Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Market-gardening; the growing of truck or vegetables for market, particularly on a rather large scale; trucking; truck-farming.
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Examples
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Agricultural ventures in truck-gardening and dewberry culture present interesting and profitable work, while the peach culture of the section is being expanded by men with means.
Drummond's Pictorial Atlas of North Carolina. Albert Y. Drummond 1924
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They take unproductive land and make it fertile soil for truck-gardening, and have increased the value of surrounding lands in Louisiana and other states by showing what can be done.
Aliens or Americans? 1895
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Just now the need is not so much for the common carpenters, brick masons, farmers, and laundry women as for industrial leaders who, in addition to their practical knowledge, can draw plans, make estimates, take contracts; those who understand the latest methods of truck-gardening and the science underlying practical agriculture; those who understand machinery to the extent that they can operate steam and electric laundries, so that our women can hold on to the laundry work in the South, that is so fast drifting into the hands of others in the large cities and towns.
The Future of the American Negro Booker T. Washington 1885
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