\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri195 \f1 \b The \i hortillonages\par
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\b0 \i0 The word \i hortillonage\i0 is used in Picardy for marshes traversed by small ca
nals and used to grow fruit and vegetables. The term comes from an old Picardy word for gardener, the \i hortillon\i0 , which in turn derives from the Latin word \i hortus\i0 (ôgardenö). This intensive truck gardening is particularly widely practiced in
the valley of the \b \ATXul1024 \cf4 \ATXht39 Somme\b0 \ATXul0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , downstream of Amiens, and has developed, since the nineteenth century, in order to meet the ever-growing demands on the part of cities in the region and of the great conurbati
