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