truck garden
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a farm where vegetables are grown for market
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A truck garden is a small farm where fruits, vegetables, and flowers are grown for sale primarily to local markets or direct to consumers. The term truck refers to the old English term troque which means barter or trade, suggesting these gardens are meant for commercial production, not personal consumption.
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A market garden, a farm raising produce meant to be sold locally.
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