Statistics of Seed -Crops 



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and towns insure a greatly increased consumption at 

 satisfactory prices for first-class productions." 



A special enumeration of the seed -farms of the 

 United States was made by J. H. Hale, under the 

 auspices of the Eleventh Census bureau (Bull. Ill, 

 Sept. 4, 1891). Starting with the establishment of 

 Landreth's seed-farm, at Philadelphia in 1784, the 

 industry had enlarged to 596 farms, with a total of 

 169,851 acres devoted exclusively to the business. The 

 ten years which have elapsed since the Census was taken 

 have seen large developments in the seed -growing busi- 

 ness. The acreage of the different seed -crops was as 

 follows : 



Acres 



Field Corn 16,322 



Bean ....".... 12,905 



Pea 7,971 



Squash 4,663 



Potato 4,102 



Onion 3,560 



Cabbage 1,268 



Turnip 885 



Carrot 569 



Parsnip 374 



Onion sets 

 Spinach . . 

 Pumpkin . 

 Parsley . . 

 Dandelion . 

 Rhubarb . 

 Endive . . 

 Collards . 

 Cauliflower 

 Corn -salad 

 Celeriac 



352 

 150 

 105 



75 



39% 



25 



16 



13 



11 

 IX 

 X 



Acres 

 Sweet Corn . . . .15,004 



Cucumber 10,219 



Muskmelon 5,149 



Tomato 4,356 



Watermelon 3,978 



Asparagus 1,437 



Beet 919 



Radish 662 



Lettuce . .* 486% 



Pepper 365 



Eggplant 252 



Kale 



Flower Seeds . 

 Celery . . . . 

 Salsify . . . . 

 Kohlrabi . . . 



Leek 



Okra 



Nasturtium . . 

 Cress . . 



105 

 81 

 71 

 26 

 19 



13 

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