geniton apple

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

An early apple, probably June eating. Provincial in Suffolk, England.--Moor's Glossary. In the old dictionary of Cocker, 1700, is Geunettings or Junetings, small apples ripe in June.


Dorothy gave her the better half of a geniton apple.--Margaret, p. 314.

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