By the numbers

Fun facts about Long Island horticulture.

• $51.3 million - Amount Long Island residents spent on floricultural crops in 2001 (not including trees, shrubs, turf, and other landscaping).
  
  
• $185 million - Value of floriculture crops grown in New York in 2002.
  
  
• 24 million - Square feet of greenhouses growing floriculture crops in New York.
  
  
• 11,500 - Acres of vegetable crops grown on Long Island.
  
  
• $40 million - Value of vegetable crops grown on Long Island.
  
  
• 6,200 - Acres of nursery crops grown on Long Island.
  
  
• 1,500 - Acres of sod grown on Long Island
  
  
• 2,000 - Acres of grapes grown on Long Island, supporting more than 20 wineries.
  
  
• 3.5 million - Bottles of wine produced by Long Island wineries each year, worth more than $30 million.
  
  

Suffolk County is the leading agricultural county in New York (based on wholesale value of crops produced) and not other county is more diverse.