Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
8 
18,300 
2 
(D) 
10 
105,734 
2007 
4 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
2 
(D) 
9 
2 
11 
(D) 
2007 
3 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
15 
217,462 
4 
5 
17 
(D) 
2007 
12 
314,720 
3 
3 
12 
4,299,800 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
416 
10,467,738 
335 
1,052 
599 
131,287,505 
2007 
336 
9,441,760 
219 
457 
447 
130,097,751 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
318 
7,825,948 
196 
429 
424 
103,951,924 
2007 
305 
6,876,742 
140 
297 
368 
101,066,748 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
33 
338,796 
107 
90 
124 
(D) 
2007 
14 
206,324 
51 
(D) 
63 
1,132,463 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
26 
164,986 
13 
48 
37 
(D) 
2007 
21 
85,050 
1 
(D) 
22 
1,731,808 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
111 
2,013,967 
59 
320 
160 
17,758,831 
2007 
100 
2,269,844 
44 
89 
132 
26,149,232 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
19 
124,041 
12 
166 
27 
1,419,064 
2007 
3 
3,800 
- 
3 
17,500 
Flower seeds 
2012 
3 
(D) 
7 
3 
10 
10,935 
2007 
- 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
22 
36,433 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
37,569 
2007 
4 
31,834 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
7,656 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
228 
898,592 
(X) 
(X) 
227 
6,009,105 
2007 
80 
475,394 
(X) 
(X) 
80 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
83 
36,760 
(X) 
(X) 
82 
188,735 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
42 
51,647 
(X) 
(X) 
42 
257,759 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
53 
122,969 
(X) 
(X) 
53 
532,426 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
23 
75,948 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
383,136 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
6 
30,516 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
123,689 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
8 
56,174 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
463,360 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
13 
524,578 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
4,060,000 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
7 
72,400 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
419,000 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
3 
87,178 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
334,500 
40,000 or more square feet 
3 
365,000 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
3,306,500 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
183 
390,834 
(X) 
(X) 
182 
2,177,384 
2007 
60 
222,742 
(X) 
(X) 
60 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
131 
507,758 
(X) 
(X) 
130 
3,831,721 
2007 
37 
252,652 
(X) 
(X) 
37 
5,756,252 
Mushrooms 
2012 
8 
10,800 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
26,000 
2007 
3 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
27 
240,157 
206 
4,933 
213 
100,792,910 
2007 1 
37 
724,212 
195 
4,245 
206 
115,607,170 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
1,357 
8 
6,106,160 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
1,485 
6 
6,946,473 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
15 
7,222 
20 
30 
35 
55,418 
2007 
1 
(D) 
4 
3 
5 
12,526 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
69 
109,428 
19 
59 
84 
764,642 
2007 
31 
76,451 
4 
1 
29 
204,401 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
32 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
