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foreign production by the war and because of high 

 prices and patriotic propaganda, other states grew 

 more garden seeds and California's share in the total 

 production declined to about 20 per cent, but the 

 range of kinds of seeds produced and their values 

 show the variety and greatness of the industry : 



CALIFORNIA'S PRODUCTION OF GARDEN SEEDS IN 1919 



Production Valuation 



Crop Pounds 



Beans dwarf snap 1,006,000 



Beans garden pole 2,974,000 



Beet garden 1,568,000 



Beet mangel 502,650 



Beet sugar 826,800 



Cabbage 3,500 



Carrot 2,135,700 



Celery 62,650 



Cucumber 70,500 



Kale 4,800 



Lettuce 570,750 



Muskmelon 24,600 



Watermelon 34,000 



Onion seed 2,256,100 



Parsley 52,560 



Parsnip 225,000 



Peas garden 4,983,500 



Pepper 5,000 



Pumpkins 54,200 



Radish 2,068,000 



Salsify 82,000 



Spinach 329,600 



Squash summer 98,400 



Squash winter 256,500 



Sweet corn 145,200 



Tomato 149,000 



Turnip English 124,900 



Turnip Swede 7,700 



of Crop 



271,620 



1,115,250 



2,132,480 



389,553 



661,440 



22,855 



2,669,625 



318,262 



133,950 



9,792 



1,272,772 



33,210 



4,930 



7,625,618 



65,700 



337,500 



1,893,730 



28,250 



70,460 



3,722,400 



225,500 



411,500 



123,000 



359,100 



58,080 



685,400 



149,880 



10,934 



20,621,610 $24,802,791 



