11,802 8,986 230,072 225,322 156,035 151,079 27,018 25,375

Texas (3) 133,593 157,373 10,984 13,103 122,609 144,270 61,726 49,949 19,846 16,301

Michigan (4) 172,215 175,988 18,611 23,998 153,604 151,990 27,621 27,834 12,466 13,267

Ohio (5) 118,675 117,118 15,493 15,907 103,182 101,211 25,597 26,087 13,320 13,683

New York (6) 93,397 97,545 11,302 13,698 82,095 83,847 35,010 33,538 8,763 10,757

Pennsylvania (7) 70,414 84,886 11,929 14,292 58,485 70,594 38,994 40,494 13,092 13,825

North Carolina (8) 67,936 77,726 12,098 14,546 55,838 63,180 30,249 34,086 11,948 14,504

New Jersey (9) 66,747 73,944 8,929 10,714 57,818 63,230 25,794 27,048 8,229 8,185

Washington (10) 62,190 59,174 6,592 6,017 55,598 53,157 9,653 10,277 5,459 5,651

Illinois (11) 56,814 54,831 8,280 6,577 48,534 48,254 19,073 23,282 7,554 9,791

Oregon (12) 47,860 42,031 5,137 3,751 42,723 38,280 19,292 20,691 3,512 2,704

Alabama (13) 58,831 63,531 4,713 4,813 54,118 58,718 9,528 10,078 4,793 5,442

Colorado (14) 44,146 47,206 5,480 5,319 38,666 41,887 9,505 10,412 5,820 6,111

Virginia (15) 39,629 41,534 4,837 5,579 34,792 35,955 20,656 24,087 5,535 5,454

Hawaii (21) 2,200 2,245 73 83 2,127 2,162 14,255 16,762 654 820

36 States 1,872,610 1,946,652 207,521 221,416 1,665,089 1,725,236 736,837 764,983 224,441 228,192

^1/ Equivalent wholesale value of all sales for all crops except foliage plant value which is based on net value of sales.
^2/ State rank based on sales of all floriculture products.
^3/ Includes geraniums, impatiens, New Guinea impatiens, petunia, and other hanging baskets.

GROWERS WITH SALES OF ALL FLORICULTURE PRODUCTS OVER $100,000

POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, and value of
sales at wholesale, 1998 and 1999, and intentions for 2000, FLORIDA

Crop Number of
producers Number of pots
less than 5 inches Number of pots
5 inches or more Total quantity
sold Intended
pots Value of sales
at wholesale ^1/

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999

Number 1,000 pots 1,000 dollars

Poinsettias 54 44 719 1,120 3,044 2,868 3,763 3,988 3,685 13,390 12,041

Orchids 51 43 449 1,315 2,297 3,412 2,746 4,727 6,029 17,930 30,853

Potted Florist mums 20 17 351 509 3,447 3,271 3,798 3,780 3,465 10,762 10,848

Kalanchoes 25 20 424 347 302 355 726 702 710 1,419 1,459

^1/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales.

GLADIOLI AND POTTED FOLIAGE: Number of commercial firms, production area, and wholesale
price and value, 1998 and 1999, and intended area, 2000, FLORIDA

Crop Number of
producers Area in
production Intended
area Wholesale price Value of sales
at wholesale ^1/

1998 1999 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 1998 1999

Number - - - Acres - - - - - - Cents per spike- - - 1,000 dollars

Gladioli, cut 7 6 3,554 2,855 2,760 29.0 28.4 16,343 15,929

- - - 1,000 square feet - - -

Potted foliage 443 411 169,764 174,213 179,463 -- -- 280,971 278,230

^1/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales, except potted foliage is gross wholesale value less cost of plant material.

BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS AND FOLIAGE BASKETS: Number of commercial firms,
number of pots, baskets, and flats sold, and value of sales at wholesale,
1998 and 1999, and intentions for 2000, FLORIDA ^1/

Crops Number of
producers Number of pots
less than 5 inches Number of pots
5 inches or more Intended
pots Wholesale price
less than 5 inches Wholesale price
5 inches or more Value of sales
at wholesale ^2/

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

POTS Number 1,000 pots Dollars 1,000 dollars

Impatiens 79 70 9,026 9,289 1,634 2,400 12,086 0.58 0.55 1.22 1.11 7,229 7,773

Vegetables ^3/ 30 29 1,629 1,834 998 1,738 3,479 0.68 0.71 1.55 1.48 2,655 3,874

Hardy garden Mums 29 25 1,108 898 747 1,625 2,721 0.89 0.68 1.94 1.46 2,435 2,983

Petunias 53 49 1,913 1,945 454 424 2,349 0.61 0.58 1.40 1.26 1,803 1,662

Crops Number of
producers Unit Quantity sold Intended production Wholesale price Value of sales at wholesale ^2/

1998 1999 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 1998 1999

Number 1,000 units Dollars 1,000 dollars

Impatiens 26 25 Flats 592 1,049 1,072 7.25 6.60 4,292 6,923

Vegetable ^3/ 16 15 Flats 182 341 423 6.67 6.74 1,214 2,298

Flower Hanging ^4/ ^5/ ^5/ Basket 1,831 1,835 1,895 4.07 4.14 7,445 7,599

Foliage Hanging 190 189 Basket 7,687 9,058 13,517 3.92 3.38 30,133 30,616

^1/ Unfinished plants sold to other producers are not included.
^2/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales.
^3/ For home garden use.
^4/ Includes geraniums, impatiens, New Guinea impatiens, petunia, and other hanging baskets.
^5/ Not available.

CUT CULTIVATED GREENS: Florida remains the Nation's leader in sales of cut cultivated greens among the 36 States surveyed. Florida sales of all cut greens during 1999 totaled $101.5 million, almost 80 percent of the value for all cut greens sold in the 36 States. The 1999 value increased almost twelve percent from the 1998 value of $90.7 million. Leatherleaf ferns represented $62.7 million of the 1999 total. Growers received an average pride of 89 cents per bunch for the 70.4 million bunches sold in 1999. Florida sales of other cut greens totaled $38.8 million, up twenty-one percent from the $32.1 million producers received for other cut greens sold in 1998. Pierson, Florida is the heart of the "Fern Capital of the World". Growers there and in the surrounding areas of North Central Florida grow a wide variety of ferns and other greens.

CUT CULTIVATED GREENS: Number of commercial producers with $100,000 or more sales of
all floriculture products, acres in production, bunches sold, and value of sales,
by States, 1998 and 1999, and intentions, 2000

Selected
States
and
crops Number
of firms Total area
in production Quantity grown
and sold Total value
of sales ^1/ Intended
area for
production
in 2000

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

Number Acres 1,000 bunches 1,000 dollars Acres

Florida

  Leatherleaf ferns 147 125 4,878 4,669 71,368 70,445 58,522 62,696 4,684

  All other cut greens 133 130 3,551 3,516 ^2/ ^2/ 32,145 38,757 3,539

California

  Leatherleaf ferns^3/

  All other cut greens 68 43 1,696 1,257 ^2/ ^2/ 18,144 15,277 1,242

Other States

  Leatherleaf ferns 7 10 122 137 1,613 1,625 1,976 1,940 137

  All other cut greens 25 19 79 78 ^2/ ^2/ 535 337 76

36 States

Leatherleaf ferns 154 135 5,000 4,806 72,981 72,070 60,498 64,636 4,821

  All other cut greens 251 219 6,222 6,049 ^2/ ^2/ 57,191 62,624 6,062

^1/ Value of all sales at wholesale level including harvesting costs.
^2/ Bunches are not comparable in this category as units differ depending on crop variety.
^3/ Included in other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

ALL FLORICULTURE PRODUCTS: Number of Commercial producers with $10,000 or more sales,
by sales categories, and area in production, by type of cover, 1998 and 1999, FLORIDA ^1/

