May 8, 2008

**FLORIDA**

**[Foliage Plants]{.smallcaps}**

Florida leads the Nation in sales of potted foliage for indoor use and
foliage hanging baskets with sales of \$462.5 million dollars during
2007, up 30 percent from the \$356.9 million sold in 2006 as this sector
strives to recuperate from the previous devastating hurricanes that hit
the State during the fall of 2004 and 2005. Foliage grower numbers
declined from 304 for 2006 to 298 for 2007 with several going out of
business due to economic considerations. Potted foliage sales accounted
for \$428.7 million of the 2007 total, while the sales of foliage
hanging baskets totaled nearly \$33.8 million. During the previous year,
potted foliage sales totaled \$326.2 million, while sales of hanging
baskets totaled \$30.7 million.

Florida's potted foliage growers reported a combined area in production
of 161,639,000 square feet during 2007, down from the 2006 revised
combined area of 162,648,000 square feet. Square footage utilized for
producing both hanging baskets and potted foliage was counted only once;
however, for those firms with some area used exclusively for hanging
baskets, the questionnaire design did not pick up that area. The 93
firms with sales of potted foliage totaling a million dollars or more in
2007 accounted for 84 percent of all sales or \$361,756,000. During
2006, 98 growers with foliage sales of a million or more accounted for
nearly 80 percent of all foliage sales, or \$261,541,000. Producers in
the million dollar sales or more class, used 111,887,000 square feet to
produce foliage plants during 2007 compared with 113,506,000 square feet
the previous year.

+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| **[Florida Crops     |          |          |          |            |
| Sum                  |          |          |          |            |
| mary]{.smallcaps}:** |          |          |          |            |
| Number of Firms and  |          |          |          |            |
| Value of Sales,      |          |          |          |            |
|                      |          |          |          |            |
| 2006-2007,           |          |          |          |            |
| **FLORIDA**          |          |          |          |            |
+======================+==========+==========+==========+============+
| Firms with           | Number   |          | W        |            |
|                      | of firms |          | holesale |            |
|                      | ^1/^     |          | value of |            |
|                      |          |          | all      |            |
|                      |          |          | sales    |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
|                      | 2006     | 2007     | 2006     | 2007       |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
|                      |          |          | *        |            |
|                      |          |          | Thousand |            |
|                      |          |          | dollars* |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| \$10,000 or more     | 832      | 754      | 804,854  | 914,556    |
| sales ^2/^           |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| \$100,000 or more    | 532      | 502      | 791,174  | 902,226    |
| sales ^3/^           |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Bedding/Garden       | 74       | 74       | 133,566  | 104,069    |
| Plants               |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Cut Cultivated       | 105      | 90       | 78,151   | 73,057     |
| Greens               |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Cut Flowers          | 13       | 10       | 16,939   | 13,698     |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Foliage Plants       | 304      | 298      | 356,863  | 462,448    |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Herbaceous           | 35       | 33       | 28,585   | 13,247     |
| Perennials           |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Potted Flowering     | 90       | 103      | 81,581   | 142,110    |
| Plants               |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Propagative          | 65       | 60       | 95,489   | 93,597     |
| Materials            |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| ^1/^ Sum of firms by |          |          |          |            |
| type of crop grown   |          |          |          |            |
| may exceed total     |          |          |          |            |
| because of           |          |          |          |            |
| operations producing |          |          |          |            |
| more than one type   |          |          |          |            |
| of plant.            |          |          |          |            |
|                      |          |          |          |            |
| ^2/^ Estimates by    |          |          |          |            |
