Table 3. Horticultural Specialty Operations and Sales by Kind of Business and Value of Sales: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$50,000 
to $99,999 
$40,000 
to $49,999 
$25,000 
to $39,999 
$20,000 
to $24,999 
$10,000 
to $19,999 
All horticultural specialty operations 
operations 
3,709 
1,334 
2,796 
1,458 
4,203 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
261,655 
59,490 
88,385 
32,380 
59,489 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
116,407 
22,233 
33,534 
10,232 
18,510 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
145,247 
37,257 
54,851 
22,148 
40,978 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
1,076 
329 
709 
344 
848 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
76,149 
14,693 
22,405 
7,768 
12,313 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
16,364 
2,737 
4,308 
1,352 
2,073 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
59,786 
11,956 
18,098 
6,417 
10,239 
Potted herbaceous perennial plants 
operations 
150 
52 
142 
72 
178 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
10,004 
2,350 
4,504 
1,583 
2,624 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
2,960 
(D) 
867 
109 
444 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
7,045 
(D) 
3,637 
1,474 
2,180 
Potted flowering plants for indoor or patio 
use 
operations 
126 
38 
115 
40 
91 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
9,198 
1,679 
3,424 
884 
1,264 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
4,080 
572 
788 
211 
422 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
5,118 
1,107 
2,635 
672 
842 
Foliage plants for indoor or patio use 
operations 
74 
21 
56 
59 
41 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
5,597 
931 
1,701 
1,312 
594 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
4,602 
514 
1,326 
844 
375 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
995 
417 
375 
468 
219 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers 
operations 
213 
65 
121 
87 
244 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
14,713 
2,921 
3,822 
1,928 
3,432 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
9,463 
1,183 
1,904 
(D) 
1,583 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
5,251 
1,738 
1,918 
(D) 
1,848 
Cut cultivated greens 
operations 
55 
36 
15 
21 
73 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
3,922 
1,606 
443 
471 
944 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
3,474 
919 
(D) 
383 
673 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
448 
686 
(D) 
88 
271 
Nursery stock (see text) 
operations 
876 
336 
658 
309 
776 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
62,562 
15,017 
21,067 
6,819 
10,915 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
39,312 
7,888 
11,798 
2,992 
4,875 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
23,250 
7,130 
9,269 
3,827 
6,040 
Propagative horticultural materials, bareroot, 
and 
unfinished plants (see text) 
operations 
72 
11 
32 
7 
32 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
4,842 
510 
1,019 
157 
441 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
3,471 
190 
611 
68 
175 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
1,371 
320 
408 
89 
266 
Sod, sprigs, or plugs 
sold (see text) 
operations 
110 
7 
52 
14 
33 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
7,997 
300 
1,619 
312 
433 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
4,145 
(D) 
725 
(D) 
173 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
3,852 
(D) 
894 
(D) 
259 
Dried bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers .... 
operations 
21 
10 
9 
3 
18 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
1,488 
436 
267 
62 
283 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
280 
(D) 
52 
(D) 
69 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
1,208 
(D) 
215 
(D) 
214 
Food crops grown under protection 
operations 
191 
103 
212 
147 
551 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
13,516 
4,560 
6,859 
3,249 
7,992 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
7,830 
2,184 
3,036 
1,298 
2,903 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
5,687 
2,376 
3,824 
1,951 
5,089 
Transplants for commercial vegetable and 
strawberry production 
operations 
33 
7 
23 
10 
47 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
2,173 
314 
822 
224 
585 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
1,775 
(D) 
712 
141 
126 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
398 
(D) 
109 
83 
459 
Vegetable seeds 
operations 
51 
14 
29 
7 
9 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
3,681 
632 
882 
155 
136 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
3,225 
632 
490 
(D) 
(D) 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
456 
- 
392 
(D) 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
operations 
10 
2 
4 
3 
7 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
115 
68 
75 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
49 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
276 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
26 
Aquatic plants 
operations 
14 
7 
12 
8 
11 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
385 
182 
155 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
240 
97 
(D) 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
357 
158 
145 
86 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
operations 
429 
214 
471 
255 
1,033 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
29,703 
9,466 
14,613 
5,599 
14,316 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
11,764 
2,602 
5,212 
1,396 
3,809 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
17,939 
6,864 
9,401 
4,204 
10,507 
Other (see text) 
operations 
208 
82 
136 
72 
211 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
14,366 
3,675 
4,436 
1,607 
2,989 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
2,556 
1,000 
972 
317 
557 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
11,810 
2,675 
3,464 
1,290 
2,432 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 CHS - United States Data 5 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
