1998 CENSUS OF HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTIES U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTIES OPERATION DEFINITION The definition of a horticultural specialty operation has been changed between censuses. For the 1998 census, a horticultural specialty operation is defined as any place that grew and sold $10,000 or more of horticultural specialty products during 1998. The definition used for the censuses in 1988, 1979, 1970, and 1959 included operations growing and selling $2,000 or more of horticultural products during the census year. The definition used prior to 1959 was a $1,000 minimum sales limit. The definition of a farm in the census of agriculture, which was the basis for identifying horticultural specialty operations, has also varied. Since 1974, the census of agriculture has included all farms from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold during the census year. Prior to 1974, the farm definition was based on a lower value of products sold and included a relationship to acres in the place. COMPARABILITY OF DATA The data included in this publication are not directly comparable to the 1997 Census of Agriculture or any other publication released at a national level. Differences in the kinds of statistics collected and in collection methodology affect comparability. MAJOR DATA CHANGES Major changes in 1998 to the horticultural specialties census are the inclusion of cut Christmas trees, short term woody crops, and marketing channels. The addition of cut Christmas trees and short term woody crops is a result of the 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), which reclassified these commodities from forestry to horticulture. NAICS also reclassified vegetable seeds and vegetable and/or melon bedding plant production to vegetable and melon farming, which is not considered a horticultural specialty. However, these crops are included in the census of horticultural specialties since it was impossible to identify these operations prior to data collection. In addition, more detailed information about aquatic plants, herbaceous perennials, tobacco transplants, and irrigation is included. REFERENCE PERIOD The 1998 Census of Horticultural Specialties covers operations for the 1998 calendar year, except for a small number of operations that maintain their records on a fiscal year basis. These operations were permitted to report their fiscal year that included at least half of the 1998 calendar year. Data on employment, land, structures, and equipment were to be reported for the period specified on the questionnaire. TABULAR PRESENTATION U.S. data - Tables 1 through 20 show detailed U.S.-level data. State data - Tables 21 through 54 present selected data items by State. States not reporting an item are not listed under the item heading. States with a limited number of operations reporting an item are suppressed to avoid disclosing individual information. RESPONDENT CONFIDENTIALITY In keeping with the provisions of Title 7 of the United States Code, no data are published that would disclose information about an individual operation. However, the number of operations reporting an item is not considered a release of confidential information and is provided even though other information may be withheld. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS The following abbreviations and symbols are used throughout the tables: - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1998 and Earlier Census Years [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item 1998 | 1988 | 1979 | 1970 | 1959 16 | 1949 17 | 1929 | 1889 | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Operations.............................number | 23,758| 21,088| 22,347| 12,962| 17,999| 17,400| (NA)| (NA) Sales..................................$1,000 | 10,599,298| 4,791,893| 3,212,010| 960,919| 515,681| 300,638| 192,105| 26,212 | | | | | | | | Floriculture:1 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 13,809| (NA)| (NA)| 7,969| 11,772| 12,427| 14,982| 4,659 Sales........................................$1,000 | 4,462,860| 2,570,005| 1,619,974| 501,473| 292,302| 218,521| 109,895| 14,175 | | | | | | | | Bedding/garden plants: | | | | | | | | Operations................................number | 10,629| 9,098| 8,070| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales.....................................$1,000 | 2,357,185| 896,196| 285,520| 61,627| 32,844| 16,925| (NA)| (NA) | | | | | | | | Annual bedding/garden plants:2 | | | | | | | | Operations.............................number | 9,215| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales..................................$1,000 | 1,729,949| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) | | | | | | | | Herbaceous perennial plants: | | | | | | | | Operations.............................number | 7,391| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales..................................$1,000 | 627,236| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) | | | | | | | | Potted flowering plants:3 | | | | | | | | Operations................................number | 5,080| 6,405| 7,645| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales.....................................$1,000 | 868,131| 586,302| 418,007| 125,826| 69,469| 26,901| 25,652| (NA) | | | | | | | | Foliage plants: | | | | | | | | Operations................................number | 3,074| 4,201| 5,463| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales.....................................$1,000 | 594,760| 485,910| 466,913| 38,376| 25,607| 9,842| (NA)| (NA) | | | | | | | | Cut flowers:4 | | | | | | | | Operations................................number | 2,067| 3,120| 3,900| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales.....................................$1,000 | 512,570| 506,677| 353,415| 229,944| 140,207| 123,574| 67,430| (NA) | | | | | | | | Cut cultivated greens:5 | | | | | | | | Operations................................number | 758| 787| 674| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales.....................................$1,000 | 130,213| 94,920| 33,595| 8,827| 2,433| (NA)| 1,712| (NA) | | | | | | | | Nursery plants: | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 8,305| 7,000| 7,436| 3,764| 6,757| 4,643| 7,207| 4,510 Sales........................................$1,000 | 3,096,723| 1,132,387| 944,920| 283,636| 155,506| 71,053| 58,183| 12,036 | | | | | | | | Unfinished plants and propagation materials:6 7 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 1,868| 1,681| 880| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 493,049| 190,090| 62,524| 36,873| 21,742| 13,667| 2,717| (NA) | | | | | | | | Turfgrass sod, sprigs, or plugs:8 9 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 1,143| 825| 1,060| 545| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 835,212| 247,775| 206,611| 43,366| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) | | | | | | | | Dried bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers:10 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 254| 179| 372| 270| 861| 870| 1,935| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 55,389| 29,175| 23,544| 10,375| 9,964| 9,237| 5,364| (NA) | | | | | | | | Cultivated mushrooms: | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 264| 230| 477| 546| 665| 444| 516| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 861,672| 509,360| 348,251| 95,191| 35,770| 14,566| 5,141| (NA) | | | | | | | | Greenhouse produced food crops:11 12 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 1,015| 581| 866| 2,555| 819| 768| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 222,624| 31,743| 26,685| 18,359| 19,546| 13,046| 12,384| (NA) | | | | | | | | Transplants for commercial production: | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 493| 523| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 156,273| 50,660| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) | | | | | | | | Vegetable seeds:13 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 436| 352| 528| 232| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 93,147| 23,113| 37,562| 6,874| (NA)| (NA)| 12,809| (NA) | | | | | | | | Flower seeds: | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 120| 93| 84| (NA)| 85| 60| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 19,480| 7,585| 4,463| 1,645| 2,593| 1,823| 713| (NA) | | | | | | | | Other:14 15 | | | | | | | | Operations...................................number | 3,785| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) Sales........................................