| product not          |          |          |          |            |
| available. Sales for |          |          |          |            |
| growers below        |          |          |          |            |
| \$100,000 estimated  |          |          |          |            |
| by multiplying the   |          |          |          |            |
| number of firms in   |          |          |          |            |
| each sales category  |          |          |          |            |
| by the mid-point of  |          |          |          |            |
| each dollar value    |          |          |          |            |
| range.               |          |          |          |            |
|                      |          |          |          |            |
| ^3/^ Product sales   |          |          |          |            |
| may not add to total |          |          |          |            |
| due to rounding.     |          |          |          |            |
+----------------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+

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<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="21"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Floriculture Crops
Summary:</span></strong> Wholesale Value of All Sales by Plant
Category,</p>
<p>by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2006-2007</p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th colspan="2" rowspan="3">State</th>
<th colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>All Plant</p>
<p>Categories <sup>1/</sup></p></th>
<th colspan="12">Foliage Plants</th>
<th colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p>All Cut</p>
<p>Flowers</p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="4">All Foliage</th>
<th colspan="4">Potted <sup>2/</sup></th>
<th colspan="4">Hanging Baskets <sup>2/</sup></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th>2006</th>
<th colspan="3">2007</th>
<th colspan="2">2006</th>
<th colspan="2">2007</th>
<th colspan="2">2006</th>
<th colspan="2">2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th colspan="3">2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th colspan="2">2007</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="19"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">California</td>
<td>987,120</td>
<td colspan="3">991,396</td>
<td colspan="2">98,333</td>
<td colspan="2">104,014</td>
<td colspan="2">87,459</td>
<td colspan="2">92,430</td>
<td>10,874</td>
<td colspan="3">11,584</td>
<td>318,667</td>
<td colspan="2">320,036</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Florida</strong></td>
<td><strong>791,174</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>902,226</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>356,863</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>462,448</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>326,154</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>428,651</strong></td>
<td><strong>30,709</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>33,797</strong></td>
<td><strong>16,939</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>13,698</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">Hawaii</td>
<td>62,517</td>
<td colspan="3">63,022</td>
<td colspan="2">15,387</td>
<td colspan="2">16,833</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">16,702</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="3">131</td>
<td>16,908</td>
<td colspan="2">15,793</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Illinois</td>
<td>125,929</td>
<td colspan="3">115,813</td>
<td colspan="2">6,831</td>
<td colspan="2">2,556</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">2,086</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="3">470</td>
<td>552</td>
<td colspan="2">877</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">Maryland</td>
<td>87,610</td>
<td colspan="3">84,407</td>
<td colspan="2">815</td>
<td colspan="2">1,095</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="3"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>164</td>
<td colspan="2">114</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Michigan</td>
<td>364,132</td>
<td colspan="3">366,602</td>
<td colspan="2">4,504</td>
<td colspan="2">5,280</td>
<td colspan="2">3,002</td>
<td colspan="2">4,268</td>
<td>1,502</td>
<td colspan="3">1,012</td>
<td>6,608</td>
<td colspan="2">7,848</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">New Jersey</td>
<td>154,343</td>
<td colspan="3">153,662</td>
<td colspan="2">2,557</td>
<td colspan="2">1,738</td>
<td colspan="2">2,183</td>
<td colspan="2">1,458</td>
<td>374</td>
<td colspan="3">280</td>
<td>10,269</td>
<td colspan="2">10,360</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">New York</td>
<td>181,880</td>
<td colspan="3">177,137</td>
<td colspan="2">5,152</td>
<td colspan="2">3,333</td>
<td colspan="2">3,780</td>
<td colspan="2">2,606</td>
<td>1,372</td>
<td colspan="3">727</td>
<td>2,919</td>
