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Mr. John Wells
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the acreage of horticultural crops grown in England and Wales in 1971 and 1981, with details of type of crop and area of horticultural glasshouses.
Mrs. Fenner
The information is as follows:
(area in hectares) | ||
1971 | 1981 | |
Total horticulture* | 264,427 | 236,146 |
of which: | ||
vegetables | 176,447 | 167,799 |
Orchard: commercial | 54,680 | 38,223 |
non-commercial | 4,750 | 2,131 |
Small fruit† | 12,665 | 14,122 |
Hardy nursery stock | 6,495 | 6,486 |
Bulbs and flowers | 7,561 | 5,255 |
Glasshouse‡ | 1,829 | 2,130 |
*excluding minor holdings | ||
† excluding area grown under orchard trees | ||
‡excluding holdings with an area of glass of less than 1,000 square metres. |
Source: MAFF June census.