CUT FLOWERS: NUMBER OF PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION. SALES, PRICE AND VALUE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1974-1981 



TYPE 



AND 



YEAR 



PRODUCERS 

 2/ 



SALES 



PERCENTAGE 



OF SALES AT 



WHOLESALE 



WHOLESALE 

 PRICE 



VALUE 

 OF SALES AT 

 WHOLESALE 1/ 



1981 



107 



660 



74 



Dollars 



1.31 

 1.53 

 1.66 

 1.65 



1.80 

 1.77 

 1.87 

 1.83 



1.93 

 2.02 

 2.33 

 2.05 



2.60 

 2.66 

 2.53 

 2.81 



Cents 



16.8 

 19.7 

 20.0 

 20.3 

 28.0 



29.7 



Dollars 



.88 

 .75 

 .85 

 .91 

 .94 



.95 



Dollars 

 2.48 



50 

 00 

 07 

 99 



3.26 



2.79 

 2.05 

 2.75 

 2.83 

 3.07 



3.31 



1 ,000 Dollars 



486 

 577 

 609 

 587 



648 

 598 

 626 

 575 



971 

 1,509 

 1,419 



863 



1,045 

 1,495 

 1.928 

 1,439 



445 

 353 

 335 

 287 

 275 



281 



5,064 

 2,387 

 2,656 

 3,304 

 2,924 



2,596 



903 

 805 

 774 

 1,010 

 733 



955 



1,769 

 1,519 

 2,063 

 2,125 

 2,333 



2,185 



\l Equivalent wholesale value of all sales. 2/ Beginning with 1973, number of producers is number who 

 produce and sell $10,000 or more of fresh Tcut) flowers, flowering and foliage plants, bedding plants 

 and cultivated florist greens. Previously, the definition included growers who sold $2,000 or more 

 of the above mentioned items. 3/ Data for years prior to 1976 not available. 



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