cultivated greens. These data were collected for and 
summarized only in the 2015 Commercial 
Floriculture publication and not in the census. 
Transplants for commercial vegetable and 
strawberry production. This item was named 
Transplants for commercial truck crop production on 
the 1998 census; data are comparable between the 
censuses. Data were collected for vegetable and 
strawberry plants sold for large-quantity commercial 
production outside of residential use. Vegetable 
plants that were sold for home gardens were 
summarized with annual bedding/garden plants. 
Strawberry plants for home use were summarized 
with nursery stock. 
Turfgrass sod, sprigs, and plugs. See Sod, sprigs, 
and plugs. 
Type of ownership. See Legal status for tax 
purposes. 
Unfinished plants or propagation materials. 
Unfinished plants (plants for further growing on) or 
propagation materials are grown or produced by 
specialty growers who sell them to other growers. 
These plants or materials include cuttings, liners, 
plug seedlings, tissue-cultured plantlets, and 
prefinished plants. 
Vegetable seed production. This item includes data 
for vegetable seeds produced outdoors or under 
glass. Potato and sweet corn seed production are not 
included. 
Wholesale sales. This represents the value received 
from selling horticultural specialty plants to other 
businesses and not directly to individual consumers. 
B - 10 Appendix B 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
