ANNAPOLIS, MD. Mary
land farmers had a big vegetable
patch in 1988: some 47,225 acres,
which were harvested for a total
production of almost 203,000 tons
of good eating things ranging
f ro m asparagus to zucchini.
However, the drought of 1988
made it tough on the state’s veget
able growers because they lost
1,209 acres of planted crops and
saw total production of vegetables
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Maryland Vegetable Acreages lip, Yields Down
slip by almost 20,000 tons from
the year before.
Per acre yields for most veget
ables such as sweet com, toma
toes, watermelons, snap beans,
cantaloupes, beets, cabbage, peas,
limas, peppers, strawberries and
turnips declined from 1987.
Increased per acre yields were
recorded for cucumbers, greens,
kale, pumpkins, and squash.
The majority of vegetable
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acreage grown in 1988 was for
fresh market vegetables: 29,350,
while acreage for processing
(canned and frozen) vegetables
was 18,175. Plantings for 1988
were up by 17 percent for process
ing vegetables and 4 percent for
fresh market vegetables.
According to Maryland Agri
cultural Statistics Service which
released the vegetable production
figures, the six leading vegetable
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crops by acreage were: Sweet com
-15,885, tomatoes - 5,200, water
melons - 4.730, cucumbers -
3,000, canteloupes - 2,800 and
snap beans - 1,905. '
To illustrate the impact of
drought on vegetable crops, the
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