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New Jersey CropMAP

Essex

Total population (1990 census): 778206
County seat: Newark

Extension office

CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Forages Farms Acres Yield
Tame Hay 1 D D
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Snap Beans 1 D  
Head Cabbage 1 D  
Cucumbers and Pickles 4 D  
Eggplant 6 6  
Herbs, Fresh Cut 3 D  
Sweet Peppers 7 15  
Pumpkins 3 9  
Sweet Corn 4 D  
Tomatoes 8 26  
Other Vegetables 1 D  
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 14 118950 9 980
Nursery, Floriculture Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 2 X D X
Floriculture Crops 13 107150 D 884
Bedding and Garden Plants 7 75550 D 697
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens 4 D 6 D
Potted Flowering Plants 7 21050 D 123
Nursery Crops 2 D D D
Vegetable and Flower Seed 3 11800 D D

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.