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RECORD HIGHS AND LOWS IN NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURE 1/

Vegetables Year
Estimates Started 		Record Acreage Unit Yield Production
Harvested Year Per Acre Year Total Year
Eggplant 1929 HIGH 1,700 1946 Cwt 240.0 1994 240.000 1994
Low 800 1996 74.0 1930 74.000 1933
Escarole/Endive 1949 HIGH 1,500 1967 Cwt 195.0 1981 248,00 1967
Low 400 1949 135.0 1995 58,000 1949
Lettuce, Head 1929 HIGH 5,600 1958 Cwt 240.0 1994 942,000 1958
Low 1,300 1996 129.0 1937 226,000 1934
Bell Pepper 1929 HIGH 9,300 1947 Cwt 310.0 1994 1,612,000 1994
Low 5,000 1991 42.0 1943 270,000 1929
Spinach 1929 HIGH 4,300 1936 Cwt 100.0 1996 290,000 1935
Low 880 1973 58.0 1929 57,000 1971
Strawberries 1929 HIGH 4,400 1940 Cwt 55.0 1985 146,000 1961
Low 450 1996 18.0 1945 14,000 1994
Tomatoes 1929 HIGH 13,000 1937 Cwt 180.0 1995 1,272,000 1935
Low 4,100 1996 74.0 1945 406,00 1988

1/ In some cases the record high and/or low is identical for more than one year. In such cases the year shown is the latest year of occurrence.

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