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Definition of Clingstones
1. clingstone [n] - See also: clingstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clingstones
Literary usage of Clingstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"The clingstones are not so good, are firmer of flesh, and are best reserved for
stewing and for fritters. Before using them for fritters, pare them and ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1868)
"clingstones are unfit to carry to distant markets. They can only be appreciated
to their full extent when picked from the tree fully ripe. ..."
3. Annual Report by Columbus Horticultural Society, Columbus, Ohio (1897)
"These classes grade into each other, especially in the early peaches of the Hale
Early type, which are pronounced clingstones in ordinary or dry seasons, ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"There are two well-marked forms, the clingstones or ... There are two types, as
in the Peach: clingstones or ..."
5. Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping by Estelle Woods Wilcox (1877)
"To pickle clingstones, prepare syrup as for ... Use the large White Heath
clingstones if they are to be had. All that is necessary to keep sweet pickles is ..."
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