State Statistical Report 98FOL1

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FOLIAGE, FLORICULTURE
AND CUT GREENS

May 1998

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

FOLIAGE PLANTS

Florida again led the Nation in net wholesale sales of potted foliage and foliage hanging baskets with sales of $330.4 million during 1997 compared with the 1996 revised sales of $329.6 million. Potted foliage sales accounted for $308.8 million of the 1997 total, $3.3 million or one percent above the 1996 sales of $305.5 million. The sales of foliage hanging baskets totaled $21.6 million, $2.5 million or eleven percent below the previous year. Florida's 423 commercial growers used almost 166.4 million square feet to produce foliage, up almost four percent from the 1996 area of 160.1 million feet. Eighty firms, each with foliage sales of a million dollars or more, accounted for 67 percent of all sales, compared to 74 percent (from 69 firms) in 1996.

Foliage sales in the southeast, which includes the counties of Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach, decreased about two percent from the 1996 sales of $178.8 million to $175.8 million during 1997 which represents about 53 percent of all 1997 foliage sales. Southeastern growers used almost 123.9 million square feet to produce the 1997 foliage crop, up a half percent from the previous year. The Apopka area, which includes the counties of Lake, Orange, and Seminole, sold $124.1 million worth of foliage during 1997 which is almost 38 percent of all 1997 foliage sales, over two percent more than the 1996 sales of $121.3 million. Apopka producers used almost 24.8 million square feet, almost three percent higher than the 24.2 million square feet used in 1996.

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

1996 1997 1996 1997

Million dollars

$10,000 or more sales ^1/ 1,015 987 676 .7 653 .9

$100,000 or more sales ^2/ 666 656 659 .0 636 .4

    Foliage 424 423 329 .6 330 .4

    Cut Cultivated Greens 143 142 96 .7 85 .5

    Potted Flowering Plants 126 103 78 .2 86 .5

    Bedding Plants ^3/ 84 87 127 .3 105 .6

    Cut Flowers 17 16 27 .3 28 .4

^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 total to all 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, 1996 and 1997, FLORIDA

Number of firms Square feet in production ^1/ Net value of sales ^2/

Covered area Open area Total area

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

Area Number 1,000 square feet 1,000 dollars

    Apopka ^3/ 199 197 23,181 24,029 984 737 24,165 24,766 121,291 124,111

    Southeast ^4/ 162 166 70,832 69,139 52,481 54,738 123,313 123,877 178,786 175,738

        Other 63 60 11,880 14,151 772 3,595 12,652 17,746 29,503 30,554

    All Areas 424 423 105,893 107,319 54,237 59,070 160,130 166,389 329,580 330,403

Sales Categories

    $1-$99,999 ^5/ 55 47 1,789 1,446 207 496 1,996 1,942 3,256 2,329

    $100,000-$249,999 130 135 10,576 13,839 3,967 4,017 14,543 17,856 23,980 22,791

    $250,000-$499,999 105 86 14,532 11,379 6,838 4,254 21,370 15,633 7,056 30,446

    $500,000-$999,999 65 75 23,652 23,404 11,650 11,262 35,302 34,666 51,979 54,621

    $1,000,000-& over 69 80 55,344 57,251 31,575 39,041 86,919 96,292 243,309 220,216

All sales categories 424 423 105,893 107,319 54,237 59,070 160,130 166,389 329,580 330,403

^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,
1996 and 1997 in selected States ^1/

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

All Foliage Potted Foliage Hanging Baskets

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

1,000 dollars

FLORIDA (2) 658,997 636,403 329,580 330,403 305,474 308,827 24,106 21,576 27,285 28,380

California (1) 651,555 729,257 72,514 84,735 58,592 67,063 13,922 17,672 254,661 283,013

Michigan (3) 172,803 183,120 3,712 3,196 2,072 1,515 1,640 1,681 10,388 11,107

Texas (4) 176,277 160,841 22,614 21,083 17,500 15,913 5,114 5,170 215 180

Ohio (5) 140,513 149,609 9,599 9,395 5,883 5,556 3,716 3,839 4,982 4,235

Pennsylvania (6) 107,032 121,659 7,052 4,322 3,002 2,478 4,050 1,844 6,613 6,397

New York (7) 93,008 105,408 1,636 1,486 742 872 894 614 6,837 5,944

North Carolina (8) 89,474 101,015 6,892 8,404 2,400 3,530 4,492 4,874 1,875 2,854

New Jersey (9) 85,565 85,546 5,925 5,858 4,296 4,399 1,629 1,459 12,061 9,317

Washington (10) 66,112 79,238 1,512 1,935 1,163 1,259 349 676 11,478 11,745

Illinois (11) 61,462 78,089 1,593 1,373 616 459 977 914 1,643 3,078

Oregon (12) 68,198 68,423 714 687 521 505 193 182 8,880 10,023

Colorado (13) 63,391 66,432 1,378 754 769 550 609 204 17,268 13,516

Massachusetts (14) 56,760 56,117 3,310 3,577 ^3/ ^3/ 1,230 1,169 6,030 5,878

Minnesota (15) 48,082 55,921 1,212 1,338 728 787 484 551 6,560 6,854

Hawaii (21) 41,252 40,617 13,067 13,250 12,941 13,200 126 50 13,661 12,531

36 States 3,152,305 3,333,471 508,947 521,581 432,976 446,230 75,971 75,351 412,700 436,627

Wholesale value of bedding plants and potted flowering plants,
1996 and 1997 in selected States ^1/

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

All Bedding Flowering Hanging Baskets ^4/ Bedding
Pots and Flats All Flowering
Potted Plants Poinsettias

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

1,000 dollars

FLORIDA (2) 127,300 105,640 6,916 7,872 120,384 97,768 78,164 86,450 16,071 18,525

California (1) 168,197 209,384 6,775 7,444 161,422 201,940 139,512 137,733 26,105 26,973

Michigan (3) 131,250 143,069 15.604 18,661 115,646 124,408 27,442 25,700 12,102 12,060

Texas (4) 113,463 104,717 12,311 10,051 101,152 94,666 39,054 34,151 13,555 12,199

Ohio (5) 92,810 102,970 16,315 16,008 76,495 86,962 33,122 33,007 16,346 16,179

Pennsylvania (6) 65,569 80,804 10,427 11,036 55,142 69,768 27,798 30,136 12,766 14,968

New York (7) 60,294 70,306 7,716 8,223 52,578 62,083 24,234 27,649 8,037 7,449

North Carolina (8) 45,533 51,498 10,504 12,442 35,029 39,056 35,173 38,157 12,180 13,918

New Jersey (9) 42,462 44,540 6,640 6,357 35,822 38,183 25,116 25,731 8,811 8,263

Washington (10) 44,318 56,814 5,442 5,355 38,876 51,459 8,804 8,744 5,008 5,203

Illinois (11) 38,673 44,712 8,022 9,029 30,651 35,683 19,553 28,926 7,279 8,600

Oregon (12) 37,295 36,360 4,025 3,593 33,270 32,767 17,731 17,330 3,366 2,964

Colorado (13) 33,208 41,328 3,943 3,991 29,265 37,337 11,531 10,828 6,653 6,230

Massachusetts (14) 35,655 36,129 5,903 5,306 29,752 30,823 11,765 10,493 4,902 4,294

Minnesota (15) 28,796 34,988 6,542 7,302 22,254 27,686 11,514 12,741 4,891 5,153

Hawaii (21) 2,300 2,128 0 0 2,300 2,128 12,060 12,562 701 618

36 States 1,428,133 1,568,857 176,495 185,834 1,251,638 1,383,023 684,340 701,176 215,248 222,395

^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/ Included in 36 State total to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
^4/ Includes geraniums, impatien, New Guinea impatien, 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, 1996 and 1997, and intentions for 1998, 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

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997

Number 1,000 pots 1,000 dollars

Poinsettias 56 52 990 997 4,363 4,079 5,353 5,076 5,173 16,071 18,525

Orchids 40 35 2,375 1,911 1,660 1,304 4,035 3,215 3,849 14,009 17,961

Potted Florist mums 24 24 662 485 3,388 2,510 4,050 2,995 2,908 10,928 9,483

Kalanchoes 23 21 608 478 992 504 1,600 982 949 3,368 2,204

GLADIOLI AND POTTED FOLIAGE: Number of commercial firms, production area, and wholesale
price and value, 1996 and 1997, and intended area, 1998, FLORIDA

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

1996 1997 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1996 1997

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

Gladioli, cut 7 7 3,413 3,384 3,334 26 .0 24 .0 16,932 14,789

- - - 1,000 square feet - - -

Potted foliage 415 405 160,130 166,389 170,129 -- -- 305,474 308,827

^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,
1996 and 1997, and intentions for 1998, 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/

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

POTS Number 1,000 pots Dollars 1,000 dollars

Impatiens 51 47 9,242 8,684 344 647 9,782 0.57 0.58 1.15 1.10 5,664 5,748

Vegetables ^3/ 24 26 1,873 1,316 523 1,499 2,666 0.65 0.71 1.55 1.22 2,028 2,763

Hardy garden Mums 21 21 143 203 766 1,025 1,263 0.64 0.72 1.61 1.81 1,325 2,001

Petunias 40 37 2,211 2,084 458 534 2,690 0.56 0.59 1.45 1.25 1,902 1,897

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

1996 1997 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1996 1997

Number 1,000 units Dollars 1,000 dollars

Impatiens 16 16 Flats 1,024 1,030 1,045 7 .30 7 .50 7,475 7,725

Vegetable ^3/ 17 18 Flats 309 415 420 6 .90 6 .20 2,132 2,573

Flower Hanging ^4/ 156 141 Baskets 1,703 1,973 2,100 4 .06 3 .99 6,916 7,872

Foliage Hanging 206 191 Baskets 7,153 5,800 5,538 3 .37 3 .72 24,106 21,576

^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, impatien, New Guinea impatien, petunia, and other hanging baskets.

CUT CULTIVATED GREENS: Florida continues as the Nation's leader in sales of cut cultivated greens among the 36 States surveyed. Florida sales of all cut greens totaled $85.5 million, over 81 percent of the value for all cut greens sold in the 36 States surveyed. The 1997 value decreased almost 12 percent from the 1996 value of $96.7 million. Leatherleaf ferns represented $56.6 million of the 1997 total with an average price of 81 cents for the 69.9 million bunches sold. Florida sales of other cut greens totaled almost $29.0 million, down eleven percent from the sales during the previous year.
Florida growers used 7,382 acres for the 1997 crop, down over one percent from the 7,480 acres used for the 1996 crop. The majority of this acreage is located in the counties of Volusia, Putnam, and Lake. Acreage used for leatherleaf ferns totaled 4,270 acres with the value per acre averaging $13,254, down about $540 dollars per acre or four percent from the 1996 average of $13,794 per acre. Florida growers intend to use 7,488 acres during 1998 to produce all cut cultivated greens, including leatherleaf ferns.

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, 1996 and 1997, and intentions, 1998

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 1998

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

Number Acres 1,000 bunches 1,000 dollars Acres

Florida

    Leatherleaf ferns 134 129 4,645 4,270 73,646 69,869 64,072 56,594 4,185

    All other cut greens 134 130 2,835 3,112 ^2/ ^2/ 32,596 28,936 3,303

California

    Leatherleaf ferns^3/

    All other cut greens 51 47 706 533 ^2/ ^2/ 13,608 11,264 486

Other States

    Leatherleaf ferns 11 10 293 307 4,336 4,126 3,921 3,818 307

    All other cut greens 21 21 38 48 ^2/ ^2/ 266 473 53

36 States

Leatherleaf ferns 145 139 4,938 4,577 77,982 73,995 67,993 60,412 4,492

    All other cut greens 222 216 4,168 4,316 ^2/ ^2/ 50,192 44,818 4,466

^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, 1996 and 1997, FLORIDA ^1/

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

1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

1,000 square feet Acres

$100,000 or more 666 656 4,248 4,279 8,861 9,546 33,177 32,828 295,014 272,352 8,644 8,991

$10,000 or more 1,015 987 4,374 4,446 10,439 10,388 36,225 35,302 321,508 295,189 9,438 9,771

    $10,000 - $19,999 65 48

    $20,000 - $39,999 75 70

    $40,000 - $49,999 39 44

    $50,000 - $99,999 170 169

    $100,000 -$499,999 376 370

    $500,000 or more 290 286

^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 . . .	1996	1997	1996	1997

			Million dollars

$10,000 or more sales ^1/	1,015	987	676 .7	653 .9
$100,000 or more sales ^2/	666	656	659 .0	636 .4
Foliage	424	423	329 .6	330 .4
Cut Cultivated Greens	143	142	96 .7	85 .5
Potted Flowering Plants	126	103	78 .2	86 .5
Bedding Plants ^3/	84	87	127 .3	105 .6
Cut Flowers	17	16	27 .3	28 .4
^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 total to all 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, 1996 and 1997, FLORIDA
	Number of firms		Square feet in production ^1/						Net value of sales ^2/
	Number of firms		Covered area		Open area		Total area		Net value of sales ^2/
	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997