$1,000 | 302,869| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA)| (NA) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Data for 1949 include greenhouse vegetables and mushroom operations. 2 Data for 1970 include vegetable plant sales of $16,802,715. 3 Data for 1929 include flowering and foliage plants. 4 Data for 1949 include cut flowers and cut cultivated greens. 5 Data for 1959 include only asparagus plumosus. 6 Data for 1929 include bedding plants. 7 Data prior to 1988 do not include nursery lining out stock. 8 Data prior to 1998 only include sod harvested. 9 Data for 1970 include pasture sod from 70 operations with sales of $4,280,370. 10 Data for 1929 include sales of flowers cut from bulbs grown in the open and from forced bulbs. 11 Data for 1929 include vegetable plants grown in hotbeds and covered frames with sales of $2,076,498. 12 Data for 1970 include 1884 vegetable plant operations. Sales included with annual bedding plants. 13 Data for 1970 include 261 vegetable and flower seed operations. 14 Data prior to 1998 do not include cut Christmas trees, short term woody crops, and tobacco transplants sold. 15 Data prior to 1998 summarized aquatic plants with nursery plants under other environmentals. 16 Data for 1959 at wholesale prices. Actual total sales were $585,751,415 and wholesale sales were $435,052,807. 17 Data for 1949 at wholesale prices. Actual total sales were $467,346,986 and wholesale sales were $249,814,924. Table 2. Operations and Sales of Commodity Groups by Value of Sales for the United States: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |$500,000 |$250,000 |$100,000 | $50,000 | $40,000| $25,000 | $20,000| $10,000 Item | |$1,000,000| to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | Total | or more |$999,999 |$499,999 |$249,999 | $99,999 | $49,999| $39,999 | $24,999| $19,999 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Operations................number | 23,758| 1,987| 1,596| 2,391| 4,621| 4,014| 1,378| 3,000| 1,465| 3,306 Sales.....................$1,000 |10,599,298| 7,410,398|1,097,903| 837,091| 733,374| 284,437| 60,836| 94,493| 32,383| 48,383 Wholesale..............$1,000 | 8,819,871| 6,585,713| 890,176| 615,024| 471,533| 148,752| 29,715| 43,803| 15,175| 19,980 | | | | | | | | | | Annual bedding/garden plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 9,215| 596| 530| 967| 1,962| 1,815| 582| 1,217| 499| 1,047 Sales...........................$1,000 | 1,729,949| 982,680| 205,951| 201,547| 194,974| 81,868| 17,639| 26,169| 7,607| 11,514 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 1,252,693| 860,103| 145,924| 119,313| 87,194| 24,653| 5,183| 6,280| 1,645| 2,399 | | | | | | | | | | Herbaceous perennial plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 7,391| 609| 455| 784| 1,580| 1,486| 440| 913| 375| 749 Sales...........................$1,000 | 627,236| 402,302| 59,712| 59,358| 58,608| 28,116| 5,037| 7,832| 2,591| 3,680 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 437,342| 328,538| 38,219| 30,856| 25,783| 8,604| 1,343| 2,171| 767| 1,061 | | | | | | | | | | Potted flowering plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 5,080| 558| 430| 693| 1,258| 916| 255| 495| 166| 309 Sales...........................$1,000 | 868,131| 624,152| 89,964| 69,134| 55,514| 19,029| 3,128| 4,497| 1,092| 1,621 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 725,348| 562,783| 69,541| 48,154| 32,453| 8,277| 1,211| 1,775| 483| 671 | | | | | | | | | | Foliage plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 3,074| 366| 282| 396| 673| 511| 173| 301| 121| 251 Sales...........................$1,000 | 594,760| 403,857| 75,666| 56,580| 40,215| 11,467| 2,184| 2,752| 740| 1,299 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 527,635| 356,313| 71,081| 51,120| 35,316| 8,876| 1,650| 1,929| 490| 861 | | | | | | | | | | Cut flowers: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 2,067| 155| 117| 192| 439| 369| 114| 299| 132| 250 Sales...........................$1,000 | 512,570| 354,156| 54,518| 41,059| 38,280| 12,995| 2,431| 5,051| 1,779| 2,302 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 426,977| 293,553| 50,107| 35,783| 30,316| 9,604| 1,674| 3,297| 1,170| 1,472 | | | | | | | | | | Cut cultivated greens: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 758| 59| 44| 90| 149| 107| 39| 121| 46| 103 Sales...........................$1,000 | 130,213| 70,417| 19,544| 19,481| 13,149| 4,145| 850| 1,604| 406| 617 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 125,352| 67,641| 19,412| 18,795| 12,673| 3,780| 781| 1,381| 373| 517 | | | | | | | | | | Nursery plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 8,305| 774| 616| 872| 1,665| 1,396| 464| 1,027| 516| 975 Sales...........................$1,000 | 3,096,723| 2,241,544| 329,262| 224,503| 185,255| 64,111| 13,647| 20,911| 7,869| 9,622 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 2,690,160| 2,010,601| 286,616| 182,136| 137,542| 42,168| 8,329| 12,353| 4,936| 5,478 | | | | | | | | | | Unfinished plants and propagation | | | | | | | | | | materials: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,868| 312| 181| 225| 361| 291| 78| 188| 79| 153 Sales...........................$1,000 | 493,049| 387,906| 41,163| 29,734| 20,352| 8,484| 1,063| 2,371| 1,005| 971 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 460,537| 371,458| 37,863| 25,179| 16,227| 6,034| 738| 1,660| 739| 641 | | | | | | | | | | Turfgrass sod, sprigs, or plugs: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,143| 231| 196| 188| 250| 113| 34| 51| 23| 57 Sales...........................$1,000 | 835,212| 591,614| 130,158| 63,031| 39,011| 7,475| 1,325| 1,328| 475| 797 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 669,531| 498,543| 95,879| 42,386| 26,126| 4,654| 594| 677| 190| 482 | | | | | | | | | | Dried bulbs, corms, rhizomes, | | | | | | | | | | or tubers: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 254| 31| 16| 22| 54| 36| 11| 34| 14| 36 Sales...........................$1,000 | 55,389| 37,894| 7,772| 3,297| 4,212| 956| 234| 540| 155| 328 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 45,490| 33,275| 5,240| 2,519| 3,565| 482| 93| (D)| (D)| 101 | | | | | | | | | | Cultivated mushrooms: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 264| 117| 21| 28| 32| 16| 6| 19| 7| 18 Sales...........................$1,000 | 861,672| 830,831| 14,228| 9,325| 5,022| 1,118| 187| 599| 110| 252 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 803,434| 774,288| 14,228| 8,149| 4,916| 942| 187| 448| 89| 187 | | | | | | | | | | Greenhouse produced food crops: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,015| 50| 46| 80| 171| 202| 70| 164| 79| 153 Sales...........................