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 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2007 
3 
(D) 
3 
3 
5 
383,148 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
5 
76,930 
6 
5 
11 
241,942 
2007 
12 
153,415 
8 
8 
19 
(D) 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
30 
196,860 
11 
10 
39 
2,010,717 
2007 
10 
48,341 
2 
(D) 
12 
1,152,627 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
473 
7,662,434 
373 
1,051 
692 
95,118,625 
2007 
478 
8,302,646 
285 
907 
597 
117,748,643 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
431 
6,057,478 
166 
461 
507 
77,156,007 
2007 
424 
5,473,619 
194 
511 
503 
68,085,034 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
30 
285,013 
191 
370 
208 
4,094,649 
2007 
38 
468,432 
81 
(D) 
111 
4,001,834 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
36 
45,098 
3 
1 
38 
708,664 
2007 
30 
201,799 
3 
(D) 
31 
754,564 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
85 
1,020,987 
45 
105 
113 
12,007,864 
2007 
136 
2,070,211 
46 
286 
162 
44,781,951 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
12 
253,858 
17 
114 
24 
1,151,441 
2007 
5 
88,585 
3 
(D) 
7 
125,260 
Flower seeds 
2012 
6 
7,009 
11 
2 
17 
(D) 
2007 
6 
10,180 
1 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
18 
45,835 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
126,872 
2007 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
311 
1,236,778 
(X) 
(X) 
311 
12,491,098 
2007 
120 
577,141 
(X) 
(X) 
120 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
99 
46,472 
(X) 
(X) 
99 
154,187 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
47 
67,124 
(X) 
(X) 
47 
232,201 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
41 
90,216 
(X) 
(X) 
41 
404,384 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
28 
93,795 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
237,750 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
32 
143,313 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
775,194 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
32 
223,023 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
1,389,644 
10,000 or more square feet 
32 
572,835 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
9,297,738 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
25 
336,026 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
7,260,882 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
6 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
227 
744,199 
(X) 
(X) 
227 
4,178,915 
2007 
93 
412,744 
(X) 
(X) 
93 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
191 
492,579 
(X) 
(X) 
191 
8,312,183 
2007 
58 
164,397 
(X) 
(X) 
58 
2,255,185 
Mushrooms 
2012 
15 
416,106 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
238,312 
2007 
6 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
99,419 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
47 
311,282 
169 
1,558 
188 
31,749,930 
2007 1 
35 
247,335 
195 
1,856 
208 
40,603,603 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
607 
6 
2,053,208 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
(D) 
9 
3,535,052 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
2007 
3 
7,000 
- 
- 
3 
9,000 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
18 
20,432 
12 
2 
30 
83,106 
2007 
8 
5,837 
3 
(D) 
10 
8,805 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
88 
185,910 
24 
35 
105 
770,343 
2007 
38 
110,384 
6 
19 
44 
423,205 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Massachusetts 33 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