Area	Number		1,000 square feet						1,000 dollars

Apopka ^3/	199	197	23,181	24,029	984	737	24,165	24,766	121,291	124,111
Southeast ^4/	162	166	70,832	69,139	52,481	54,738	123,313	123,877	178,786	175,738
Other	63	60	11,880	14,151	772	3,595	12,652	17,746	29,503	30,554

All Areas	424	423	105,893	107,319	54,237	59,070	160,130	166,389	329,580	330,403

Sales Categories
$1-$99,999 ^5/	55	47	1,789	1,446	207	496	1,996	1,942	3,256	2,329
$100,000-$249,999	130	135	10,576	13,839	3,967	4,017	14,543	17,856	23,980	22,791
$250,000-$499,999	105	86	14,532	11,379	6,838	4,254	21,370	15,633	7,056	30,446
$500,000-$999,999	65	75	23,652	23,404	11,650	11,262	35,302	34,666	51,979	54,621
$1,000,000-& over	69	80	55,344	57,251	31,575	39,041	86,919	96,292	243,309	220,216

All sales categories	424	423	105,893	107,319	54,237	59,070	160,130	166,389	329,580	330,403
^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, 1996 and 1997 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
	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997

	1,000 dollars
FLORIDA (2)	658,997	636,403	329,580	330,403	305,474	308,827	24,106	21,576	27,285	28,380
California (1)	651,555	729,257	72,514	84,735	58,592	67,063	13,922	17,672	254,661	283,013
Michigan (3)	172,803	183,120	3,712	3,196	2,072	1,515	1,640	1,681	10,388	11,107
Texas (4)	176,277	160,841	22,614	21,083	17,500	15,913	5,114	5,170	215	180
Ohio (5)	140,513	149,609	9,599	9,395	5,883	5,556	3,716	3,839	4,982	4,235
Pennsylvania (6)	107,032	121,659	7,052	4,322	3,002	2,478	4,050	1,844	6,613	6,397
New York (7)	93,008	105,408	1,636	1,486	742	872	894	614	6,837	5,944
North Carolina (8)	89,474	101,015	6,892	8,404	2,400	3,530	4,492	4,874	1,875	2,854
New Jersey (9)	85,565	85,546	5,925	5,858	4,296	4,399	1,629	1,459	12,061	9,317
Washington (10)	66,112	79,238	1,512	1,935	1,163	1,259	349	676	11,478	11,745
Illinois (11)	61,462	78,089	1,593	1,373	616	459	977	914	1,643	3,078
Oregon (12)	68,198	68,423	714	687	521	505	193	182	8,880	10,023
Colorado (13)	63,391	66,432	1,378	754	769	550	609	204	17,268	13,516
Massachusetts (14)	56,760	56,117	3,310	3,577	^3/	^3/	1,230	1,169	6,030	5,878
Minnesota (15)	48,082	55,921	1,212	1,338	728	787	484	551	6,560	6,854
Hawaii (21)	41,252	40,617	13,067	13,250	12,941	13,200	126	50	13,661	12,531

36 States	3,152,305	3,333,471	508,947	521,581	432,976	446,230	75,971	75,351	412,700	436,627

Wholesale value of bedding plants and potted flowering plants, 1996 and 1997 in selected States ^1/
State (Rank) ^2/	Bedding/Garden Plants						Flowering Potted Plants
	All Bedding		Flowering Hanging Baskets ^4/		Bedding Pots and Flats		All Flowering Potted Plants		Poinsettias
	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997
	1,000 dollars

