fruit ranch

noun

, Western U.S.

1. a farm where fruit is the main produce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruit ranch¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

My visit was to a fruit ranch entirely given over to the growth of prunes.

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Duncan had given her some kodaks of the fruit ranch in the Ventura mountains, which she displayed.

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"Lagunita Rancho" is the name of an immense fruit ranch in Vacaville—and, by the way, vaca is cow.

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Perhaps he has bought a nice little ranch—a fruit ranch, just like this, heh?

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There's a man clearing a lot of ground for a fruit ranch and putting up a smart frame house.

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