Penn State University Libraries - Statistics and Federal Sites

Census of Horticultural Specialties
-- Provides detailed statistics on the size and structure of the horticulture industry for planning, policymaking, research, and market analysis.
-- Access for 1998
-- Access for 1988

National Agricultural Statistics Service
-- Provides current and historical statistics with tables on fruit and vegetable production and prices

USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS)
-- Organizes over 300 economic reports on agriculture.
-- Horticultural information is located under Specialty Agriculture.
-- Hosted by the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University

AGRICOLA (NAL Catalog)
All major horticultural publications and related agricultural materials are indexed.
The search engine is awkward and cumbersome to use.
Citations and abstracts are freely available to researchers worldwide
Produced by the National Agricultural Library of the USDA

Patent and Trademark Office
Plant patents may be granted to anyone who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced any distinct and new variety of plant.
Over 10,000 patents have been issued for plants and the majority are for horticultural specimens.
To limit the search to plant patents, use 6 as the application type.