4/85Total acres in the United States occupied by shopping centers and malls: 59,129

National Research Bureau (Chicago)

    By vegetable gardens: 1,300,000

Gardens for All (Burlington, Vt.) and The Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.)

10/03Chance on any given day that the only “vegetables” served in a U.S. public school are potatoes: 1 in 2

USDA Food and Nutrition Service (Alexandria, Va.)

4/86Amount the average household spends on fresh vegetables each week: $1.74

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

7/93Average speed of Heinz ketchup, from the mouth of an upended bottle, in miles per year: 25

Heinz USA (Pittsburgh)

12/88Estimated cost of a partridge in a pear tree, retail: $39.95

Robert Christian, Provident National Bank (Philadelphia)