Table E. 1 la. Monthly distribution of tomato production by location and cropping system.
Cropping System/Location Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Single Tomatoes/Dade .007' .078 .201 .214 .368 .130 .002
Single Tomatoes/Palm Beach .065 .160 .170 .197 .212 .111 .085
Tom-Cuke/Palm Beach .164 .405 .431
Fall Tomatoes/West Cent. .363 .478 .159
Spring Tomatoes/West Cent. .053 .189 .758
Tom-Cuke/West Cent. .758 .242
Tom-Squash/West Cent. .758 .242
Tom-Melon/West Cent. .758 .242
Fall Tomatoes/Southwest .180 .451 .296 .073
Spring Tomatoes/Southwest .116 .351 .306 .227
Tom-Cuke/Southwest .194 .486 .320
Tom-Squash/Southwest .285 .715
Tomato-Melon/Southwest .194 .486 .320
Single Tomatoes/Mexico .037 .059 .161 .242 .237 .197 .067

'Figures are the percentage of total annual production harvested in a particular month expressed
as a decimal.

Source: Florida Tomato Committee (1993); Vegetable Summary (FASS, various issues).