<td colspan="2">4,167</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">North Carolina</td>
<td>203,154</td>
<td colspan="3">185,843</td>
<td colspan="2">6,476</td>
<td colspan="2">5,053</td>
<td colspan="2">3,193</td>
<td colspan="2">2,567</td>
<td>3,283</td>
<td colspan="3">2,486</td>
<td>4,396</td>
<td colspan="2">3,429</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Ohio</td>
<td>179,485</td>
<td colspan="3">187,201</td>
<td colspan="2">4,445</td>
<td colspan="2">4,149</td>
<td colspan="2">1,968</td>
<td colspan="2">1,634</td>
<td>2,477</td>
<td colspan="3">2,515</td>
<td>1,475</td>
<td colspan="2">1,524</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">Oregon</td>
<td>108,182</td>
<td colspan="3">119,850</td>
<td colspan="2">3,803</td>
<td colspan="2">3,684</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="3"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>10,405</td>
<td colspan="2">11,970</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Pennsylvania</td>
<td>146,641</td>
<td colspan="3">136,890</td>
<td colspan="2">4,204</td>
<td colspan="2">5,008</td>
<td colspan="2">2,975</td>
<td colspan="2">3,672</td>
<td>1,229</td>
<td colspan="3">1,336</td>
<td>1,880</td>
<td colspan="2">1,416</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">South Carolina</td>
<td>98,481</td>
<td colspan="3">91,091</td>
<td colspan="2">3,068</td>
<td colspan="2">360</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="3"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>293</td>
<td colspan="2">204</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Texas</td>
<td>256,489</td>
<td colspan="3">242,870</td>
<td colspan="2">13,448</td>
<td colspan="2">13,793</td>
<td colspan="2">7,596</td>
<td colspan="2">8,151</td>
<td>5,852</td>
<td colspan="3">5,642</td>
<td>745</td>
<td colspan="2">801</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">Washington</td>
<td>119,028</td>
<td colspan="3">123,648</td>
<td colspan="2">2,026</td>
<td colspan="2">237</td>
<td colspan="2">1,257</td>
<td colspan="2">85</td>
<td>769</td>
<td colspan="3">152</td>
<td>20,088</td>
<td colspan="2">23,786</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">15-State Other Sts</td>
<td>336</td>
<td colspan="3">111</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2">27,042</td>
<td colspan="2">3,941</td>
<td>2,862</td>
<td colspan="3">1,198</td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">Total</td>
<td>3,866,501</td>
<td colspan="3">3,941,769</td>
<td colspan="2">527,912</td>
<td colspan="2">629,581</td>
<td colspan="2">466,609</td>
<td colspan="2">568,251</td>
<td>61,303</td>
<td colspan="3">61,330</td>
<td>412,308</td>
<td colspan="2">415,659</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td rowspan="3">State</td>
<td colspan="8">All Bedding/Garden Plants</td>
<td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>Propagative</p>
<p>Floriculture</p>
<p>Material</p></td>
<td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>All Potted</p>
<p>Flowering Plants</p></td>
<td colspan="4" rowspan="2">Cut Cultivated Greens</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="4"><p>Annual Bedding/</p>
<p>Garden Plants</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>Herbaceous</p>
<p>Perennials</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="3">2006</td>
<td>2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td colspan="2">2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td colspan="2">2007</td>
<td colspan="3">2006</td>
<td>2007</td>
<td colspan="3">2006</td>
<td>2007</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td colspan="20"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>California</td>
<td colspan="3">224,914</td>
<td>221,655</td>
<td colspan="2">67,178</td>
<td colspan="2">62,596</td>
<td colspan="2">66,006</td>
<td colspan="2">67,757</td>
<td colspan="3">199,262</td>
<td>202,476</td>
<td colspan="3">12,760</td>
<td>12,862</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><strong>Florida</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>133,566</strong></td>
<td><strong>104,069</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>28,585</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>13,247</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>95,489</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>93,597</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>81,581</strong></td>
<td><strong>142,110</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>78,151</strong></td>
<td><strong>73,057</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Hawaii</td>
<td colspan="3">3,053</td>
<td>3,228</td>
<td colspan="2">462</td>
<td colspan="2">315</td>
<td colspan="2">3,294</td>
<td colspan="2">3,630</td>
<td colspan="3">22,729</td>
<td>22,546</td>
<td colspan="3">684</td>
<td>678</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Illinois</td>
<td colspan="3">47,809</td>
<td>42,451</td>
<td colspan="2">44,961</td>
<td colspan="2">46,883</td>
