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Definition of Eating apple
1. Noun. An apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking.
Generic synonyms: Apple
Specialized synonyms: Baldwin, Cortland, Delicious, Empire, Grimes' Golden, Jonathan, Mcintosh, Northern Spy, Pearmain, Pippin, Prima, Stayman, Winesap, Stayman Winesap, Granny Smith
Antonyms: Cooking Apple
Definition of Eating apple
1. Noun. any apple primarily used for eating raw ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eating Apple
Literary usage of Eating apple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1873)
"DAJ Baker thought the Transcendent as an eating apple equal to almost any ...
LM Ford thought the Transcendent a better eating apple than the Duchess. ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1903)
"Take two of the Duchess—one of the earliest and one of the best cooking apples
we have; two trees of the Benona, a pretty good eating apple. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1912)
"was a good eating apple, but farther off. Near this fence was a good apple that
was very green and hard in the summer, but was a good eating apple in the ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
"... but it is a little milder, a better eating apple. It suits me about as well
as a Grimes' Golden, if not better, because the flesh is more tender. ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"It is not above second-rate as an eating apple, bat is an admirable ... As an
eating apple in May and June, it has, however, at the time, few superiors. ..."
6. The Cambrian Journal by Cambrian Institute (1858)
"Afal y fedel, a fine, sharp, juicy, eating apple. Magi wen, Blanchet. ...
small deep red apple, round pippin, formed in the eye, a good winter eating apple. ..."
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