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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

and Apple-tree


n.

and adj. The names are applied to various indigenous trees,in some cases from a supposed resemblance to the English fruit,in others to the foliage of the English tree. The varietiesare – – Black or Brush Apple – – Achras australis, R. Br.

♣ Emu A. – – Owenia acidula, F. v. M.; called also Native Nectarine and Native Quince.

Petalostigma quadriloculare, F. v. M.; called also Crab-tree, Native Quince, Quinine-tree (q.v.)

♣ Kangaroo A. – – See Kangaroo Apple.

♣ Mooley A. (West N.S.W. name) – – Owenia acidula, F. v. M.

♣ Mulga A. – – The Galls of Acacia aneura, F. v. M.

♣ Oak A. – – Cones of Casuarina stricta, Ait.

♣ Rose A. – – Owenia cerasifera, F. v. M.

1820. John Oxley, `Journal of Two Expeditions into the Interiorof New South Wales,' p. 187:

«The blue gum trees in the neighbourhood were extremely fine,whilst that species of Eucalyptus, which is vulgarly called theapple-tree . . . again made its appearance. . . .»

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,'vol. xv. p. 260:

«It builds its nest of sticks lined with grass in Iron-bark and Apple-trees (a species of Angophora).»

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,'vol. i. p. 200:

«The apple-trees resemble the English apple only in leaf.»

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 195:

«In looking down upon the rich flats below, adjoining thestream, I was perpetually reminded of a thriving and richapple-orchard. The resemblance of what are called apple-treesin Australia to those of the same name at home is so strikingat a distance in these situations, that the comparison couldnot be avoided, although the former bear no fruit, and do noteven belong to the same species.»

1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,' p. 52:

«I have heard of men employed in felling whole apple-trees( Angophera lanceolata) for the sheep.»

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. ii. c.iv. p. 132;

«Red Apple, Quonui, affects salt grounds.»

1847. J. D. Lang, `Phillipsland,' p. 256:

«The plains, or rather downs, around it (Yass) are thinly butmost picturesquely covered with `apple-trees,' as they arecalled by the colonists, merely from their resemblance to theEuropean apple-tree in their size and outline, for they do notresemble it in producing an edible fruit.»

1850. J. B. Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip in 1849,' p. 32:

«The musk-plant, hyacinth, grass-tree, and kangaroo apple-treeare indigenous.»

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (edition 1855), p. 219:

«Pomona would indignantly disown the apple-tree, for there isnot the semblance of a pippin on its tufted branches.»

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 113:

«Sandy apple-tree flats, and iron-bark ridges, lined the creekhere on either side.»

1896. H. Lawson, `When the World was Wide,' p. 158:

«The desolate flats where gaunt apple-trees rot.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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