<td colspan="2">7,437</td>
<td colspan="2">4,708</td>
<td colspan="3">18,339</td>
<td>18,326</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>*</strong></td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Maryland</td>
<td colspan="3">54,323</td>
<td>53,859</td>
<td colspan="2">19,517</td>
<td colspan="2">18,860</td>
<td colspan="2">4,587</td>
<td colspan="2">3,620</td>
<td colspan="3">8,204</td>
<td>6,859</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Michigan</td>
<td colspan="3">191,857</td>
<td>193,314</td>
<td colspan="2">47,444</td>
<td colspan="2">45,868</td>
<td colspan="2">80,390</td>
<td colspan="2">79,210</td>
<td colspan="3">33,329</td>
<td>35,183</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>*</strong></td>
<td>263</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>New Jersey</td>
<td colspan="3">59,121</td>
<td>61,386</td>
<td colspan="2">42,201</td>
<td colspan="2">42,191</td>
<td colspan="2">11,143</td>
<td colspan="2">11,308</td>
<td colspan="3">29,052</td>
<td>26,679</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>*</strong></td>
<td><strong>*</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>New York</td>
<td colspan="3">80,756</td>
<td>81,540</td>
<td colspan="2">26,792</td>
<td colspan="2">28,635</td>
<td colspan="2">17,351</td>
<td colspan="2">18,313</td>
<td colspan="3">48,904</td>
<td>41,149</td>
<td colspan="3">6</td>
<td><strong>*</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>North Carolina</td>
<td colspan="3">117,335</td>
<td>102,871</td>
<td colspan="2">33,084</td>
<td colspan="2">37,647</td>
<td colspan="2">3,293</td>
<td colspan="2">2,653</td>
<td colspan="3">38,523</td>
<td>34,166</td>
<td colspan="3">47</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Ohio</td>
<td colspan="3">91,125</td>
<td>93,356</td>
<td colspan="2">41,855</td>
<td colspan="2">46,329</td>
<td colspan="2">18,317</td>
<td colspan="2">19,283</td>
<td colspan="3">22,268</td>
<td>22,560</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Oregon</td>
<td colspan="3">37,242</td>
<td>47,497</td>
<td colspan="2">15,751</td>
<td colspan="2">17,664</td>
<td colspan="2">10,939</td>
<td colspan="2">12,837</td>
<td colspan="3">25,488</td>
<td>21,563</td>
<td colspan="3">4,554</td>
<td>4,635</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pennsylvania</td>
<td colspan="3">62,539</td>
<td>46,564</td>
<td colspan="2">18,169</td>
<td colspan="2">16,512</td>
<td colspan="2">21,242</td>
<td colspan="2">23,099</td>
<td colspan="3">38,607</td>
<td>34,291</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td><strong>*</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>South Carolina</td>
<td colspan="3">12,440</td>
<td>11,939</td>
<td colspan="2">67,391</td>
<td colspan="2">65,585</td>
<td colspan="2">4,424</td>
<td colspan="2">2,764</td>
<td colspan="3">10,824</td>
<td>10,239</td>
<td colspan="3">41</td>
<td><strong>*</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Texas</td>
<td colspan="3">157,488</td>
<td>144,310</td>
<td colspan="2">33,168</td>
<td colspan="2">32,299</td>
<td colspan="2">14,019</td>
<td colspan="2">15,184</td>
<td colspan="3">36,592</td>
<td>35,667</td>
<td colspan="3">1,029</td>
<td>816</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Washington</td>
<td colspan="3">36,606</td>
<td>43,546</td>
<td colspan="2">26,533</td>
<td colspan="2">28,063</td>
<td colspan="2">26,017</td>
<td colspan="2">21,202</td>
<td colspan="3">7,758</td>
<td>6,814</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>15-State Other Sts</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="3">336</td>
<td>111</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Total</td>
<td colspan="3">1,310,174</td>
<td>1,261,585</td>
<td colspan="2">513,091</td>
<td colspan="2">502,693</td>
<td colspan="2">383,948</td>
<td colspan="2">379,165</td>
<td colspan="3">621,460</td>
<td>660,628</td>
<td colspan="3">97,608</td>
<td>92,458</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="21"><p><sup>1/</sup> State totals exclude plant category
values denoted by asterisks (<strong>*</strong>).</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Included in Other States to avoid disclosing data of
individual operations.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="11"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Potted Flowering
Plants</span></strong>: Number of Producers, Number of Pots, Quantity
Sold, and Value,</p>
<p>for Operations with $100,000 + Sales, 2006-2007,
<strong>FLORIDA</strong></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="2">Selected Crops</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of</p>
<p>producers</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of pots</p>
<p>less than 5 inches</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of pots</p>
<p>5 inches or more</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Total</p>
<p>quantity sold</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Value of all sales</p>
