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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene

Then I tried the blue-eyed Mary bed, but she said she supposed it was still under the cling peach tree, and the flower, two white petals up, two blue down, and so it was.

From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene