What is "market garden"

Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[=a]t, merk[=a]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march['e]. See Merit, and cf. Merchant, Mart.]

1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of buying and selling (as cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week; a farmers' market.

   He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs.
   --Shak.

   Three women and a goose make a market.
   --Old Saying.

2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.

   There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool.
   --John v. 2.

3. An opportunity for selling or buying anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods; there are none for sale on the market; the best price on the market.

   There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market.
   --J. S. Mill.

4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.

5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.

   What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed?
   --Shak.

6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.

7. A specified group of potential buyers, or a region in which goods may be sold; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, the under-30 market; the New Jersey market.

   Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like.

   Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

   Market bell, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.]
   --Shak.

   Market cross, a cross set up where a market is held.
   --Shak.

   Market garden, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market.

   Market gardening, the raising of vegetables for market.

   Market place, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held.

   Market town, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market.

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.

n. A garden in which vegetables are raised for market.

n. a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing

Market Garden can refer to:

• Market gardening
• Operation Market Garden