Form QID 2009 Census of Horticultural Specialties

Project XXX QID XXXXX		OMB No.0535-0236 Approval Expires 12/31/2010
	2009 Census of Horticultural Specialties					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				National Agricultural Statistics Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. (202) 690-8768 Fax: (202) 690-8750 Email: [email protected]
			Information requested in this survey is used in preparation of the 2009 Census of Horticultural Specialties. Information about your operation is confidential and used only in combination with similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary.

1. During 2009, did (or will) this operation PRODUCE any:
xxxx Cut flowers					xxxx Sod, Sprigs, and Plugs
xxxx Potted flowering plants for indoor or patio use					xxxx Short rotation woody crops (trees with growth cycles of less than 10 years)
xxxx Potted herbaceous perennials					xxxx Aquatic plants
xxxx Annual bedding/garden plants					xxxx Vegetable seeds
xxxx Foliage plants for indoor or patio use					xxxx Flower seeds
xxxx Cut cultivated greens					xxxx Dried bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers
xxxx Food crops grown under protection					xxxx Propagative materials, bareroot and unfinished plants
xxxx Cut Christmas trees					xxxx Transplants for commercial vegetable and strawberry production.
xxxx Nursery stock – ornamentals, shrubs, shade trees, live Christmas trees, fruit and nut trees, vines, palms, ornamental grasses. etc.					xxxx Tobacco transplants
					xxxx None – please return this form in the enclosed envelope.
2. Did (or will) this operation sell $10,000 or more of these horticultural crops in 2009?
xxxx 1 YES 3 NO
3. Was the operation (listed on the label) in business before September 1, 2007?
xxxx 1 YES 3 NO

Thank you for your response.

Please return this form in the enclosed, postage-paid envelope

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