<p>at wholesale <sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Number</em></td>
<td colspan="6"><em>1,000 pots</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>African Violets</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>462</td>
<td>429</td>
<td>70</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>532</td>
<td>429</td>
<td>879</td>
<td>712</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Mums, Florist</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>9</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>1,199</td>
<td>1,712</td>
<td>1,199</td>
<td>1,712</td>
<td>3,715</td>
<td>4,905</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Orchids</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>2,124</td>
<td>2,591</td>
<td>2,634</td>
<td>2,659</td>
<td>4,758</td>
<td>5,250</td>
<td>37,248</td>
<td>41,917</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Poinsettias</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>835</td>
<td>12,450</td>
<td>2,234</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>3,069</td>
<td>12,450</td>
<td>11,331</td>
<td>36,503</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Roses, Florist</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>6</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>563</td>
<td>538</td>
<td>563</td>
<td>538</td>
<td>2,905</td>
<td>2,934</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Spring Flowering Bulbs</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>94</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>384</td>
<td>599</td>
<td>478</td>
<td>599</td>
<td>1,579</td>
<td>2,070</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Other Flowering Potted</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>45</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>3285</td>
<td>6,604</td>
<td>9,164</td>
<td>6,604</td>
<td>12,449</td>
<td>20,756</td>
<td>49,292</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="11"><p><sup>1/</sup> Equivalent wholesale value of all
sales.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Pot sizes have been combined into category with
greatest production to avoid disclosure of individual
operations.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<table style="width:100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 19%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="13"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Annual
Bedding/Garden Plants</span></strong>: Number of Producers, Quantity
Sold, Price, and Value,</p>
<p>for Operations with $100,000 + Sales, 2006-2007,
<strong>FLORIDA</strong> <sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="3">Selected Crops</th>
<th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Number of producers</th>
<th colspan="4">Quantity sold</th>
<th colspan="4">Wholesale price</th>
<th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Value of all sales at wholesale
<sup>2/</sup></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="2"><p>Less than</p>
<p>5 inches</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>5 inches</p>
<p>or more</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Less than</p>
<p>5 inches</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>5 inches</p>
<p>or more</p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Number</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>1,000 pots</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>Dollars</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Begonias</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>8,538</td>
<td>6,589</td>
<td>693</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>0.78</td>
<td>0.64</td>
<td>1.75</td>
<td>1.47</td>
<td>7,872</td>
<td>4,923</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Geraniums from Cuttings</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>847</td>
<td>771</td>
<td>1,698</td>
<td>1,214</td>
<td>0.84</td>
<td>0.81</td>
<td>2.29</td>
<td>2.45</td>
<td>4,600</td>
<td>3,599</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Impatiens</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>11,624</td>
<td>7,016</td>
<td>2,042</td>
<td>1,557</td>
<td>0.66</td>
<td>0.65</td>
<td>1.95</td>
<td>1.66</td>
<td>11,654</td>
<td>7,145</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Impatiens, New Guinea</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>702</td>
<td>604</td>
<td>2,099</td>
<td>1,173</td>
<td>1.26</td>
<td>1.30</td>
<td>2.27</td>
<td>2.22</td>
<td>5,649</td>
<td>3,389</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pansies/Violas</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>3,893</td>
<td>2,616</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>172</td>
<td>0.83</td>
<td>0.62</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>1.54</td>
<td>3,243</td>
<td>1,887</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Petunias</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>3,275</td>
<td>3,748</td>
<td>1,098</td>
