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show a selling-price of flower seeds ranging from 3 cents to 

 $50 per pound. It is therefore impossible to make an aver- 

 age price where there is such a vast difference, and the vari- 

 ous species and varieties are not given." 



The Census bulletin (No. 111) upon seed farms reports 

 a few general figures concerning the business, all of which are 

 tabulated below : 



FLOWER-SEED STATISTICS. 



Acreage in Cost offer- 

 State, flowers for tilizers per Cost of labor 



seed, 1890. acre. per acre. 



Massachusetts 7 $25.00 $50.00 



New York. . - 12 22.50 37-5° 



New Jersey 2 20.00 40.00 Flower 



Pennsylvania 10 29.00 100.00 seed in- 



Georgia 4 90.00 us ry * 



Florida 6 45. 00 



Ohio 4 5.00 



Iowa 20 12.00 



California 16 



Total 81 



