FORM 14-A0624(i) 
(11-07-2014) 
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
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INSTRUCTION SHEET 
UNITED STATES 2014 CENSUS OF HORTICULTURAL SPECIALITIES 
Who Should Report - A reply is required from everyone 
who received a questionnaire, including both persons who 
operated a horticultural operation in 2014 as well as those who 
were not involved in horticulture. Your report is due by 
February 5, 2015. More census information is on the Internet 
at www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/ 
If you were in business in 2014, complete the enclosed 
questionnaire and return it in the preaddressed envelope. 
If you had no land and no horticultural operations, return the 
report form with a note indicating your status on the front of 
the form below the address label. 
General -A horticultural establishment is an operation 
growing and selling horticultural crops (greenhouse crops, 
outdoor grown 11 ori cultural crops, nursery plants, sod, sprigs 
and plugs, greenhouse produced food crops, vegetable and 
flower seeds, Christmas trees, unfinished plants or propagation 
materials, and other horticultural crops) during 2014. 
Operations producing food crops, grown in the open are not 
considered horticultural establishments. 
Refer to the instructions below 7 for completing your 
questionnaire. The enclosed census questionnaire was mailed 
to producers and growers throughout the United States. Because 
the questionnaire is meant for use in all parts of the country, 
it may contain items and inquiries which do not apply to you. 
In this case, mark the “No” or “None” box and go on to the 
next item or section. 
If you did not operate a horticultural operation, go to Section 
28 and complete the questionnaire. If you had less than $1 0,000 
in sales, or your facilities were idle in 2014, go to Section 23 
and complete the remainder of the questionnaire. 
If you owned a horticultural facility in 2014 that was idle 
and NOT rented out, you should complete and return the 
report form. 
Partial Year Operations - If you stopped operating during 
2014, complete the questionnaire for the portion of the year 
that you did operate. Write “Stopped operating during 2014” 
and the date you stopped operating below the address area. 
Mail the completed report form in the return envelope. 
Involved In More Than One Operation - If you made 
decisions for more than one horticultural operation, you should 
have received a report form for each operation. Provide 
information for each operation on a separate form. To obtain 
additional report forms, please call the toll-free help line at 
1-888-424-7828. 
Received More Than One Questionnaire For the Same 
Operation - If you received more than one report form for the 
same operation, complete only ONEform per operation. Write 
"Duplicate" below the address area of each extra form. Return 
all forms in the same return envelope w ith your completed form 
so that we can correct our records. 
Have a Partnership Operation -Complete only ONE 
questionnaire for a partnership operation, including all partners’ 
shares on the same questionnaire. If two or more questionnaires 
were received for the partnership, see instruction on “If You 
Received More than One Questionnaire” above. 
How to Enter Your Reponses on the Questionnaire - Use 
BLUE or BLACK INK only. Please enter your answers in 
the proper spaces and in the units requested, i.e. dollars, pot 
size, pounds, etc. Write any explanations outside the answer 
spaces or on a separate sheet of paper. Enter whole numbers 
unless tenths acres are requested, such as reporting acres of 
flower seeds in Section 15. If you have A of an acre, convert 
to the nearest tenths. For example, convert 'A to 5/10 and enter 
.5 in the space provided. 
If you do not have exact figures, please give your best estimates. 
You may indicate “EST.” (for estimated) beside the answer. 
For all dollar items, we need only whole dollars; cents are not 
required. 
COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE 
The units of measure on the questionnaire are those most 
commonly used throughout the country. If you used a different 
unit of measure, convert your figure to the unit requested. 
When reporting value of sales, do not include crops bought for 
resale without additional growing. Do not report sales of 
non-crop garden center items, i.e. chemicals, fertilizers, etc. 
Report retail sales and wholesale sales for those crops grown 
on this operation and sold directly from this operation. Report 
only the wholesale value of any crops sold to a retail outlet 
that was not on this operation or if the retail outlet was 
considered a separate business establishment. Estimates are 
acceptable if exact figures are not available. 
To Report Plants in Sections 1-6; 9 & 17 - In each of these 
sections, report any of the plants which you grew that are listed 
in that section. For plants which are not prelisted: 
1. Find the plant name and the corresponding code number 
from the list in that section. 
2. Enter the plant name and code in the space provided for 
that item. 
3. Enter the information requested in each column. In Sections 
2, 3, 4, and 5 enter the information on the proper line for 
each type of container. 
4. If additional space is needed, use a separate sheet of paper. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Appendix B B - 39 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
