MARKETING LETTUCE 
Table 1. — Commercial acreage, yield per acre and production of lettuce in 10 
States, 1919-1924 
States 
Acreage 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Arizona- 
Acres 
270 
7,670 
190 
2,680 

840 
4,220 
540 
780 
220 
Acres 
520 
17, 880 
730 
3,500 
80 
980 
4,690 
500 
740 
730 
Acres 
630 
15, 340 
900 
3,060 
400 
1,070 
5,120 
760 
1,340 
1,080 
Acres 
1,480 
18, 140 
6,000 
3,140 
1,800 
1,380 
6,000 
1,180 
1,750 
1,080 
Acres 
2,900 
24, 700 
6,710 
3,780 
3, 150 
1,310 
7, 150 
1,230 
1,980 
2,000 
Acres 
4,800 
32, 780 
5,600 
Florida __ ■ ... _. .. . 
3,490 
Idaho 
1,420 
1,730 
6,450 
1,540 
South Carolina 
1,310 
1,400 
Total. 
17, 410 
30, 350 
29, 700 
41,950 
54, 910 
60, 520 
States 
Yield per acre 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Crates i 
273 
291 
274 
466 
Crates ' 
297 
301 
292 
470 
268 
208 
230 
308 
266 
286 
Crates ' 
287 
238 
315 
547 
292 
217 
257 
307 
300 
437 
Crates » 
333 
204 
210 
550 
198 
223 
200 
300 
225 
379 
Crates 1 
303 
264 
169 
360 
161 
213 
217 
260 
145 
327 
Crates i 
263 
215 
99 
350 
Idaho ._.__-___-. - __ - - 
157 
210 
200 
308 
294 
274 
213 
236 
225 
South Carolina 
Washington.. . ... - 
180 
263 
Average . ..... 
292 
305 
288 
246 
246 
217 
States 
Production (000 omitted) 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Crates i 
74 
2,232 
52 
1,249 
Crates 1 
154 
5,382 
213 
1,645 
21 
204 
1,079 
154 
197 
209 
Crates 1 
181 
3,649 
284 
1,674 
117 
232 
1,316 
233 
402 
472 
Crates i 
493 
3,710 
1,260 
1,727 
356 
308 
1,200 
354 
394 
409 
Crates » 
879 
6,519 
1,134 
1,361 
507 
279 
1,552 
320 
287 
654 
Crates l 
1,262 
California 
7,033 
554 
Florida 
1,222 
223 
New Jersey 
New York 
176 
844 
166 
229 
60 
368 
1,522 
346 
South Carolina ... _____ 
236 
368 
Total 
5,082 
9,258 
8,560 
10, 211 
13, 492 
13, 134 
i Crates of 3 dozen heads each. 
ARIZONA 
The Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma sections ship most of the lettuce 
produced in Arizona. The crop is grown under irrigation exclusively 
in this State. 
CALIFORNIA 
The four principal lettuce-producing districts in California are 
(1) the Imperial Valley, (2) Los Angeles County and adjacent ter- 
ritory, (3) Santa Barbara County, and (4) sections of the State 
from Salinas and Watsonville northward including the Sacramento 
Valley. 