Sales categories Number Glass greenhouses Fiberglass and other rigid greenhouses Film plastic greenhouses Shade and other cover Open ground

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

1,000 square feet Acres

$100,000 or more 739 697 4,698 4,321 9,450 8,595 37,809 38,048 310,119 314,034 10,305 9,206

$10,000 or more 1,245 1,223 4,936 4,337 10,800 9,888 42,100 42,145 337,000 337,558 11,382 10,335

  $10,000 - $19,999 98 98

  $20,000 - $39,999 156 131

  $40,000 - $49,999 54 51

  $50,000 - $99,999 198 246

  $100,000 - $499,999 466 418

  $500,000 or more 273 279

^1/ Area by sales category not available.

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TOPICS IN THIS REPORT for Firms with . . .	Number of firms		Value of Sales
TOPICS IN THIS REPORT for Firms with . . .	1998	1999	1998	1999

			Million dollars

$10,000 or more sales ^1/	1,245	1,223	629.1	671.2
$100,000 or more sales ^2/	739	697	605.7	645.1
Foliage Plants	462	424	311.1	308.8
Cut Cultivated Greens	167	152	90.7	101.5
Potted Flowering Plants	147	132	76.6	100.5
Bedding Plants ^3/	156	124	99.97	105.8
Cut Flowers	16	20	27.4	29.0

^1/ Estimates by product not available. Sales for growers below $100,000 estimated by multiplying the number of firms in each sales category by the mid-point of each dollar value range. ^2/ Product sales may not add to total due to rounding. ^3/ Includes flowering hanging baskets.

FOLIAGE PLANTS: Number of commercial producers with $100,000 plus sales of all floriculture products, square feet in production, and value of sales, by area and size group, 1998 and 1999, FLORIDA
	Number of firms		Total area^1/		Net value of sales ^2/
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999

Area	Number		1,000 square feet		1,000 dollars

Apopka ^3/	198	183	24,795	24,701	100,528	99,527
Southeast ^4/	190	179	130,284	130,451	188,607	184,354
Other	74	62	14,685	19,061	21,969	24,965

All Areas	462	424	169,764	174,213	311,104	308,846

Sales Categories
$1-$99,999 ^5/	63	38	3,561	2,250	3,217	2,249
$100,000-$249,999	166	145	22,238	20,673	26,943	23,851
$250,000-$499,999	99	105	24,979	22,979	34,813	36,887
$500,000-$999,999	62	64	31,274	30,700	45,209	45,588
$1,000,000-& over	72	72	87,712	97,611	200,922	200,271

All sales categories	462	424	169,764	174,213	311,104	308,846

^1/ Square footage utilized for producing both hanging baskets and potted foliage was counted only once. However, for those firms having some area exclusively for hanging baskets, the questionnaire design did not have sufficient detail to pick up this portion of the hanging basket area. ^2/ Net value is gross wholesale value less cost of plant material purchased from others for growing on. ^3/ Includes Lake, Orange, and Seminole counties. ^4/ Includes Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties. ^5/ This group includes firms that had over $100,000 in value of total sales from all nursery products included in the survey but had net sales of less than $100,000 for foliage plants.

Wholesale value of all products, foliage, and cut flowers, 1998 and 1999 in selected States ^1/
State (Rank) ^2/	All Products		Foliage Plants						All Cut Flowers
	All Products		All Foliage		Potted Foliage		Hanging Baskets		All Cut Flowers
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999

