truck-patch

Joe Scofield sowed the fields and truck-patch, -- sold the crops down in

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Various

Now, I'm a lone woman, an 'my chickens an' my truck-patch is my livin ', and _I ain't gwine to stan' no sich!

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

Oh, the sullen, sour-looking women that I sweetly smiled upon, and flattered into good humor, praising their homes, the cloth upon the loom, the truck-patch (often a mass of weeds), the tow-headed babies (whom I caressed and admired), never hinting at my object until the innocent victims offered of their own accord to "show me round."

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

As in Virginia, the slave was permitted to have a little "truck-patch" of half an acre or more, where he could raise any crop that he desired.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Various

But there was corn to be raised and fodder for the horses, and a truck-patch to be cleared near the house.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

But there was corn to be raised and fodder for the horses, and a truck-patch to be cleared near the house.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

But there was corn to be raised and fodder for the horses, and a truck-patch to be cleared near the house.

The Crossing 1904

Oh, the sullen, sour-looking women that I sweetly smiled upon, and flattered into good humor, praising their homes, the cloth upon the loom, the truck-patch (often a mass of weeds), the tow-headed babies

Memories Beers, Fannie A. 1888

Now, the understanding is that every part of the premises, every outdoor thing on the premises -- path, fence, truck-patch, stable, stable-yard, hen-yard, tennis or croquet-court -- everything is either a part of the garden or is so reasonably related to it that from whatever point one views the place he beholds a single satisfactory picture.

The Amateur Garden George Washington Cable 1884

The rank soil retained its quick fertility, as could be seen in the thrifty growth of peas, beets, radishes, and early potatoes, flourishing in the "truck-patch."

A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878