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Approximate Yields

Approximate Yield for Selected Vegetable Crops

Crops Pounds (or units) per 15 foot row
asparagus 4-5
bean, lima (bush) 4
bean, snap (bush) 15
beets 40 (2 rows on raised bed)
broccoli 11
carrot 40 (2 rows on raised bed)
cabbage 22
cauliflower 15
chard 11
corn 18 ears
cucumber, slicing 40 (2 rows on raised bed)
cucumber, pickling 27
garlic 6
eggplant 15
kohlrabi 11 (2 rows on raised bed)
lettuce, head 15 heads (2 rows on raised bed)
lettuce, leaf 15 (2 rows on raised bed)
muskmelon 15 melons
mustard greens 22 (2 rows on raised bed)
okra 16
onion, bulb 34 (2 rows on raised bed)
pea 3
pepper, bell 20
potato, sweet 30
potato, white 36
spinach 20 (2 rows on raised bed)
squash, summer 52
squash, winter 45
tomato 42
turnip 27

Source: California Master Gardener Handbook, Table 13.4, Adapted from Vegetable Gardening Illustrated 1994.