TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABSTRACT, FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................. i

MAP OF FLORIDA VEGETABLE PRODUCING AREAS............................ iv

DEFINITIONS ........................................................... v




 LIST OF TABLES



Table

1 Summary of estimated per acre costs and returns
 for selected Florida vegetables, 1981-82.................... 1

 2 SNAP BEANS: Costs and returns per acre in the Palm
 Beach-Broward area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82..... 2

 3 CABBAGE: Costs and returns per acre in the Hastings
 area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82................... 3

 4 CELERY: Costs and returns per acre in the Central
 Florida area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82.......... 4

 5 CELERY: Costs and returns per acre in the Everglades
 area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82................... 5

 6 SWEET CORN: Costs and returns per acre in the Central
 Florida area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82........... 6

 7 SWEET CORN: Costs and returns per acre in the Everglades
 area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82................... 7

 8 SWEET CORN: Costs and returns per acre in the lower
 East Coast area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82........ 8

 9 CUCUMBERS: Costs and returns per acre in the
 Immokalee-Lee area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82..... 9

10 EGGPLANT: Costs and returns per acre in the Palm Beach-
 Broward area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82........... 10

11 LEAF CROPS: Costs and returns per acre in the Central
 Florida area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82........... 11

12 LEAF CROPS: Costs and returns per acre in the Everglades
 area, 5-season average 1977-81 and 1981-82................... 12