market gardening

noun

mainly British the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale: Also called (in the US and Canada): truck farming, trucking

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How to use market gardening in a sentence

Many of the landes were cleared and converted into excellent pasturage, and on the coast market-gardening made great progress.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 | Various
market gardening forms the lucrative business of many thousands of people near our great cities.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
It is very probable that market gardening and fruit raising on these types would prove profitable.
History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia | James W. Head
Market-gardening must be the immediate source of support; and therefore this experiment is exactly in point.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher Stowe
His wife's health being very poor, he found it necessary to remain at home, and devoted himself to market gardening.
Precious Memories | Various

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