FLORIDA (2)	127,300	105,640	6,916	7,872	120,384	97,768	78,164	86,450	16,071	18,525
California (1)	168,197	209,384	6,775	7,444	161,422	201,940	139,512	137,733	26,105	26,973
Michigan (3)	131,250	143,069	15.604	18,661	115,646	124,408	27,442	25,700	12,102	12,060
Texas (4)	113,463	104,717	12,311	10,051	101,152	94,666	39,054	34,151	13,555	12,199
Ohio (5)	92,810	102,970	16,315	16,008	76,495	86,962	33,122	33,007	16,346	16,179
Pennsylvania (6)	65,569	80,804	10,427	11,036	55,142	69,768	27,798	30,136	12,766	14,968
New York (7)	60,294	70,306	7,716	8,223	52,578	62,083	24,234	27,649	8,037	7,449
North Carolina (8)	45,533	51,498	10,504	12,442	35,029	39,056	35,173	38,157	12,180	13,918
New Jersey (9)	42,462	44,540	6,640	6,357	35,822	38,183	25,116	25,731	8,811	8,263
Washington (10)	44,318	56,814	5,442	5,355	38,876	51,459	8,804	8,744	5,008	5,203
Illinois (11)	38,673	44,712	8,022	9,029	30,651	35,683	19,553	28,926	7,279	8,600
Oregon (12)	37,295	36,360	4,025	3,593	33,270	32,767	17,731	17,330	3,366	2,964
Colorado (13)	33,208	41,328	3,943	3,991	29,265	37,337	11,531	10,828	6,653	6,230
Massachusetts (14)	35,655	36,129	5,903	5,306	29,752	30,823	11,765	10,493	4,902	4,294
Minnesota (15)	28,796	34,988	6,542	7,302	22,254	27,686	11,514	12,741	4,891	5,153
Hawaii (21)	2,300	2,128	0	0	2,300	2,128	12,060	12,562	701	618

36 States	1,428,133	1,568,857	176,495	185,834	1,251,638	1,383,023	684,340	701,176	215,248	222,395
^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/ Included in 36 State total to avoid disclosure of individual operations. ^4/ Includes geraniums, impatien, New Guinea impatien, petunia, and other hanging baskets.

POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, and value of sales at wholesale, 1996 and 1997, and intentions for 1998, 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
Crop	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997

	Number		1,000 pots							1,000 dollars

Poinsettias	56	52	990	997	4,363	4,079	5,353	5,076	5,173	16,071	18,525

Orchids	40	35	2,375	1,911	1,660	1,304	4,035	3,215	3,849	14,009	17,961

Potted Florist mums	24	24	662	485	3,388	2,510	4,050	2,995	2,908	10,928	9,483

Kalanchoes	23	21	608	478	992	504	1,600	982	949	3,368	2,204

BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS AND FOLIAGE BASKETS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, baskets, and flats sold, and value of sales at wholesale, 1996 and 1997, and intentions for 1998, 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	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997
POTS	Number		1,000 pots					Dollars				1,000 dollars

Impatiens	51	47	9,242	8,684	344	647	9,782	0.57	0.58	1.15	1.10	5,664	5,748

Vegetables ^3/	24	26	1,873	1,316	523	1,499	2,666	0.65	0.71	1.55	1.22	2,028	2,763

Hardy garden Mums	21	21	143	203	766	1,025	1,263	0.64	0.72	1.61	1.81	1,325	2,001

Petunias	40	37	2,211	2,084	458	534	2,690	0.56	0.59	1.45	1.25	1,902	1,897

Crops	Number of producers		Unit	Quantity sold		Intended production	Wholesale price		Value of sales at wholesale ^2/
Crops	1996	1997	Unit	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1996	1997
	Number			1,000 units			Dollars		1,000 dollars

Impatiens	16	16	Flats	1,024	1,030	1,045	7 .30	7 .50	7,475	7,725
Vegetable ^3/	17	18	Flats	309	415	420	6 .90	6 .20	2,132	2,573
Flower Hanging ^4/	156	141	Baskets	1,703	1,973	2,100	4 .06	3 .99	6,916	7,872
Foliage Hanging	206	191	Baskets	7,153	5,800	5,538	3 .37	3 .72	24,106	21,576
^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, impatien, New Guinea impatien, petunia, and other hanging baskets.

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, 1996 and 1997, and intentions, 1998
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 1998
Selected States and crops	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	Intended area for production in 1998

	Number		Acres		1,000 bunches		1,000 dollars		Acres
Florida
Leatherleaf ferns	134	129	4,645	4,270	73,646	69,869	64,072	56,594	4,185
All other cut greens	134	130	2,835	3,112	^2/	^2/	32,596	28,936	3,303

California
Leatherleaf ferns^3/
All other cut greens	51	47	706	533	^2/	^2/	13,608	11,264	486

Other States
Leatherleaf ferns	11	10	293	307	4,336	4,126	3,921	3,818	307
All other cut greens	21	21	38	48	^2/	^2/	266	473	53

36 States
Leatherleaf ferns	145	139	4,938	4,577	77,982	73,995	67,993	60,412	4,492
All other cut greens	222	216	4,168	4,316	^2/	^2/	50,192	44,818	4,466
^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.