nurseryman
Americannoun
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nurserymen
plural
noun
Gender
See -man.
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Origin of nurseryman
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Jan. 28 Native Plant Maintenance Basics, a walk and talk with Theodore Payne Foundation nurseryman Erik Blank at 10459 Tuxford St. in Sun Valley, from 9 to 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
In that same year, Markus Kobelt — a nurseryman in Buchs, Switzerland — developed his acclaimed Redlove apples after cross-pollinating red-fleshed varieties with Royal Gala and Braeburn apples.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
Vancouver, B.C., nurseryman Thomas Hobbs is the anomaly: an obsessed gardener from a nongardening family.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
The Michigan-based nurseryman preaches the urgency of restoring the Earth’s decimated forests.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2016
Barry was dedicated in 1869, by E. S. Rogers, who originated it, to Patrick Barry, distinguished nurseryman and pomologist.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
The 20th century brought with it industrial production of poinsettias amid crafty horticulture and Hollywood marketing by father-son nurserymen at the Ecke Ranch in Southern California.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
But pioneering Florida nurserymen preferred his grapefruit to more convenient varieties, and understandably: Bracing and complex, simultaneously sweet and tart, they taste — at least to anyone with a memory — like grapefruit.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017
Attuned to the delicate harmonies of whispering poplars, 200 Eastern nurserymen watched with surprise the robust entertainment devised by hospitable Denver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Charles Poucher, director of the state's canker project: "It causes an extreme hardship on nurserymen, but it had to be done because we can't live with citrus canker."
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years later seeds were received by Messrs. Lawson, the Edinburgh nurserymen, from Mr. William Murray, and from these seeds were raised the first young trees of this species sent out by the firm.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Edward Step
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