grower

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In a Salinas-area Romaine field, the grower was already using detailed irrigation management strategies, applying only 10 inches of water per acre, but we were still able to reduce water use on the summer crop by 12 percent.

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  1. One who or that which grows or increases. The quickest grower of any kind of elm. Mortimer, Husbandry.
  2. One who grows, raises, or produces; a cultivator or producer: as, a hop-grower; a cattle-grower. In 1688, Mr. Gregory King … estimated the average price of wheat, in years of moderate plenty, to be to the grower 3s. 6d. the bushel. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, i. 11. The taxes on hops and saffron were the only excises ever in this country charged upon the grower of the thing taxed. S. Dowell, Taxes in England, II. 78.

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  • Harmon T HAVE A DATE By WILLIS WHITE Nature made a mistake when she made the date tree and science has had to step in and fix things up T HE date-grower is the only agriculturist who has to serve as match-maker for his crop. —  Amazing Stories November, 1942
  • One major problem for the grower is to protect his date crop from rain and the effects of a high humidity during the harvesting season. —  Amazing Stories November, 1942
  • People register their interest as a grower, a spotter —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • People register their interest as a grower, a spotter -- someone who has seen land in their area that may be suitable for growing -- or an owner. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • He can trace just about every ingredient in the Easter meal to a particular grower, a rarity in today's hyper-industrialized food system. —  azcentral.com | news
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