asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the estimated acreage and tonnage of vegetables grown and harvested in the 1978 and 1979 seasons and the percentage of each vegetable crop frozen and canned in each of those seasons.
Information is not available in the form requested. The following table shows tonnages marketed during each of the last two calendar years and the approximate proportions which went for processing in 1978—data for 1979 are not yet available. This depends on estimating the original fresh weights from the processed weights. These figures can therefore only be taken as a broad guide to relative magnitudes and year-to-year changes in these percentages cannot be measured with any accuracy.
VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM | |||||||
1978
| 1979 (estimated)
| 1978 Approximate percentages of output processed
| |||||
Cropped areas (Hectares)
| Output marketed ('000 tonnes)
| Cropped areas (Hectares)
| Output marketed ('000 tonnes)
| Frozen
| Canned
| Other *
| |
IN THE OPEN | |||||||
Beetroot | 3,339 | 93 | 3,225 | 109 | — | 4 | 38 |
Carrots | 18,128 | 677 | 15,445 | 578 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
Parsnips | 3,513 | 63 | 3,517 | 65 | — | — | — |
Turnips and Swedes | 5,509 | 202 | 5,189 | 162 | — | — | — |
Onions Dry Bulb | 8,585 | 219 | 8,446 | 264 | — | — | 7 |
Onions Green | 1,851 | 24 | 1,781 | 22 | — | — | — |
Total roots and onions | 40,925 | — | 37,603 | — | — | — | — |
Brussels Sprouts | 14,259 | 201 | 13,775 | 180 | 13 | — | — |
Cabbage | 26,668 | 651 | 27,091 | 552 | — | — | 1 |
Cauliflower | 14,965 | 282 | 15,038 | 185 | 5 | — | 6 |
Total brassicas | 55,892 | — | 55,904 | — | — | — | — |
Peas, Harvested Dry | 38,247 | 83† | 38,630 | 80† | — | — | 100 |
Beans, Broad | 4,858 | 48 | 4,639 | 42 | 36 | 41 | — |
Beans, Runner and French | 12,553 | 101 | 12,307 | 108 | 35 | 22 | — |
Peas, Green for Market | 3,934 | 33 | 3,980 | 31 | — | — | — |
Peas, Green for Processing | 48,300 | 190† | 49,075 | 221† | 60 | 30 | 10 |
Total other legumes | 69,645 | — | 70,001 | — | — | — | — |
Asparagus | 356 | 1 | 353 | 1 | — | — | 40 |
Celery | 1,574 | 59 | 1,597 | 62 | — | 4 | 2 |
Leeks | 1,747 | 37 | 1,791 | 30 | — | — | — |
Lettuce | 6,670 | 112 | 6,048 | 112 | — | — | — |
Rhubarb | 1,005 | 40 | 1,108 | 35 | 4 | 30 | — |
Watercress | 117 | 4 | 99 | 4 | — | — | — |
Others | 9,042 | 166 | 8,751 | 168 | — | — | — |
Total other vegetables | 20,511 | — | 19,747 | — | — | — | — |
Total in the Open | 225,220 | — | 221,885 | — | — | — | — |
1978
| 1979 (estimated)
| 1978 Approximate percentages of output processed
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Cropped areas (Hectares)
| Output marketed ('000 tonnes)
| Cropped Output areas (Hectares)
| Output marketed ('000 tonnes)
| Frozen
| Canned
| Other*
| |
PROTECTED CROPS | |||||||
Tomatoes | 976 | 133 | 161 | 134 | — | — | — |
Cucumbers | 243 | 56 | 231 | 54 | — | — | — |
Lettuce | 1,339 | 38 | 1,272 | 35 | — | — | — |
Mushrooms | 356 | 51 | 359 | 52 | — | 18 | |
Others | 333 | 13 | 335 | 13 | — | — | — |
Total protected crops | 3,247 | — | 3,158 | — | — | — | — |
TOTAL VEGETABLES | 228,467 | — | 225,043 | — | — | — | — |
* Soups, pickles, etc. | |||||||
† Shelled weight. |
Notes: Cropped areas are classified according to the year in which harvesting commenced. Output figures comprise tonnages harvested and marketed during that year and any marketing from store of the previous year's crop.