La horticultura de la región de Nantes, apoyándose en la existencia de tierras apropiadas de aluvión arenosas y, por tanto, permeables, cerca de la ciudad de Nantes, que ofrecía salida comercial para los productos, y del río Loira, que suministraba el agua y la arena adecuada necesarias, ha promovido el cultivo de hortalizas tempranas.
The cultivation of early-season vegetables was promoted by the market gardening traditions of the Nantes region. Market gardening developed in the Nantes region thanks to well-adapted soils composed of sandy, and therefore permeable, alluvial deposits, the city of Nantes, which offered a market for the product, and the Loire, which provided the necessary water and a suitable type of sand.