$1,000 | 222,624| 158,121| 21,163| 15,193| 13,123| 7,613| 2,019| 2,798| 999| 1,596 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 184,157| 133,733| 17,154| 12,700| 10,299| 5,671| 1,368| 1,725| 563| 945 | | | | | | | | | | Transplants for commercial | | | | | | | | | | production: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 493| 47| 26| 40| 97| 98| 36| 82| 18| 49 Sales...........................$1,000 | 156,273| 137,937| 9,813| 2,486| 3,292| 1,505| 415| 479| 146| 202 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 129,381| 118,099| 5,252| 1,912| 2,201| 1,096| 256| 306| 107| 151 | | | | | | | | | | Vegetable seeds: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 436| 18| 18| 26| 102| 99| 36| 62| 24| 51 Sales...........................$1,000 | 93,147| 51,514| 9,263| 7,707| 14,009| 6,210| 1,478| 1,823| 497| 646 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 87,250| 49,576| 7,551| 7,706| 12,545| 5,841| 1,342| 1,699| 440| 549 | | | | | | | | | | Flower seeds: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 120| 9| 8| 14| 24| 26| 8| 10| 5| 16 Sales...........................$1,000 | 19,480| 10,843| (D)| 2,843| 1,361| 890| 175| (D)| (D)| 107 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 17,887| (D)| (D)| 2,726| 1,038| 773| 131| 167| (D)| 67 | | | | | | | | | | Aquatic plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 381| 20| 29| 44| 88| 60| 26| 48| 20| 46 Sales...........................$1,000 | 23,635| 8,284| 4,086| 5,146| 3,969| 1,041| 375| 449| 80| 205 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 15,321| (D)| 2,953| 3,304| 2,506| 820| 241| 187| (D)| 71 | | | | | | | | | | Cut Christmas trees: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 3,195| 63| 68| 126| 384| 462| 224| 571| 345| 952 Sales...........................$1,000 | 256,161| 103,547| 21,473| 25,542| 40,384| 24,866| 7,909| 13,954| 6,484| 12,003 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 198,303| 99,155| 19,129| 21,158| 28,187| 13,930| 3,857| 6,479| 2,704| 3,704 | | | | | | | | | | Short term woody crops: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 28| 4| 5| 2| 5| 7| -| 1| 1| 3 Sales...........................$1,000 | 12,642| (D)| (D)| (D)| 225| 149| -| (D)| (D)| 35 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 12,642| (D)| (D)| (D)| 225| 149| -| (D)| (D)| 35 | | | | | | | | | | Tobacco transplants sold: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 207| 5| -| 4| 26| 46| 20| 43| 18| 45 Sales...........................$1,000 | 10,431| (D)| -| (D)| 2,421| 2,401| 739| 1,147| 304| 587 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 10,431| (D)| -| (D)| 2,421| 2,401| 739| 1,147| 304| 587 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 3. Operations and Sales by Kind of Business and Value of Sales for the United States: 1998 [Each operation was classified into a kind of business. This classification was based on the commodity that accounted for 50 percent or more of the operation's total sales. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |$500,000 |$250,000 |$100,000 | $50,000 | $40,000| $25,000 | $20,000| $10,000 Kind of business | |$1,000,000| to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | Total | or more |$999,999 |$499,999 |$249,999 | $99,999 | $49,999| $39,999 | $24,999| $19,999 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Operations................number | 23,758| 1,987| 1,596| 2,391| 4,621| 4,014| 1,378| 3,000| 1,465| 3,306 Sales.....................$1,000 |10,599,298| 7,410,398|1,097,903| 837,091| 733,374| 284,437| 60,836| 94,493| 32,383| 48,383 Wholesale..............$1,000 | 8,819,871| 6,585,713| 890,176| 615,024| 471,533| 148,752| 29,715| 43,803| 15,175| 19,980 | | | | | | | | | | Annual bedding/garden plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 6,299| 307| 304| 615| 1,315| 1,258| 440| 881| 360| 819 Sales...........................$1,000 | 1,840,035| 1,047,113| 208,846| 214,813| 211,688| 89,332| 19,649| 28,245| 8,074| 12,276 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 1,350,019| 932,612| 150,327| 127,985| 95,325| 27,173| 5,549| 6,748| 1,789| 2,511 | | | | | | | | | | Herbaceous perennial plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,059| 53| 42| 88| 203| 214| 58| 138| 78| 185 Sales...........................$1,000 | 262,457| 144,229| 29,765| 30,464| 31,485| 15,231| 2,596| 4,296| 1,721| 2,670 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 165,451| 99,784| 22,184| 17,624| 16,386| 5,636| 799| 1,511| 663| 863 | | | | | | | | | | Potted flowering plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 944| 115| 91| 126| 205| 156| 44| 86| 35| 86 Sales...........................$1,000 | 615,771| 456,747| 63,405| 44,858| 32,959| 11,094| 1,960| 2,691| 782| 1,275 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 529,247| 411,766| 53,821| 33,423| 21,612| 5,408| 922| 1,264| 434| 597 | | | | | | | | | | Foliage plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 926| 122| 97| 145| 221| 136| 41| 66| 27| 71 Sales...........................$1,000 | 517,898| 347,213| 68,543| 52,044| 34,983| 9,547| 1,827| 2,104| 587| 1,049 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 459,720| 300,669| 65,787| 47,913| 32,815| 8,031| 1,550| 1,755| 426| 773 | | | | | | | | | | Cut flowers: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,166| 113| 80| 122| 237| 168| 53| 159| 76| 158 Sales...........................$1,000 | 519,345| 363,608| 54,901| 41,040| 36,701| 11,963| 2,312| 4,860| 1,664| 2,296 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 436,529| 303,535| 50,428| 36,035| 29,781| 9,139| 1,621| 3,390| 1,134| 1,465 | | | | | | | | | | Cut cultivated greens: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 367| 30| 28| 54| 78| 56| 19| 46| 19| 37 Sales...........................$1,000 | 119,728| 63,012| 18,589| 18,546| 12,403| 3,991| 850| 1,406| 402| 530 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 116,436| 61,318| 18,502| 17,983| 12,026| 3,700| 787| 1,254| 381| 485 | | | | | | | | | | Nursery plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 5,717| 584| 480| 637| 1,159| 889| 308| 654| 351| 655 Sales...........................$1,000 | 3,155,113| 2,300,872| 331,613| 223,779| 184,506| 63,050| 13,515| 20,483| 7,699| 9,596 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 2,754,766| 2,072,278| 289,997| 182,065| 137,982| 41,728| 8,265| 12,097| 4,892| 5,463 | | | | | | | | | | Unfinished plants and propagation | | | | | | | | | | materials: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 605| 80| 53| 72| 107| 110| 20| 66| 42| 55 Sales...........................$1,000 | 419,276| 328,187| 36,721| 25,881| 16,343| 7,516| 878| 2,020| 933| 796 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 393,122| 315,238| 33,270| 22,303| 13,269| 5,611| 647| 1,514| 727| 543 | | | | | | | | | | Turfgrass sod, sprigs, or plugs: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,094| 225| 192| 181| 239| 107| 32| 42| 22| 54 Sales...........................$1,000 | 841,294| 595,642| 131,511| 63,473| 39,197| 7,550| 1,357| 1,300| 479| 784 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 675,712| 503,236| 96,801| 42,869| 26,119| 4,730| 610| 679| 185| 482 | | | | | | | | | | Dried bulbs, corms, rhizomes, | | | | | | | | | | or tubers: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 119| 11| 11| 7| 25| 12| 5| 17| 7| 24 Sales...........................$1,000 | 50,929| 34,614| 7,507| 2,619| 4,104| 829| 223| 539| 150| 344 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 40,387| 29,220| 4,973| 1,984| 3,433| 358| 107| 91| 113| 109 | | | | | | | | | | Cultivated mushrooms: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 255| 117| 21| 27| 30| 15| 4| 19| 5| 17 Sales...........................