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Definition of Growing season
1. Noun. The season during which a crop grows best.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Growing Season
Literary usage of Growing season
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The soil should be thoroughly cultivated at least every ten to fifteen days during
the growing season till about August 15 to September 1. ..."
2. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"The historical record indicates that years with extreme low temperatures during
the growing season (eg, 1816) had average temperature reductions of less ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"growing season, 6 months and three days. Earliest fall frost, (average) October 26.
First bloom, June 25. The first bloom, which is probably the fairest ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... fine particles of fern root and chopped sphagnum gathered from the upland
meadows. Plenty of heat and moisture during the growing season are essential. ..."
5. The Corn Crops: A Discussion of Maize, Kafirs, and Sorghums as Grown in the by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1913)
"The growing season of corn nearly coincides with the last probable frost of ...
The growing season for corn would be, in general, 20 to 30 days less than ..."
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