cling peach

American  

noun

1. a clingstone peach.

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Etymology

Origin of cling peach

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Professor Tom Gradziel of the University of California at Davis currently manages 80 acres of crops and works with Californian cling peach industry to produce varieties with commercial benefits.

From Forbes

Heavy with fruit last week were 51,000 acres of California cling peach trees.

From Time Magazine Archive

California cling peach growers found themselves with a carry over from 1935 of 6,469,000 cases of canned peaches, 72% more than the previous year.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Project Gutenberg

I led her straight to our best cling peach tree, told her to climb on the fence so she could reach easily, and eat all she chose.

From Project Gutenberg