$1,000 | 861,498| 830,831| 14,228| 9,180| 5,021| 1,095| 184| 601| 106| 252 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 803,265| 774,288| 14,228| 8,004| 4,898| 942| 184| 449| 85| 187 | | | | | | | | | | Greenhouse produced food crops: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 564| 34| 33| 45| 82| 99| 43| 85| 40| 103 Sales...........................$1,000 | 220,137| 158,892| 20,733| 14,682| 11,920| 6,934| 1,865| 2,687| 886| 1,538 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 183,546| 134,591| 16,978| 12,377| 9,698| 5,483| 1,267| 1,721| 506| 924 | | | | | | | | | | Transplants for commercial | | | | | | | | | | production: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 116| 35| 14| 6| 14| 14| 7| 13| 5| 8 Sales...........................$1,000 | 160,468| 144,430| 9,708| 2,063| 2,265| 1,063| 315| 386| 108| 130 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 134,281| 124,634| 5,079| 1,494| 1,540| 811| 237| 286| 90| 110 | | | | | | | | | | Vegetable seeds: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 385| 14| 12| 24| 94| 85| 34| 57| 22| 43 Sales...........................$1,000 | 90,965| 49,090| 9,039| 8,103| 14,138| 6,150| 1,491| 1,829| 490| 635 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 85,118| 47,152| 7,273| 8,103| 12,776| 5,801| 1,338| 1,693| 434| 547 | | | | | | | | | | Flower seeds: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 56| 4| 4| 8| 9| 13| 3| 6| 2| 7 Sales...........................$1,000 | 19,046| 10,690| 2,982| 2,657| 1,356| 923| 124| 175| (D)| (D) Wholesale....................$1,000 | 17,520| (D)| 2,915| 2,553| 984| 823| (D)| 175| (D)| 62 | | | | | | | | | | Aquatic plants: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 93| 3| 6| 14| 24| 12| 8| 12| 3| 11 Sales...........................$1,000 | 21,761| 7,700| 3,636| 4,852| 3,725| 912| 336| 375| (D)| (D) Wholesale....................$1,000 | 14,337| (D)| 2,639| 3,194| 2,439| 757| (D)| 162| (D)| 56 | | | | | | | | | | Cut Christmas trees: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 2,514| 30| 28| 68| 257| 361| 178| 447| 298| 847 Sales...........................$1,000 | 246,123| 98,290| 18,468| 24,418| 39,658| 24,909| 7,775| 14,007| 6,573| 12,024 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 190,985| 94,341| 16,718| 20,539| 28,300| 14,049| 3,840| 6,685| 2,739| 3,776 | | | | | | | | | | Other: | | | | | | | | | | Operations......................number | 1,479| 110| 100| 152| 322| 309| 81| 206| 73| 126 Sales...........................$1,000 | 637,454| 429,236| 67,708| 53,619| 50,920| 22,349| 3,583| 6,487| 1,624| 1,927 Wholesale....................$1,000 | 469,431| 366,315| 38,256| 28,576| 22,150| 8,571| 1,686| 2,328| 522| 1,026 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 4. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold for the United States - Flats: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | Wholesale Item | |___________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Annual bedding/garden plants.... | 7,892| 117,051| 957,727| 94,308| 702,132 | | | | | Flowering type bedding plants...... | 7,667| 102,323| 833,410| 82,451| 610,012 | | | | | Ageratum.................................. | 3,531| 1,300| 9,966| 912| 5,886 Alyssum, sweet............................ | 3,470| 1,843| 15,648| 1,447| 11,189 Begonia................................... | 4,470| 6,319| 46,883| 5,133| 34,997 | | | | | Celosia................................... | 2,438| 942| 6,945| 783| 5,217 Coleus.................................... | 2,825| 1,020| 7,812| 725| 4,890 Combination planter/Color bowl............ | 183| 200| 1,582| 151| 1,047 | | | | | Dusty miller.............................. | 3,669| 1,259| 9,504| 968| 6,473 Fuchsia................................... | 206| 150| 1,123| 125| 842 Gazania................................... | 1,106| 293| 2,387| 235| 1,750 | | | | | Geraniums from vegetative cuttings........ | 691| 2,305| 21,492| 1,776| 15,428 Geraniums from seeds and | | | | | plug seedlings.......................... | 1,171| 1,592| 15,047| 1,295| 11,333 Gerbera daisy............................. | 122| 114| 738| 92| 487 | | | | | Impatiens, New Guinea..................... | 664| 846| 9,312| 668| 6,917 Impatiens, other.......................... | 6,238| 18,841| 141,662| 14,767| 98,935 Marigold.................................. | 5,045| 6,132| 48,026| 4,789| 32,628 | | | | | Nicotiana................................. | 1,372| 246| 2,249| 175| 1,381 Pansy/Viola............................... | 4,112| 8,650| 73,880| 7,277| 56,943 Petunia................................... | 6,477| 13,702| 117,686| 10,621| 77,185 | | | | | Portulaca................................. | 2,902| 1,304| 9,988| 1,063| 7,311 Salvia, annual............................ | 3,616| 2,145| 15,610| 1,746| 11,508 Snapdragon................................ | 3,148| 1,478| 12,391| 1,175| 9,057 | | | | | Verbena................................... | 1,964| 897| 7,098| 753| 5,433 Vinca (Catharanthus roseus)............... | 2,459| 3,338| 24,763| 2,911| 20,259 Zinnia.................................... | 1,919| 554| 4,763| 403| 3,080 Other flowering and foliar annuals........ | 3,585| 26,853| 226,857| 22,462| 179,839 | | | | | Vegetable type bedding plants...... | 4,993| 14,728| 124,317| 11,856| 92,120 | | | | | Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and | | | | | other crucifers......................... | 2,660| 1,510| 13,850| 1,181| 9,764 Herbs, culinary........................... | 1,094| 1,415| 14,442| 1,276| 11,976 Peppers, sweet or hot..................... | 3,108| 2,048| 16,866| 1,609| 12,142 | | | | | Tomato.................................... | 3,613| 3,434| 27,889| 2,563| 18,637 Other vegetable type bedding plants....... | 2,744| 6,322| 51,270| 5,226| 39,602 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 5. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold for the United States - Pots: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | | |_______________________________________________________________ | | | | Pots less than | Pots 5 inches | Item | | | | 5 inches | or more | Wholesale | | | |________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Annual bedding/garden plants.... | 8,159| 429,829| 560,877| 352,081| 370,788| 77,747| 190,089| 359,868| 401,785 | | | | | | | | | Flowering type bedding plants...... | 7,897| 386,288| 513,127| 316,939| 339,195| 69,349| 173,932| 324,086| 365,694 | | | | | | | | | Ageratum.................................. | 437| 1,221| 1,224| 976| 816| 245| 408| 1,092| 1,016 Alyssum, sweet............................ | 258| 1,252| 1,054| 1,184| 875| 69| 178| 1,099| 816 Begonia................................... | 1,560| 18,156| 17,532| 15,849| 13,159| 2,307| 4,373| 15,949| 13,253 | | | | | | | | | Celosia................................... | 292| 1,408| 1,328| 1,031| 778| 376| 551| 1,337| 1,183 Coleus.................................... | 644| 4,439| 3,795| 4,072| 3,040| 367| 755| 4,157| 3,234 Combination planter/Color bowl............ | 1,175| 1,736| 13,083| 58| 181| 1,678| 12,902| 1,489| 10,007 | | | | | | | | | Dusty miller.............................. | 473| 1,801| 1,730| 1,489| 1,170| 311| 560| 1,630| 1,397 Fuchsia................................... | 739| 1,878| 2,467| 1,626| 1,543| 252| 924| 1,622| 1,787 Gazania................................... | 442| 854| 968| 636| 594| 218| 373| 692| 670 | | | | | | | | | Geraniums from vegetative cuttings....... | 6,119| 80,599| 164,004| 61,272| 107,283| 19,327| 56,722| 57,752| 93,663 Geraniums from seeds and | | | | | | | | | plug seedlings.......................... | 2,573| 47,397| 46,757| 44,855| 40,751| 2,542| 6,007| 41,000| 34,969 Gerbera daisy............................. | 788| 4,389| 7,751| 2,450| 3,950| 1,938| 3,801| 4,096| 6,812 | | | | | | | | | Impatiens, New Guinea..................... | 4,449| 21,215| 39,526| 16,809| 26,789| 4,406| 12,736| 15,867| 24,981 Impatiens, other.......................... | 1,776| 27,132| 23,106| 22,801| 16,070| 4,331| 7,035| 24,278| 18,938 Marigold.................................. | 759| 6,378| 5,340| 5,444| 3,932| 933| 1,409| 5,840| 4,495 | | | | | | | | | Nicotiana................................. | 259| 469| 527| 339| 310| 130| 217| 420| 420 Pansy/Viola............................... | 850| 35,216| 28,363| 33,107| 24,247| 2,109| 4,116| 26,942| 19,381 Petunia................................... | 1,891| 14,474| 14,737| 11,721| 9,335| 2,753| 5,401| 12,516| 11,137 | | | | | | | | | Portulaca................................. | 308| 1,299| 1,256| 908| 690| 391| 566| 1,183| 988 Salvia, annual............................ | 499| 3,805| 3,243| 3,209| 2,376| 596| 867| 3,586| 2,880 Snapdragon................................ | 326| 2,828| 2,304| 2,521| 1,814| 308| 491| 2,621| 1,984 | | | | | | | | | Verbena................................... | 543| 1,732| 2,169| 1,398| 1,439| 334| 730| 1,492| 1,566 Vinca (Catharanthus roseus)............... | 539| 8,036| 7,506| 5,787| 4,115| 2,249| 3,391| 7,587| 6,692 Zinnia.................................... | 478| 1,772| 2,382| 1,191| 1,269| 581| 1,113| 1,507| 1,634 Other flowering and foliar annuals........ | 1,971| 96,799| 120,976| 76,204| 72,670| 20,595| 48,306| 88,333| 101,792 Table 5. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold for the United States - Pots: 1998 - Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | | |_______________________________________________________________ | | | | Pots less than | Pots 5 inches | Item | | | | 5 inches | or more | Wholesale | | | |________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Vegetable type bedding plants...... | 2,577| 43,541| 47,749| 35,143| 31,593| 8,398| 16,157| 35,783| 36,091 | | | | | | | | | Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and | | | | | | | | | other crucifers......................... | 141| 900| 900| 680| 520| 220| 380| 536| 576 Herbs, culinary........................... | 1,140| 19,347| 20,385| 17,906| 17,865| 1,441| 2,520| 17,037| 16,311 Peppers, sweet or hot..................... | 665| 1,998| 1,723| 1,718| 1,294| 281| 429| 1,246| 1,014 | | | | | | | | | Tomato.................................... | 1,533| 6,347| 6,656| 4,492| 3,519| 1,855| 3,137| 4,146| 3,740 Other vegetable type bedding plants....... | 766| 14,948| 18,085| 10,347| 8,395| 4,601| 9,690| 12,817| 14,450 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 6. Herbaceous Perennial Plants Sold for the United States - Flats: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | Wholesale Item | |_____________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Herbaceous perennial plants.... | 1,596| 5,167| 51,344| 4,604| 41,906 | | | | | Astilbe.................................. | 95| 37| 388| 32| 315 Bleeding-heart........................... | 60| 29| 156| 26| 128 Chrysanthemum, hardy/garden.............. | 318| 782| 6,950| 718| 6,067 | | | | | Clematis, non-climbing................... | 25| 12| 73| 10| 56 Columbine................................ | 352| 40| 487| 31| 339 Coral bells.............................. | 250| 64| 706| 57| 599 | | | | | Coreopsis................................ | 424| 66| 792| 55| 606 Daylily.................................. | 68| 82| 947| 53| 694 Delphinium............................... | 341| 83| 934| 71| 743 | | | | | Dianthus................................. | 636| 253| 2,148| 220| 1,689 Ferns, hardy/garden...................... | 52| 18| 303| 12| 159 Hosta.................................... | 83| 170| 2,502| 142| 2,117 | | | | | Iris..................................... | 38| (D)| 156| (D)| (D) Ornamental grasses....................... | 127| 79| 1,019| 71| 839 Peony.................................... | 30| (D)| 188| (D)| (D) | | | | | Phlox.................................... | 153| 153| 1,936| 143| 1,780 Purple coneflower (Echinacea)............ | 329| 44| 534| 38| 413 Rudbeckia................................ | 351| 72| 825| 65| 705 | | | | | Salvia, perennial........................ | 270| 49| 485| 42| 386 Sedum.................................... | 260| 51| 717| 43| 532 Veronica................................. | 196| 31| 350| 27| 289 Other herbaceous perennials.............. | 770| 2,994| 28,751| 2,697| 23,250 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 7. Herbaceous Perennial Plants Sold for the United States - Pots: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | | |________________________________________________________________| | | | | Pots less than | Pots 5 inches | Item | | | | 5 inches | or more | Wholesale | | | |_________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Herbaceous perennial plants.... | 6,848| 221,505| 527,686| 90,617| 134,147| 130,889| 393,539| 174,640| 370,471 | | | | | | | | | Astilbe.................................. | 1,989| 2,212| 7,655| 501| 1,028| 1,711| 6,627| 1,711| 5,238 Bleeding-heart........................... | 1,798| 944| 3,417| 256| 540| 687| 2,877| 660| 1,943 Chrysanthemum, hardy/garden.............. | 4,118| 62,049| 114,109| 16,762| 17,156| 45,287| 96,953| 52,395| 86,374 | | | | | | | | | Clematis, non-climbing................... | 387| 337| 1,644| 90| 223| 247| 1,422| 196| 832 Columbine................................ | 1,665| 1,294| 3,292| 726| 1,268| 568| 2,024| 956| 1,989 Coral bells.............................. | 1,565| 1,427| 4,129| 660| 1,218| 767| 2,911| 965| 2,385 | | | | | | | | | Coreopsis................................ | 2,282| 3,342| 8,948| 1,365| 2,277| 1,976| 6,671| 2,420| 5,892 Daylily.................................. | 2,643| 7,531| 25,596| 1,454| 2,906| 6,076| 22,690| 5,979| 17,586 Delphinium............................... | 1,563| 1,636| 3,995| 968| 1,606| 667| 2,390| 1,168| 2,361 | | | | | | | | | Dianthus................................. | 1,570| 3,482| 7,075| 2,210| 3,275| 1,271| 3,800| 2,340| 4,271 Ferns, hardy/garden...................... | 1,213| 3,585| 10,043| 1,341| 1,471| 2,244| 8,572| 3,107| 7,809 Hosta.................................... | 2,805| 8,230| 30,611| 2,307| 4,902| 5,924| 25,709| 6,533| 20,967 | | | | | | | | | Iris..................................... | 1,197| 1,199| 4,349| 221| 567| 978| 3,782| 939| 2,961 Ornamental grasses....................... | 1,749| 7,908| 28,651| 2,412| 4,323| 5,497| 24,328| 6,645| 23,512 Peony.................................... | 1,330| 825| 5,581| 84| 258| 740| 5,323| 645| 3,836 | | | | | | | | | Phlox.................................... | 1,449| 2,712| 7,203| 1,148| 1,979| 1,564| 5,224| 2,071| 4,492 Purple coneflower (Echinacea)............ | 1,926| 2,143| 5,398| 1,249| 2,201| 893| 3,197| 1,192| 2,849 Rudbeckia................................ | 1,916| 2,794| 7,527| 1,318| 2,363| 1,476| 5,164| 1,708| 4,614 | | | | | | | | | Salvia, perennial........................ | 1,390| 1,987| 5,370| 687| 1,241| 1,301| 4,128| 1,603| 3,843 Sedum.................................... | 1,560| 2,839| 6,035| 1,719| 2,101| 1,120| 3,934| 1,697| 3,705 Veronica................................. | 1,158| 975| 2,802| 396| 720| 579| 2,083| 767| 1,968 Other herbaceous perennials.............. | 3,452| 102,054| 234,255| 52,742| 80,524| 49,313| 153,730| 78,943| 161,046 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 8. Potted Flowering Plants Sold for the United States - Pots: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | | |___________________________________________________________________| | | | | Pots less than | Pots 5 inches | Item | | | | 5 inches | or more | Wholesale | | | |__________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Potted flowering plants..... | 5,008| 251,684| 848,086| 111,428| 212,414| 140,255| 635,672| 234,164| 710,386 | | | | | | | | | African violet (Saintpaulia).......... | 306| 20,254| 35,046| 19,808| 33,692| 447| 1,354| 19,516| 22,825 Alstroemeria.......................... | 58| 405| 977| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D)| 380| 818 Anthurium............................. | 59| 484| 1,978| 77| 150| 406| 1,828| 461| 1,878 Azalea, finished florist (showing | | | | | | | | | color).............................. | 695| 10,606| 43,615| 2,998| 6,098| 7,608| 37,517| 10,281| 40,361 | | | | | | | | | Begonia............................... | 484| 3,191| 8,456| 1,434| 2,692| 1,757| 5,763| 2,924| 7,478 Bromeliad............................. | 7| 80| 456| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D)| 80| 406 Chrysanthemum......................... | 762| 25,745| 76,893| 7,804| 11,967| 17,941| 64,926| 25,243| 73,978 Cineraria............................. | 191| 680| 1,962| 285| 470| 395| 1,492| 611| 1,754 | | | | | | | | | Combination planter................... | 164| 256| 1,970| 59| 138| 196| 1,832| 216| 1,430 Cyclamen.............................. | 912| 5,738| 18,896| 2,904| 6,663| 2,835| 12,233| 5,269| 16,072 Daffodil/Narcissus.................... | 601| 2,912| 7,191| 1,540| 2,537| 1,372| 4,654| 2,626| 6,187 Exacum................................ | 77| 990| 2,557| 498| 854| 492| 1,703| 987| 2,541 | | | | | | | | | Gardenia.............................. | 130| 1,570| 5,422| 733| 1,661| 837| 3,761| 1,546| 5,293 Gerbera daisy......................... | 341| 2,827| 6,200| 1,722| 3,398| 1,106| 2,802| 2,297| 4,858 Gloxinia.............................. | 205| 1,361| 4,318| 567| 1,066| 794| 3,251| 1,337| 4,152 Hibiscus, potted...................... | 462| 3,970| 14,636| 652| 1,433| 3,318| 13,203| 3,768| 13,166 | | | | | | | | | Hyacinth.............................. | 704| 4,138| 10,871| 1,619| 2,500| 2,520| 8,371| 3,883| 9,791 Hydrangea............................. | 521| 1,797| 9,647| 191| 430| 1,606| 9,218| 1,658| 8,606 Kalanchoe............................. | 354| 7,360| 18,094| 4,227| 6,300| 3,133| 11,794| 7,170| 17,156 Lily, Easter.......................... | 1,253| 10,005| 41,645| 553| 1,847| 9,452| 39,798| 9,056| 35,771 | | | | | | | | | Lily, other........................... | 358| 2,810| 9,299| 478| 1,009| 2,332| 8,289| 2,711| 8,784 Orchid, dendrobium.................... | 171| 2,022| 14,063| 883| 4,429| 1,139| 9,634| 1,519| 8,638 Orchid, phalaenopsis.................. | 214| 2,408| 36,597| 793| 5,649| 1,615| 30,949| 1,950| 17,530 Orchid, other......................... | 326| 4,728| 41,998| 1,997| 13,693| 2,732| 28,305| 3,834| 30,232 | | | | | | | | | Poinsettia............................ | 3,134| 64,661| 259,212| 15,285| 31,071| 49,377| 228,141| 58,088| 210,313 Potted spring flowering bulbs, other.. | 427| 11,393| 23,539| 7,437| 9,998| 3,956| 13,541| 11,052| 22,082 Primula............................... | 490| 5,339| 5,684| 4,840| 4,947| 499| 736| 4,850| 4,640 Regal pelargonium..................... | 251| 533| 2,111| 83| 185| 449| 1,926| 395| 1,405 | | | | | | | | | Rose.................................. | 500| 12,509| 36,461| 8,101| 17,962| 4,408| 18,499| 11,988| 32,766 Tulip................................. | 761| 5,960| 17,574| 1,686| 3,058| 4,274| 14,516| 5,677| 15,908 Zygocactus/Schlumbergera.............. | 175| 2,386| 5,332| 1,841| 2,733| 545| 2,599| 2,248| 4,953 Other potted flowering plants......... | 693| 32,566| 85,390| 20,035| 33,398| 12,531| 51,992| 30,544| 78,614 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 9. Foliage Plants Sold for the United States - Pots: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item | | Total | | |________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | Pots less than | | Pots 14 inches | | | | | 6 inches | Pots 6 to 13 inches | or more | Wholesale | | | |_________________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations|(1,000) |($1,000) | (1,000)| ($1,000)| (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) |($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Foliage plants.... | 2,419| 200,110| 522,888| 129,221| 145,403| 67,990| 325,682| 2,899| 51,803| 186,785| 462,773 | | | | | | | | | | | Aglaonema................... | 213| 2,832| 12,791| 1,056| 1,714| 1,719| 9,386| 57| 1,692| 2,544| 11,282 Anthurium................... | 94| 608| 3,399| 82| 160| (D)| 3,156| (D)| 83| 567| 2,982 Bromeliad................... | 148| 6,712| 29,196| 3,355| 8,987| 3,355| 20,159| 2| 50| 6,322| 26,185 Cacti and succulents........ | 341| 11,216| 23,907| 9,612| 11,868| 1,532| 9,747| 73| 2,291| 10,819| 21,716 Combination planters........ | 223| 7,673| 34,927| 4,621| 14,143| 2,975| 19,214| 77| 1,569| 6,067| 26,050 | | | | | | | | | | | Croton...................... | 293| 6,195| 12,003| 3,794| 2,859| 2,367| 8,657| 34| 488| 5,027| 10,488 Dieffenbachia............... | 339| 13,347| 21,881| 9,774| 7,989| 3,524| 12,839| 49| 1,054| 12,690| 19,572 Dracaena.................... | 604| 10,857| 32,245| 7,391| 6,344| 3,238| 21,558| 228| 4,344| 10,217| 29,014 Epipremnum (Pothos)......... | 284| 10,901| 18,722| 6,879| 6,540| 4,003| 12,003| 19| 179| 10,254| 16,733 Ferns....................... | 646| 5,690| 13,874| 3,019| 3,942| 2,634| 9,684| 37| 247| 5,268| 11,911 | | | | | | | | | | | Ficus....................... | 427| 5,718| 26,302| 916| 1,075| 4,510| 20,740| 293| 4,487| 5,318| 23,782 Hedera (Ivy)................ | 497| 19,236| 34,823| 15,529| 15,655| 3,501| 16,593| 206| 2,574| 18,609| 33,651 Maranta/Calathea............ | 126| 3,116| 3,179| 2,687| 1,507| (D)| 1,481| (D)| 191| 2,946| 2,940 Palms....................... | 415| 9,973| 52,016| 4,461| 3,137| 4,872| 30,549| 641| 18,331| 9,310| 47,611 Philodendron................ | 386| 7,592| 9,433| 6,166| 3,148| 1,328| 5,665| 98| 620| 7,254| 8,022 | | | | | | | | | | | Schefflera.................. | 290| 4,354| 13,398| 1,400| 1,403| 2,841| 10,439| 113| 1,556| 3,952| 11,896 Spathiphyllum............... | 374| 9,260| 35,120| 2,795| 4,762| 6,417| 29,461| 48| 897| 8,799| 32,054 Syngonium (Nephthytis)...... | 179| 3,719| 4,676| 3,050| 2,560| 632| 1,906| 37| 210| 3,461| 3,969 Other foliage plants........ | 1,147| 61,110| 140,994| 42,635| 47,612| 17,609| 82,444| 865| 10,938| 57,361| 122,916 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 10. Hanging Baskets Sold for the United States: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | Wholesale Item | |____________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Annual bedding/garden plants.... | 6,799| 30,958| 211,345| 25,744| 148,776 | | | | | Flowering type bedding plants...... | 6,777| 30,772| 210,016| 25,618| 147,992 | | | | | Ageratum.................................. | 52| 34| 219| 29| 161 Sweet alyssum............................. | 53| 13| 108| 10| 76 Begonia................................... | 1,530| 1,641| 9,672| 1,448| 7,410 Celosia................................... | 39| 27| 129| 24| 100 Coleus.................................... | 288| 143| 685| 126| 538 | | | | | Combination planter/Color bowl............ | 492| 403| 3,781| 333| 2,465 Dusty miller.............................. | 53| 36| 187| 34| 165 Fuchsia................................... | 2,347| 1,407| 12,810| 1,023| 7,565 Gazania................................... | 66| 28| 162| 24| 120 Geraniums from vegetative cuttings........ | 4,191| 4,698| 39,633| 3,447| 23,160 | | | | | Geraniums from seeds and plug seedlings... | 597| 758| 4,929| 656| 3,793 Gerbera daisy............................. | 32| 14| 93| 12| 71 Impatiens, New Guinea..................... | 3,521| 4,856| 35,104| 4,023| 25,537 Impatiens, other.......................... | 3,787| 4,480| 26,242| 3,722| 18,232 Marigold.................................. | 73| 136| 1,239| 127| 1,166 | | | | | Nicotiana................................. | 30| 33| 321| (D)| (D) Pansy/Viola............................... | 305| 177| 1,033| 148| 810 Petunia................................... | 4,021| 2,570| 17,215| 2,010| 10,694 Portulaca................................. | 470| 253| 1,348| 223| 1,061 Salvia, annual............................ | 45| 121| 456| 118| 434 | | | | | Snapdragon................................ | 103| 31| 178| 27| 130 Verbena................................... | 511| 165| 1,166| 129| 714 Vinca (Catharanthus roseus)............... | 175| 628| 3,425| 620| 3,344 Zinnia.................................... | 19| 5| 46| (D)| (D) Other flowering and foliar annuals........ | 1,660| 8,116| 49,838| 7,269| 39,919 | | | | | Vegetable type bedding plants...... | 213| 186| 1,330| 126| 783 | | | | | Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and other | | | | | crucifers.............................. | 13| 9| 46| (D)| 16 Herbs, culinary........................... | 46| 8| 55| (D)| 26 Peppers, sweet or hot..................... | 17| 6| 18| 5| 12 Tomato.................................... | 77| 6| 46| 3| 19 Other vegetable type bedding plants....... | 92| 158| 1,165| 108| 711 | | | | | Herbaceous perennial plants..... | 1,999| 6,338| 48,207| 4,044| 24,965 | | | | | Potted flowering plants......... | 1,514| 2,676| 20,044| 2,251| 14,962 | | | | | African violet (Saintpaulia).............. | 4| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Alstroemeria.............................. | 3| 9| 39| (D)| (D) Anthurium................................. | 1| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Azalea, finished florist (showing color).. | 11| 79| 573| 74| 528 Begonia................................... | 259| 158| 1,218| 126| 872 | | | | | Bromeliad................................. | 1| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Chrysanthemum............................. | 12| 73| 435| 72| 426 Cineraria................................. | 5| 1| 11| 1| 10 Combination planter....................... | 49| 61| 638| 49| 463 Cyclamen.................................. | 13| 65| 368| 64| 354 | | | | | Daffodil/Narcissus........................ | 7| 2| 15| -| - Gardenia.................................. | 5| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Gerbera daisy............................. | 10| 2| 11| 1| 9 Gloxinia.................................. | 1| (D)| (D)| -| - | | | | | Hibiscus, potted.......................... | 20| 48| 213| 47| 205 Hyacinth.................................. | 9| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Hydrangea................................. | 6| 2| (D)| (Z)| 1 Kalanchoe................................. | 22| (D)| 351| (D)| (D) Lily, Easter.............................. | 10| 83| 347| (D)| (D) | | | | | Orchid, dendrobium........................ | 12| 6| 52| 4| 24 Orchid, phalaenopsis...................... | 9| 3| 26| (D)| (D) Orchid, other............................. | 50| 109| 1,501| 88| 900 Poinsettia................................ | 1,053| 819| 7,332| 705| 5,604 | | | | | Potted spring flowering bulbs, other...... | 34| 169| 799| 151| 636 Primula................................... | 2| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Regal pelargonium......................... | 21| 31| 338| 25| 290 Rose...................................... | 18| 68| 499| 59| 384 Tulip..................................... | 6| 4| 17| (D)| (D) | | | | | Zygocactus/Schlumbergera.................. | 57| 109| 680| 108| 671 Other potted flowering plants............. | 178| 487| 3,028| 439| 2,425 | | | | | Foliage plants.................. | 1,644| 16,456| 71,872| 15,603| 64,862 | | | | | Aglaonema................................. | 7| 11| 45| 10| 42 Anthurium................................. | 3| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Bromeliad................................. | 8| (D)| (D)| (D)| (D) Cacti and succulents...................... | 56| 119| 449| 102| 363 Combination planters...................... | 28| 58| 424| 49| 314 | | | | | Croton.................................... | 13| 132| 441| 123| 393 Dieffenbachia............................. | 6| 3| 11| (D)| (D) Dracaena.................................. | 11| 10| 60| 7| 42 Epipremnum (Pothos)....................... | 197| 2,011| 7,751| 1,942| 7,342 Ferns..................................... | 933| 3,489| 20,484| 3,160| 17,231 | | | | | Ficus..................................... | 20| 92| 405| 91| 397 Hedera (Ivy).............................. | 260| 1,091| 4,997| 1,078| 4,873 Maranta/Calathea.......................... | 15| 23| 80| 23| 77 Palms..................................... | 25| 378| 1,850| 226| 755 Philodendron.............................. | 161| 499| 1,609| 476| 1,479 | | | | | Schefflera................................ | 6| 3| 14| (D)| 10 Spathiphyllum............................. | 13| 13| 68| 13| 64 Syngonium (Nephthytis).................... | 79| 268| 770| 261| 723 Other foliage plants...................... | 760| 7,749| 32,046| 7,536| 30,391 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 11. Cut Flowers Sold for the United States: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | Wholesale Item | |________________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Cut flowers................... | 2,067| (X)| 512,570| (X)| 426,977 | | | | | Alstroemeria.......................stems | 94| 16,810| 8,289| 13,610| 5,293 Anthurium..........................stems | 79| 10,815| 6,463| 8,146| 5,038 Aster..............................stems | 144| 13,341| 5,462| 12,785| 5,196 Bird of Paradise/Strelitzia........stems | 42| 1,373| 896| 1,283| 757 Calla lily.........................stems | 135| 4,050| 3,664| 1,874| 1,037 | | | | | Carnation, miniature.............bunches | 106| 4,648| 6,740| 4,449| 6,311 Carnation, standard................stems | 96| 65,549| 10,573| 61,485| 9,597 Chrysanthemum, pompon............bunches | 189| 15,914| 23,394| 15,696| 22,828 Chrysanthemum, other (standard, | | | | | football, spider, and fuji)......stems | 152| 17,487| 7,774| 15,838| 6,674 Daffodil/Narcissus.................stems | 92| 48,074| 4,201| 43,159| 3,576 | | | | | Daisy, marguerite..................stems | 26| 2,156| 947| 1,973| 904 Delphinium.........................stems | 172| 23,000| 9,865| 15,481| 6,270 Dried flowers........................... | 103| (X)| 6,510| (X)| 5,395 Freesia............................stems | 110| 13,188| 3,545| 10,506| 2,488 Gerbera daisy......................stems | 53| 50,562| 15,209| 43,733| 13,140 | | | | | Ginger and heliconia...............stems | 83| 3,377| 1,988| 2,790| 1,599 Gladiolus.........................spikes | 242| 133,424| 35,782| 131,521| 34,801 Godetia..........................bunches | 49| 604| 978| 389| 577 Gypsophila.......................bunches | 91| 2,755| 5,069| 2,575| 4,688 Heather..........................bunches | 23| 1,645| 3,750| 1,619| 3,685 | | | | | Iris...............................stems | 223| 60,711| 16,435| 33,374| 9,335 Leptospermum.....................bunches | 65| 481| 830| 349| 590 Liatris..........................bunches | 64| 1,192| 1,879| 1,026| 1,556 Lily, Asiatic......................stems | 207| 41,248| 23,065| 30,166| 15,802 Lily, Oriental.....................stems | 158| 35,481| 31,588| 24,916| 20,094 | | | | | Lily, other........................stems | 38| 3,023| 1,572| 2,012| 855 Limonium.........................bunches | 64| 563| 1,500| 494| 1,329 Lisianthus.........................stems | 102| 16,486| 9,090| 15,109| 8,229 Orchid, cattleya..................blooms | 41| 567| 1,654| 493| 1,391 Orchid, cymbidium.................blooms | 40| 4,802| 5,042| 4,465| 4,572 | | | | | Orchid, dendrobium................sprays | 65| 6,612| 3,875| 6,233| 3,591 Orchid, oncidium..................sprays | 29| 614| 497| 