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Definition of Earliness

1. Noun. Quality of coming early or earlier in time.

Definition of Earliness

1. n. The state of being early or forward; promptness.

Definition of Earliness

1. Noun. The condition of being early ¹

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Definition of Earliness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earliness

Literary usage of Earliness

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

1. Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat by A. H. Reginald Buller, Buller, A. H. Reginald, 1874-1944 (1919)
"earliness and Storms The early ripening habit of Marquis is prized in Minnesota, ... earliness and Rust Another great advantage connected with earliness in ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"In each crop the figures are the average of between 20 and 30 plats and show that the difference was really in the earliness of the milos as compared with ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"... is generally fair, and, from its earliness, commands a high price in market. It is not as tender as Early Harvest, and bears shipping better. ..."

4. The Book of Market Gardening by R. Lewis Castle (1906)
"In our variable climate there must be a limit within which such earliness can be considered reasonably safe; it is useless incurring the cost of producing ..."

5. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"The method for cotton breeding for earliness and productiveness that has been worked out ... I have sought to get earliness and productiveness by selection, ..."

6. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"... which, as will be seen, is remarkable ; but the merit of this Strawberry consists in combining earliness and high quality with size and ..."

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