STANISLAUS COUNTY CROP REPORT - 1996
                          NURSERY CROPS
  
 

                    PRODUCTION                         VALUE                               
                     
                  YEAR  ACRE QUANTITY SOLD UNIT  PER UNIT   TOTAL

Deciduous Fruit & 1996   388  4,522,000    Plnt  $4.99    $22,565,000
Nut Trees/Vines   1995   610  7,109,000    Plnt   2.90     20,616,000

Ornamental Trees  1996          553,000    Plnt   5.57      3,080,000
 Trees & Shrubs   1995        1,090,000    Plnt   2.90      3,161,000
                          
Miscellaneous*    1996   748                                6,535,000
                  1995 1,030                                5,995,000
                          

Total             1996  1140                              $32,180,000
                  1995  1640                               29,793,000


* Miscellaneous includes:  Christmas Trees, Gypsophilia, Turf and 
  Vegetable Transplants.