	1,000 dollars
FLORIDA (2)	605,706	645,062	311,104	308,846	280,971	278,230	30,133	30,616	27,398	28,501
California (1)	766,836	775,175	87,819	93,764	82,776	80,705	5,043	13,059	261,548	279,581
Texas (3)	221,332	228,095	24,896	19,447	19,092	13,079	5,804	6,368	431	453
Michigan (4)	211,509	211,860	3,056	2,996	1,900	1,402	1,156	1,594	8,551	4,995
Ohio (5)	151,220	150,539	3,728	3,907	2,077	1,984	1,651	1,923	3,220	3,426
New York (6)	137,010	138,498	2,185	2,257	925	842	1,260	1,415	6,408	5,158
Pennsylvania (7)	117,517	134,036	3,375	3,330	1,964	1,740	1,411	1,590	4,734	5,326
North Carolina (8)	108,018	121,090	7,816	7,240	2,626	1,526	5,190	5,714	2,017	2,038
New Jersey (9)	108,796	115,642	7,510	7,570	6,676	6,676	834	894	8,495	7,000
Washington (10)	91,668	94,860	2,089	2,114	1,381	1,628	708	486	17,736	23,295
Illinois (11)	80,183	82,627	1,486	3,637	690	2,020	796	1,617	2,810	877
Oregon (12)	84,164	81,449	558	402	455	389	--	--	10,214	10,338
Alabama (13)	70,971	76,522	1,972	2,251	964	948	1,008	1,303	640	662
Colorado (14)	66,721	70,406	1,645	2,039	1,355	1,944	290	95	11,425	10,749
Virginia (15)	62,960	68,031	1,701	1,525	928	305	773	1,220	947	885
Hawaii (21)	44,182	47,997	13,217	13,141	13,148	13,079	69	62	14,383	15,583

36 States	3,641,232	3,774,096	502,501	509,243	436,243	428,311	66,258	80,932	411,595	425,958

Wholesale value of bedding plants and potted flowering plants, 1998 and 1999 in selected States ^1/
State (Rank) ^2/	Bedding/Garden Plants						Flowering Potted Plants
	All Bedding		Flowering Hanging Baskets^3/		Bedding Pots and Flats		All Flowering Potted Plants		Poinsettias
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
	1,000 dollars

FLORIDA (2)	99,927	105,810	7,445	7,599	92,482	98,211	76,610	100,452	13,390	12,041
California (1)	241,874	234,308	11,802	8,986	230,072	225,322	156,035	151,079	27,018	25,375
Texas (3)	133,593	157,373	10,984	13,103	122,609	144,270	61,726	49,949	19,846	16,301
Michigan (4)	172,215	175,988	18,611	23,998	153,604	151,990	27,621	27,834	12,466	13,267
Ohio (5)	118,675	117,118	15,493	15,907	103,182	101,211	25,597	26,087	13,320	13,683
New York (6)	93,397	97,545	11,302	13,698	82,095	83,847	35,010	33,538	8,763	10,757
Pennsylvania (7)	70,414	84,886	11,929	14,292	58,485	70,594	38,994	40,494	13,092	13,825
North Carolina (8)	67,936	77,726	12,098	14,546	55,838	63,180	30,249	34,086	11,948	14,504
New Jersey (9)	66,747	73,944	8,929	10,714	57,818	63,230	25,794	27,048	8,229	8,185
Washington (10)	62,190	59,174	6,592	6,017	55,598	53,157	9,653	10,277	5,459	5,651
Illinois (11)	56,814	54,831	8,280	6,577	48,534	48,254	19,073	23,282	7,554	9,791
Oregon (12)	47,860	42,031	5,137	3,751	42,723	38,280	19,292	20,691	3,512	2,704
Alabama (13)	58,831	63,531	4,713	4,813	54,118	58,718	9,528	10,078	4,793	5,442
Colorado (14)	44,146	47,206	5,480	5,319	38,666	41,887	9,505	10,412	5,820	6,111
Virginia (15)	39,629	41,534	4,837	5,579	34,792	35,955	20,656	24,087	5,535	5,454
Hawaii (21)	2,200	2,245	73	83	2,127	2,162	14,255	16,762	654	820

36 States	1,872,610	1,946,652	207,521	221,416	1,665,089	1,725,236	736,837	764,983	224,441	228,192

^1/ Equivalent wholesale value of all sales for all crops except foliage plant value which is based on net value of sales. ^2/ State rank based on sales of all floriculture products. ^3/ Includes geraniums, impatiens, New Guinea impatiens, petunia, and other hanging baskets.

POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, and value of sales at wholesale, 1998 and 1999, and intentions for 2000, FLORIDA
Crop	Number of producers		Number of pots less than 5 inches		Number of pots 5 inches or more		Total quantity sold		Intended pots	Value of sales at wholesale ^1/
Crop	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999

	Number		1,000 pots							1,000 dollars

Poinsettias	54	44	719	1,120	3,044	2,868	3,763	3,988	3,685	13,390	12,041

Orchids	51	43	449	1,315	2,297	3,412	2,746	4,727	6,029	17,930	30,853

Potted Florist mums	20	17	351	509	3,447	3,271	3,798	3,780	3,465	10,762	10,848

Kalanchoes	25	20	424	347	302	355	726	702	710	1,419	1,459

^1/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales.

BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS AND FOLIAGE BASKETS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, baskets, and flats sold, and value of sales at wholesale, 1998 and 1999, and intentions for 2000, FLORIDA ^1/
Crops	Number of producers		Number of pots less than 5 inches		Number of pots 5 inches or more		Intended pots	Wholesale price less than 5 inches		Wholesale price 5 inches or more		Value of sales at wholesale ^2/
Crops	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
POTS	Number		1,000 pots					Dollars				1,000 dollars

Impatiens	79	70	9,026	9,289	1,634	2,400	12,086	0.58	0.55	1.22	1.11	7,229	7,773

Vegetables ^3/	30	29	1,629	1,834	998	1,738	3,479	0.68	0.71	1.55	1.48	2,655	3,874

Hardy garden Mums	29	25	1,108	898	747	1,625	2,721	0.89	0.68	1.94	1.46	2,435	2,983

Petunias	53	49	1,913	1,945	454	424	2,349	0.61	0.58	1.40	1.26	1,803	1,662

Crops	Number of producers		Unit	Quantity sold		Intended production	Wholesale price		Value of sales at wholesale ^2/
Crops	1998	1999	Unit	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	1998	1999
	Number			1,000 units			Dollars		1,000 dollars

Impatiens	26	25	Flats	592	1,049	1,072	7.25	6.60	4,292	6,923
Vegetable ^3/	16	15	Flats	182	341	423	6.67	6.74	1,214	2,298
Flower Hanging ^4/	^5/	^5/	Basket	1,831	1,835	1,895	4.07	4.14	7,445	7,599
Foliage Hanging	190	189	Basket	7,687	9,058	13,517	3.92	3.38	30,133	30,616

^1/ Unfinished plants sold to other producers are not included. ^2/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales. ^3/ For home garden use. ^4/ Includes geraniums, impatiens, New Guinea impatiens, petunia, and other hanging baskets. ^5/ Not available.

CUT CULTIVATED GREENS: Number of commercial producers with $100,000 or more sales of all floriculture products, acres in production, bunches sold, and value of sales, by States, 1998 and 1999, and intentions, 2000
Selected States and crops	Number of firms		Total area in production		Quantity grown and sold		Total value of sales ^1/		Intended area for production in 2000
Selected States and crops	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	Intended area for production in 2000

	Number		Acres		1,000 bunches		1,000 dollars		Acres
Florida
Leatherleaf ferns	147	125	4,878	4,669	71,368	70,445	58,522	62,696	4,684
All other cut greens	133	130	3,551	3,516	^2/	^2/	32,145	38,757	3,539

California
Leatherleaf ferns^3/
All other cut greens	68	43	1,696	1,257	^2/	^2/	18,144	15,277	1,242

Other States
Leatherleaf ferns	7	10	122	137	1,613	1,625	1,976	1,940	137
All other cut greens	25	19	79	78	^2/	^2/	535	337	76

36 States
Leatherleaf ferns	154	135	5,000	4,806	72,981	72,070	60,498	64,636	4,821
All other cut greens	251	219	6,222	6,049	^2/	^2/	57,191	62,624	6,062

^1/ Value of all sales at wholesale level including harvesting costs. ^2/ Bunches are not comparable in this category as units differ depending on crop variety. ^3/ Included in other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations.