Citation Information
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Title
Truck Farming
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Author
Karen Nickless
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Keywords
William Geraty and Frank Towles began farming on Yonges and Wadmalaw Islands, where the soil and long growing season were ideal for truck crops, helped fill an agricultural niche in the lowcountry, Sea Islands may appear to be wilderness from the highway, on the back roads the cotton and rice fields have given way to fields of tomatoes, melons, and other truck crops,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/truck-farming/view/images
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Access Date
November 21, 2024
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Original Published Date
June 28, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 26, 2022