<td>520</td>
<td>0.64</td>
<td>0.80</td>
<td>1.92</td>
<td>1.78</td>
<td>4,204</td>
<td>3,924</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Marigolds</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>3,111</td>
<td>2,999</td>
<td>467</td>
<td>358</td>
<td>0.62</td>
<td>0.64</td>
<td>1.77</td>
<td>1.49</td>
<td>2,755</td>
<td>2,453</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Vegetable Type Plants <sup>4/</sup></td>
<td>16</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>1,158</td>
<td>2,567</td>
<td>1,135</td>
<td>199</td>
<td>0.95</td>
<td>1.01</td>
<td>1.69</td>
<td>1.60</td>
<td>3,018</td>
<td>2,911</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<table style="width:100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 25%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th rowspan="2">Selected Crops</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of</p>
<p>producers</p></th>
<th rowspan="2">Unit</th>
<th colspan="2">Quantity sold</th>
<th colspan="2">Wholesale price</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Value of all sales</p>
<p>at wholesale <sup>2/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Number</em></td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 units</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Dollars</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Begonias</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>93</td>
<td>75</td>
<td>4.80</td>
<td>4.48</td>
<td>446</td>
<td>336</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Geraniums from Cuttings</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>145</td>
<td>93</td>
<td>4.96</td>
<td>6.05</td>
<td>719</td>
<td>563</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Impatiens</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>563</td>
<td>251</td>
<td>4.89</td>
<td>4.92</td>
<td>2,753</td>
<td>1,235</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Impatiens, New Guinea</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>156</td>
<td>4.89</td>
<td>5.11</td>
<td>817</td>
<td>797</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pansies/Violas</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>115</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>8.02</td>
<td>7.53</td>
<td>922</td>
<td>271</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Petunias</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>281</td>
<td>138</td>
<td>7.65</td>
<td>7.45</td>
<td>2,150</td>
<td>1,028</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Petunias</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>289</td>
<td>195</td>
<td>5.42</td>
<td>4.99</td>
<td>1,566</td>
<td>973</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Vegetable Type Plants <sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>5</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>178</td>
<td>9.34</td>
<td>9.31</td>
<td>1,560</td>
<td>1,657</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Other Flowering Baskets</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>564</td>
<td>608</td>
<td>6.21</td>
<td>6.20</td>
<td>3,502</td>
<td>3,770</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Other Flowering Flats</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>1,331</td>
<td>660</td>
<td>6.86</td>
<td>6.80</td>
<td>9,131</td>
<td>4,488</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Other Herbaceous Perennials <sup>3/ 5/</sup></td>
<td>27</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>Pots</td>
<td>7,965</td>
<td>4,682</td>
<td>2.79</td>
<td>2.33</td>
<td>20,581</td>
<td>10,900</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="10"><p><sup>1/</sup> Finished bedding/garden plants
purchased from others and resold are excluded.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Quantity and price combined into pot size with greatest
production to avoid disclosure of individual operations.</p>
<p><sup>4/</sup> For home garden use.</p>
<p><sup>5/</sup> Excludes Hostas and Hardy/Garden
Chrysanthemums.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

**[Cut Cultivated Greens]{.smallcaps}**:

Florida remains the Nation's leader in sales of cut cultivated greens
among the 15 States surveyed. Florida sales of all cut greens during
2007 totaled about \$73.1 million, 79 percent of the value for all cut
greens sold in the 15 States surveyed. The 2007 value was seven percent
below the 2006 value of \$78.1 million. Leatherleaf ferns represented
\$37.8 million of the 2007 total versus \$44.5 million in 2006. Growers
sold about 38.2 million Leatherleaf fern bunches in 2007 at an average
price of \$0.99 per bunch. The 2006 Leatherleaf price averaged to \$1.03
per bunch. Sales of other cut greens totaled \$35.2 million, up five
percent from the \$33.7 million sold in 2006. Pierson, Florida is the
heart of the "Fern Capital of the World". Growers in Pierson and the
surrounding areas of north central Florida grow a wide variety of ferns
and other greens.

