1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities i. iii, in (1772) III. 72 A peach-bud does..change the sap that comes to it into a fruit very differing from that which the stock naturally produceth.
1831 L. E. Landon 272 A cheek, whose crimson hues seemed caught From the first tint by April brought To the peach-bud.
2003 (Nexis) 30 Apr. b8 The air temperature was about 2 degrees warmer, enough to keep the peach buds from dying.