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 
4 
26,400 
10 
25 
12 
614,143 
2007 
14 
12,543 
12 
24 
25 
2,591,626 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
10 
28,450 
15 
37 
24 
193,510 
2007 
13 
29,075 
18 
22 
28 
177,184 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
50 
1,478,361 
20 
165 
64 
19,102,883 
2007 
39 
431,874 
4 
2 
40 
4,446,591 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
1,124 
24,214,727 
717 
1,502 
1,449 
211,375,256 
2007 
1,070 
25,430,297 
584 
1,597 
1,334 
225,918,639 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
968 
19,582,582 
380 
618 
1,098 
165,609,580 
2007 
955 
18,383,973 
379 
855 
1,127 
187,587,157 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
89 
415,502 
263 
600 
315 
4,822,093 
2007 
70 
336,219 
178 
470 
223 
5,605,995 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
81 
860,434 
10 
13 
87 
5,299,147 
2007 
79 
309,470 
8 
5 
83 
1,944,038 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
223 
3,162,632 
111 
194 
301 
33,433,544 
2007 
302 
6,217,704 
88 
239 
358 
30,118,764 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
23 
193,577 
50 
78 
67 
2,210,892 
2007 
17 
182,931 
6 
29 
20 
662,685 
Flower seeds 
2012 
14 
12,323 
7 
4 
21 
41,248 
2007 
11 
6,561 
12 
15 
21 
79,088 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
37 
274,423 
(X) 
(X) 
37 
446,390 
2007 
8 
25,965 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
435 
5,022,961 
(X) 
(X) 
433 
27,421,938 
2007 
201 
3,039,549 
(X) 
(X) 
201 
17,706,164 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
118 
48,163 
(X) 
(X) 
118 
411,082 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
94 
132,910 
(X) 
(X) 
94 
508,656 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
69 
165,723 
(X) 
(X) 
69 
931,575 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
43 
138,670 
(X) 
(X) 
41 
739,507 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
30 
144,856 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
570,377 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
30 
212,316 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
1,469,764 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
51 
4,180,323 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
22,790,977 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
33 
430,152 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
2,959,877 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
9 
186,020 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
747,440 
40,000 or more square feet 
9 
3,564,151 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
19,083,660 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
299 
3,591,783 
(X) 
(X) 
299 
19,449,589 
2007 
145 
2,766,251 
(X) 
(X) 
145 
15,448,816 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
105 
46,124 
(X) 
(X) 
105 
318,000 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
50 
68,586 
(X) 
(X) 
50 
393,385 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
47 
113,997 
(X) 
(X) 
47 
761,020 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
38 
120,930 
(X) 
(X) 
38 
702,803 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
28 
134,646 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
652,118 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
18 
130,360 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
486,525 
10,000 or more square feet 
13 
2,977,140 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
16,135,738 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
283 
1,431,178 
(X) 
(X) 
281 
7,972,349 
2007 
94 
273,298 
(X) 
(X) 
94 
2,257,348 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
- 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
2007 
2 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
34 
1,199,865 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
1,628,080 
2007 
12 
69,517 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
238,021 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
126 
1,296,200 
565 
15,836 
616 
138,727,418 
2007 1 
84 
906,523 
646 
14,638 
694 
101,095,581 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
4,633 
20 
13,726,503 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
7,508 
21 
33,260,593 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
31 
4 
231,617 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
90 
4 
412,500 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
237 
3 
742,248 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
400 
3 
774,428 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
33 
38,081 
36 
211 
65 
856,848 
2007 
15 
19,628 
24 
186 
37 
323,756 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
134 
476,843 
24 
71 
149 
1,474,942 
2007 
98 
469,420 
14 
14 
105 
1,365,155 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
36 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
