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1822 Times 17 June 3/1 (advt.) Its retired and at the same time central situation..may suit a ship and insurance or a produce broker, being in the immediate line of the Exchange and Custom-house.

1826 Times 26 Apr. 3/2 The produce market in Mincing-lane.

1841 in C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 (advt.) Produce, Forwarding, and Commission Merchants.

1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 161 B. F. Rugg, who was then engaged in the produce trade,..undertook to carry out a plan for controlling the Boston butter market.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Oct. 6/2 Instead of the £500 being paid money down, it should be £500 of tithe money, or rather £500 of produce money, so that it should represent very much the same quantity of stuff.

1899 Scribner's Mag. 25 55/2 A Missourian, in the produce business.

1909 Daily Chron. 19 May 3/3 An industrious hard-working young man, starting as a produce dealer in a small way in the disturbed epoch of the Civil War, drifts into the oil trade.

1959 Times 12 Mar. 19/6 Our produce trade made a useful contribution to our revenue.

1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 123 Produce hauler, a trucker who transports fruits, vegetables and other produce.

1991 J. Garreau Edge City i. 22 The produce market features everything from ohba leaves to pears flown in from Japan.

2004 News Herald (Port Clinton, Ohio) (Nexis) 3 June 3 a Strawberries will be in season and found at area fruit farms and produce stores until mid-July.