+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| **[Cut           |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| Cultivated       |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| Greens           |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| ]{.smallcaps}**: |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| Producers,       |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| Quantity Sold,   |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| and Value for    |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| Operations with  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| \$100,000+,      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| 2006-2007        |        |       |       |       |       |       |
+==================+========+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+
| Selected States  | Number |       | Qua   |       | Value |       |
|                  | of     |       | ntity |       | of    |       |
| and crops        | pro    |       | sold  |       | all   |       |
|                  | ducers |       |       |       | sales |       |
|                  |        |       |       |       | ^1/^  |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|                  | 2006   | 2007  | 2006  | 2007  | 2006  | 2007  |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|                  | *N     |       | *     |       | *     |       |
|                  | umber* |       | 1,000 |       | 1,000 |       |
|                  |        |       | bun   |       | dol   |       |
|                  |        |       | ches* |       | lars* |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| [Flor            |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| ida]{.smallcaps} |        |       |       |       |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Leatherleaf      | 87     | 72    | 4     | 3     | 4     | 3     |
| Ferns            |        |       | 3,205 | 8,192 | 4,501 | 7,810 |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Other cut        | 93     | 82    | [^2   | [^2   | 3     | 3     |
| cultivated       |        |       | /^]{. | /^]{. | 3,650 | 5,247 |
| greens           |        |       | small | small |       |       |
|                  |        |       | caps} | caps} |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| [Other States    |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| ^                |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| 3/^]{.smallcaps} |        |       |       |       |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Leatherleaf      | 8      | 6     | 978   | 839   | 1,401 | 1,195 |
| Ferns            |        |       |       |       |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Other cut        | 81     | 72    | [^2   | [^2   | 1     | 1     |
| cultivated       |        |       | /^]{. | /^]{. | 8,056 | 8,206 |
| greens           |        |       | small | small |       |       |
|                  |        |       | caps} | caps} |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| [To              |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| tal]{.smallcaps} |        |       |       |       |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Leatherleaf      | 95     | 78    | 4     | 3     | 4     | 3     |
| Ferns            |        |       | 4,183 | 9,031 | 5,902 | 9,005 |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Other cut        | 174    | 154   | [^2   | [^2   | 5     | 5     |
| cultivated       |        |       | /^]{. | /^]{. | 1,706 | 3,453 |
| greens           |        |       | small | small |       |       |
|                  |        |       | caps} | caps} |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| ^1/^ Equivalent  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| wholesale value  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| of all sales.    |        |       |       |       |       |       |
|                  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| ^2/^ Bunches are |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| not comparable   |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| in this category |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| as units differ  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| depending on     |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| crop variety.    |        |       |       |       |       |       |
|                  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| ^3/^ Other       |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| States also      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| include: CA, HI, |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| ILL, MI, NJ, NY, |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| NC, OR, PA, SC,  |        |       |       |       |       |       |
| and TX.          |        |       |       |       |       |       |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| Numbers of Producers by    |                    |                    |
| Gross Value of Sales,      |                    |                    |
|                            |                    |                    |
| 2006-2007, **FLORIDA**     |                    |                    |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| Operations                 | Number of          |                    |
|                            | producers          |                    |
| with sales of              |                    |                    |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
|                            | 2006               | 2007               |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| > \$10,000 - \$19,999      | 57                 | 45                 |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| > \$20,000 - \$39,999      | 74                 | 56                 |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| > \$40,000 - \$49,999      | 38                 | 26                 |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| > \$50,000 - \$99,999      | 131                | 125                |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| > \$100,000 -\$499,999     | 275                | 249                |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| > \$500,000 or more        | 257                | 253                |
+----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+

<table style="width:100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 10%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="25"><p>Area Used for Production by Type of Cover for
Operations with Sales of $10,000+ and 100,000+,</p>
<p>2006-2007, <strong>FLORIDA</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>Operations with</p>
<p>sales of</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>Total number</p>
<p>of producers</p></td>
<td colspan="4">Glass greenhouses</td>
<td colspan="3"><p>Fiberglass,</p>
<p>Other rigid greenhouses</p></td>
<td colspan="5">Film plastic greenhouses</td>
<td colspan="4">Shade and temporary cover</td>
<td colspan="3">Open ground</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>2006</td>
<td colspan="3">2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td colspan="2">2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td>2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td colspan="3">2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td colspan="2">2007</td>
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td>2007</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="16"><em>1,000 square feet</em></td>
<td colspan="3"><em>Acres</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$10,000+</td>
<td colspan="3">832</td>
<td>754</td>
<td colspan="2">5,120</td>
<td colspan="2">4,038</td>
<td colspan="2">7,813</td>
<td colspan="3">7,562</td>
<td colspan="2">46,808</td>
<td>48,060</td>
<td colspan="2">287,446</td>
<td colspan="2">275,086</td>
<td colspan="2">8,344</td>
<td colspan="2">8,631</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$100,000+</td>
<td colspan="3">532</td>
<td>502</td>
<td colspan="2">5,030</td>
<td colspan="2">3,954</td>
<td colspan="2">7,299</td>
<td colspan="3">6,400</td>
<td colspan="2">44,839</td>
<td>45,240</td>
<td colspan="2">272,257</td>
<td colspan="2">254,020</td>
<td colspan="2">7,601</td>
<td colspan="2">7,940</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>