603| 482 Orchid, phalaenopsis..............sprays | 25| 136| 156| 129| 123 Orchid, other.....................blooms | 26| 274| 1,207| 242| 1,150 Protea.............................stems | 71| 5,212| 4,460| 4,714| 4,057 | | | | | Rose, hybrid tea...................stems | 184| 274,806| 97,465| 264,171| 89,620 Rose, spray-type...................stems | 17| 2,678| 1,085| 2,334| 903 Rose, sweetheart...................stems | 91| 60,115| 16,150| 59,003| 15,713 Snapdragon........................spikes | 431| 55,245| 22,397| 45,344| 17,898 Statice..........................bunches | 234| 3,722| 4,321| 3,256| 3,521 | | | | | Stephanotis.......................blooms | 40| 3,319| 863| 3,227| 835 Stock..............................stems | 100| 8,096| 2,359| 6,335| 1,653 Sunflower..........................stems | 354| 12,592| 5,499| 10,521| 4,423 Tulip..............................stems | 145| 68,112| 20,491| 50,209| 14,063 Zinnia.............................stems | 259| 1,690| 641| 991| 257 Other cut flowers....................... | 769| (X)| 73,953| (X)| 61,746 | | | | | Lei flowers............................. | 64| (X)| 3,397| (X)| 3,335 Carnation.......................heads | 9| 6,826| 426| 5,792| 396 Orchid dendrobium..............blooms | 28| 28,918| 858| 28,792| 854 Orchid, Vanda-Miss Joaquim.....blooms | 8| 7,847| 206| 7,359| 195 | | | | | Pikake........................strands | 5| 56| 128| 56| 128 Plumeria.......................blooms | 9| 23,804| 605| 23,804| 605 Tuberose.......................blooms | 6| 19,568| 917| 19,568| 917 Other lei flowers.................... | 12| (X)| 258| (X)| 240 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 12. Cut Cultivated Greens Sold for the United States: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | Wholesale Item | |__________________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Cut cultivated greens....... | 758| (X)| 130,213| (X)| 125,352 | | | | | Asparagus, plumosus............bunches | 68| 1,714| 1,930| 1,703| 1,908 Asparagus, tree fern...........bunches | 160| 12,743| 14,345| 12,728| 14,319 Asparagus, other...............bunches | 63| 1,141| 1,711| 1,129| 1,675 Boxwood.........................pounds | 35| 72| 132| 51| 89 Coniferous greens...............pounds | 120| 2,180| 1,210| 1,857| 1,046 | | | | | Cordyline/Ti.....................stems | 48| 6,440| 508| 5,459| 432 Eucalyptus.....................bunches | 119| 16,863| 17,802| 15,790| 15,010 Hedera/Ivy.......................vines | 24| 837| 379| 808| 355 Holly...........................pounds | 32| 3,997| 3,910| 3,947| 3,737 Leatherleaf ferns..............bunches | 234| 76,892| 63,190| 76,535| 62,614 | | | | | Liriope/Lilyturf...............bunches | 36| 891| 877| 881| 850 Myrtle.........................bunches | 56| 1,557| 1,871| 1,453| 1,659 Pittosporum....................bunches | 84| 1,293| 2,063| 1,279| 2,026 Podocarpus.....................bunches | 19| 320| 394| 315| 385 Other cut cultivated greens........... | 303| (X)| 19,891| (X)| 19,247 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 13. Nursery Plants Sold for the United States: 1998 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Total | Wholesale Item | |____________________________________________________________________________________ | | Number | Sales | Number | Sales | Operations | (1,000) | ($1,000) | (1,000) | ($1,000) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Nursery plants............. | 8,305| 503,053| 3,096,723| 438,855| 2,690,160 | | | | | Deciduous shade trees......... | 4,003| 21,674| 491,708| 20,131| 426,289 | | | | | Ash.................................. | 1,422| 1,228| 38,205| 1,126| 31,796 Birch................................ | 1,665| 1,079| 26,349| 982| 22,017 Honey locust......................... | 1,011| 671| 23,194| 623| 20,051 Linden............................... | 712| 571| 15,851| 538| 13,514 Maple, Japanese...................... | 1,011| 1,272| 33,168| 1,176| 28,611 Maple, Norway........................ | 840| 918| 22,334| 862| 19,029 | | | | | Maple, red........................... | 1,926| 1,679| 50,421| 1,549| 42,943 Maple, sugar......................... | 1,200| 588| 18,521| 537| 15,313 Maple, other......................... | 981| 1,000| 19,762| 930| 16,575 Oak.................................. | 2,007| 2,488| 79,762| 2,333| 72,527 Poplar............................... | 559| 916| 13,657| 774| 11,236 Sweet gum............................ | 618| 304| 8,750| 277| 7,851 | | | | | Willow............................... | 764| 386| 8,890| 339| 7,703 Other deciduous shade trees.......... | 1,844| 8,574| 132,842| 8,084| 117,123 | | | | | Deciduous flowering trees..... | 3,658| 18,946| 335,613| 17,631| 293,119 | | | | | Amelanchier.......................... | 564| 196| 8,388| 168| 7,165 Callery pear......................... | 1,097| 1,553| 30,088| 1,487| 26,761 Crabapple............................ | 1,366| 1,776| 37,635| 1,658| 31,148 Crapemyrtle.......................... | 882| 1,911| 34,188| 1,828| 32,352 Dogwood.............................. | 1,358| 1,475| 26,633| 1,385| 24,246 Flowering cherry..................... | 999| 1,342| 24,810| 1,284| 22,175 | | | | | Flowering plum....................... | 926| 947| 16,463| 785| 14,360 Golden rain.......................... | 330| 174| 5,206| 148| 4,266 Hawthorn............................. | 663| 521| 11,732| 488| 10,345 Magnolia............................. | 1,029| 790| 21,522| 718| 17,824 Redbud............................... | 928| 624| 12,770| 584| 11,205 Other deciduous flowering trees...... | 1,774| 7,638| 106,178| 7,097| 91,271 | | | | | Broadleaf evergreens.......... | 3,838| 98,940| 651,737| 92,560| 569,456 | | | | | Azalea............................... | 1,606| 22,123| 99,712| 20,696| 89,507 Boxwood.............................. | 1,531| 6,357| 37,710| 6,010| 34,334 Cotoneaster.......................... | 701| 1,821| 10,891| 1,683| 9,834 Euonymus............................. | 1,125| 7,715| 41,085| 7,248| 36,967 Holly................................ | 1,723| 14,408| 127,604| 13,282| 94,823 Magnolia............................. | 585| 592| 12,772| 545| 11,443 | | | | | Pieris............................... | 491| 967| 9,247| 896| 8,091 Pittosporum.......................... | 611| 2,137| 12,868| 1,968| 11,764 Privet............................... | 832| 2,655| 17,351| 2,428| 15,760 Rhododendron......................... | 996| 6,907| 59,772| 6,449| 53,606 Viburnum............................. | 1,163| 3,324| 22,464| 3,173| 20,650 Other broadleaf evergreen............ | 1,711| 29,932| 200,262| 28,183| 182,679 | | | | | Coniferous evergreens......... | 4,386| 78,866| 607,935| 58,972| 523,336 | | | | | Arborvitae........................... | 1,616| 6,048| 63,665| 5,420| 48,552 Cedar (Cedrus)....................... | 502| 711| 11,385| 596| 10,144 Cypress (Cupressus).................. | 896| 2,277| 33,083| 2,129| 30,934 Fir.................................. | 843| 1,194| 17,073| 1,111| 14,400 Hemlock.............................. | 911| 646| 18,259| 539| 14,557 Juniper.............................. | 1,813| 18,411| 116,341| 17,106| 106,536 | | | | | Pine................................. | 2,216| 30,068| 108,840| 14,561| 95,505 Spruce............................... | 1,830| 4,363| 73,001| 3,818| 60,320 Yew.................................. | 1,092| 4,987| 58,712| 4,292| 49,171 Other coniferous evergreens.......... | 1,468| 10,161| 107,578| 9,401| 93,216 | | | | | Deciduous shrubs and | | | | | other environmentals........ | 4,480| 162,597| 755,614| 151,065| 669,519 | | | | | Deciduous shrubs..................... | 3,225| 82,717| 441,314| 76,125| 380,344 Buddleias......................... | 839| 1,727| 9,943| 1,219| 7,129 Hibiscus.......................... |