Re: Sales of climbers

**jo ellen meyers sharp h*@sbcglobal.net**

Hi, Graham -- This item comes from GMPro Green e-mail, a weekly 
newsletter from Greenbeam. Don't know if they break out plants that 
climb, but they might.

jems

2005 floriculture crops value up 1%
The 2005 wholesale value of floriculture crops is up 1% from 2004, 
according to the 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=diitjvbab.0.6utvjvbab.v7a5g8n6.22921&p=http%3A%2F%2Fusda.mannlib.cornell.edu%2Freports%2Fnassr%2Fother%2Fzfc-bb%2F>Floriculture 
Crops 2005 Summary from USDA Nat'l Ag Statistics Service. Total crop 
value at wholesale for all growers with $10,000 or more in sales is 
estimated at $5.36 billion for 2005, compared with $5.28 billion for 
2004. For 2005, the top 5 producing states were Calif., Fla., Mich., 
Texas and N.Y., which account for $2.86 billion or 53% of the total 
value. The number of growers for 2005, at 10,563, is down 7% compared 
with the 2004 count of 11,385. Total covered area for floriculture 
crop production was 916 million sq. ft., 3% less than in 2004. 
Greenhouse space for 2005, at 550 million sq. ft., is down less than 
1% from 2004.

>I'm doing some research on climbers, and I wonder if anyone has any
>thoughts on where I can find statistics on the increase/decrease in
>sales of climbers across the country over recent years?
>Many thanks,
>
>Graham Rice
>Milford PA
>
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