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stubbard s.w. dial.|ˈstʌbəd|
Also stubberd, stibbert.
[Perh. a surname: cf. quot. 1741.]
An early codling apple. Also attrib.
1741Compl. Family-Piece ii. iii. 383 Apples. [July.].. Margaret Apple, Stubbard's Apple, and Codling. 1786Abercrombie Gard. Assist. Arrangem. p. xi, Principal varieties [of apples] are..Summer stubbard. 1826Horticult. Soc. Catal. Fruits 148 Summer Stibbert. 1844W. Barnes Poems Rur. Life 143 She gie'd me var a treat A lot o' stubberds var to eat. 1875R. Hogg Fruit Man. (ed. 4) 144 Summer Stibbert ([syn.] Stubbard). 1880Hardy Trumpet-Major I. ii. 26 In the large stubbard-tree at the corner of the garden was erected a pole of larch fir. 1893‘Q.’ (Quiller-Couch) Delect. Duchy 218 Thic' there's a stubbard apple you've got in your hand. |