succession of crops

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noun

1. the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.

2. the successive cultivation of short-lived crops.

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Etymology

Origin of succession of crops

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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succession of crops

Sow sweet and garden peas and lettuces, for succession of crops, covering the ground with straw, &c.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Who talks of succession of crops, when twelve burdens of wheat, taken from the same soil in as many years, leave the ground black and ready for another yield of almost equal abundance?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various

A succession of crops must be maintained by annually sowing or planting new beds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

The mild, wet winter is the season of planting and growth, and so throughout the year there is a succession of crops.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

The time of maturity differs much in the different varieties; some belonging to the wood or alpine section produce a succession of crops throughout the summer.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles