Definition of Market garden

1. Noun. A garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing.

Generic synonyms: Garden

Definition of Market garden

1. Noun. A garden in which vegetables are raised for market. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Market Garden

market analysis
market analyst
market anarchy
market basket
market bell
market capitalisation
market capitalization
market capitalizations
market cross
market day
market discipline
market economy
market forces
market foreclosure
market foreclosures
market garden
market gardening
market gardens
market jitters
market keeper
market letter
market maker
market opening
market order
market orders
market penetration
market price
market prices
market research
market risk

Literary usage of Market garden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scots Law Times by Scotland Land Court (1893)
"The number of permanent workers and the rate of wages paid per aere indicate an agricultural holding rather than a market garden, and the same may be said ..."

2. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"market garden. — A market-gardener and nurseryman occupied a piece of land upon which ... But " that case merely shows that a market garden, prima facie, ..."

3. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"It is grown as a market-garden crop, as a truck crop, and as a general farm crop. It is handled in many ways, being grown as an early spring crop, ..."

4. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"The market-garden of Fanfan ^Cantin, Grand Rue de Reuilly, is small in extent, ... The market-garden of M. Marie, in the Rue de Charron, Cul de Sac Delaunay ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"When grown as a market-garden or truck crop, this early seeding is essential to ... Early carrots are an important crop on the market-garden and truck-farm. ..."

6. List of Books for Girls and Women and Their Clubs by American Library Association (1895)
"THE FARM : ORCHARD, KITCHEN AND market garden : DAIRY : POULTRY : BEE KEEPING : FLOWER GARDEN : LANDSCAPE GARDENING : BY LH BAILEY, ..."

7. Fertilizers: The Source, Character and Composition of Natural, Home-made and by Edward Burnett Voorhees (1898)
"Market-garden crops may, however, be grouped according to similarity, both in character and object of growth, and each group fertilized in a similar manner, ..."

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