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 





Acres 



Field Corn . . 



. . . 16,322 



Sweet Corn . . 



. . 15,004 



Bean 



. . . 12,905 



Cucumber . . . 



. . 10,219 



Pea 



. . . 7,971 



Muskmelon . . . 



. . 5,149 



Squash .... 



. . . 4,663 



Tomato 



. . 4,356 



Potato .... 



. . . 4,102 



Watermelon . . 



. . 3,978 



Onion .... 



. . . 3,560 



Asparagus . . . 



, , 1,437 





. . . 1,268 



Beet 



. . 919 



Turnip .... 



. . . 885 



Radish 



. . 662 



Carrot .... 



. . . 569 





. . 486X 



Parsnip .... 



. . . 374 



Pepper 



. . 365 



Onion sets . . 



352 



Eggplant . . . . 



252 



Spinach .... 



. . . 150 



Kale 



. . 105 



Pumpkin . 



. . . 105 



Flower Seeds . . 



. . 81 



Parsley .... 



. , , 75 





71 





. . . 39% 



Salsify 



. . 26 



Rhubarb . . . 



. . . 25 



Kohlrabi . . . . 



. . 19 





. . . 16 



Leek 



. . 13X 



Collards . . . 



. . . 13 



Okra 



. . 13 



Cauliflower . . 



11 





. , 2 



Corn- salad . . 



1% 





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