APPENDIX TABLE


7.--UNITED STATES PER CAPITAL CONSUMPTION OF SELECTED
VEGETABLES (FARM HEIGHT BASIS), 1946-60


 Vegetables
Year Lettuce and Corn Celery Total
 Escarole Vegetables
 Pounds per Capita

1946 19.3 7.7 9.1 129.9
1947 19.4 7.7 7.9 122.4
1948 18.7 8.7 8.5 123.0
1949 17.9 7.6 8.2 115.8
1950 18.6 7.7 8.4 114.6
1951 18.5 7.6 8.8 111.6
1952 19.8 7.8 8.6 111.0
1953 19.6 7.8 8.6 108.3
1954 19.5 8.5 8.7 107.3
1955 19.9 8.3 8.6 104.6
1956 20.4 8.2 8.5 106.9
1957 19.6 7.8 8.1 104.6
1958 18.8 8.3 7.6 102.1
1959 18.4 8.3 7.9 100.4
1960 18.5 8.1 7.8 100.6


Source: USDA, AMS, "Consumption of Food in the United States, 1909-52,"
 Agricultural Handbook No. 62, September 1953 and Supplements for
 1957 and 1960.











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