bourassa

[< Cdn F, prob. after the original grower]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a variety of eating apple well known in early Canada; also, the tree.

Quotations

1806

The said ground being planted with fruit trees . . . of the best quality, being chiefly bourassa, gris and fameux.

1864

The varieties most cultivated are the Fameuse, St. Lawrence, Pomme Gris, and Bourassa. . . .