12/87World rank of the Soviet Union’s annual cabbage crop: 1

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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.)

3/98Maximum ratio of curvature to length allowed a Grade 1 cucumber under the E.U.’s new produce regulations: 1:10

European Commission (N.Y.C)

10/93Portion of the US. pumpkin crop that is canned: 1/3

International Pumpkin Association (San Francisco)