cling peach

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

For instance if I couldn't buy the white Heath Cling peach then my only resource would be to bud on another tree.

Waddell is an early mid-season, white-fleshed, semi-cling peach from Georgia, a very evident descendant of Chinese Cling.

Waterloo is an extra-early, white-fleshed, semi-cling peach very similar to the better-known Canada.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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