What is "garden truck"

Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]

1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. Garden balsam, an ornamental plant ( Impatiens Balsamina). Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. Garden glass.

   1. A bell glass for covering plants.

   2. A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. Garden house

      1. A summer house.
         --Beau. & Fl.

      2. A privy. [Southern U.S.]

         Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.

         Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden.
         --Mortimer.

         Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls.
         --Knight.

         Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.

         Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.

         Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.

         Garden pot, a watering pot.

         Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.

         Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.

         Garden spider, (Zo["o]l.), the diadem spider ( Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and Americ

         1. It spins a geometrical we

         2. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.

            Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.

            Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]

            Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, et

         3. Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]

            Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.]
            --Mortimer.

            Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.

            Hanging garden. See under Hanging.

            Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.

            Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.

Truck \Truck\, n. [Cf. F. troc.]

1. Exchange of commodities; barter.
   --Hakluyt.

2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]

3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.

   Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U. S.]

   Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]

n. fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries]