market garden
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market garden
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A garden in which vegetables are grown for sale in a market.
market gardener market gardener n.
market gardening market gardening n.
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market gardening
The intensive production of fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
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market gardening
market gardening, cultivation, on suburban land of high value, of vegetables and flowers for the supply of nearby cities. Heavy fertilizing and the planting of successive crops are employed to obtain continuous returns from the acreage. Sales are to greengrocers and florists, principally through commission agents. See truck farming.
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See R. Webber, Market Gardening (1972).
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- Business and Science of Agriculture - market garden: farm on which vegetables are grown for market in local industrial areas; truck farm (Britain)
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