Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 201 2 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 
65,488 
7 
5 
14 
169,650 
2007 
8 
70,420 
10 
11 
16 
471,760 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
3 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
10 
120,403 
2007 
12 
93,075 
9 
15 
21 
1,170,760 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
33 
1,371,537 
10 
(D) 
39 
25,305,317 
2007 
25 
1,718,468 
14 
241 
34 
19,128,281 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
409 
18,487,867 
414 
3,308 
640 
176,230,568 
2007 
547 
20,065,160 
497 
2,665 
828 
196,267,583 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
338 
13,888,547 
193 
714 
419 
109,626,470 
2007 
487 
15,547,899 
295 
1,099 
631 
138,943,748 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
27 
271,269 
153 
2,316 
173 
14,406,900 
2007 
27 
298,693 
167 
1,403 
183 
14,584,314 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
45 
898,005 
3 
3 
47 
3,931,183 
2007 
32 
329,438 
7 
5 
38 
3,090,196 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
120 
3,396,911 
81 
210 
170 
47,763,936 
2007 
161 
3,889,130 
79 
159 
210 
39,649,325 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
16 
33,135 
31 
65 
40 
502,079 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Flower seeds 
2012 
3 
(D) 
3 
2 
5 
(D) 
2007 
4 
8,100 
- 
- 
4 
30,300 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
2007 
5 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
67 
544,203 
(X) 
(X) 
67 
1,714,170 
2007 
48 
332,710 
(X) 
(X) 
47 
2,487,862 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
18 
4,746 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
12 
16,200 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
123,671 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
5 
10,965 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
5 
17,954 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
87,408 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
7 
31,891 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
90,034 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
6 
44,143 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
161,000 
10,000 or more square feet 
14 
418,304 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
923,965 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
8 
255,944 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
388,952 
40,000 or more square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
32 
275,410 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
932,495 
2007 
28 
162,305 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
1,186,498 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
44 
268,793 
(X) 
(X) 
44 
781,675 
2007 
26 
170,405 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
1,301,364 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
- 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
2007 
1 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
4 
1,206 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
2,700 
2007 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
142 
15,964,410 
679 
19,516 
714 
182,694,777 
2007 1 
150 
7,823,616 
916 
21,328 
967 
185,288,767 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
35 
6,139 
35 
18,993,314 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
40 
9,425 
40 
38,083,541 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
44 
8 
298,250 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
254 
4 
1,074,243 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
1,228 
8 
4,626,795 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
934 
3 
2,437,500 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
2,779 
6 
7,103,500 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
7 
26,550 
2 
(D) 
9 
19,632 
2007 
15 
42,300 
" 
15 
65,747 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
29 
310,148 
7 
31 
36 
827,033 
2007 
18 
97,950 
2 
(D) 
19 
386,850 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data New Jersey 33 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
