gris

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Obs.

a once-popular eating apple native to Canada.

Quotations

1806

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

1822

For Sale by the subscriber, Femeuses, Bourrassas and Grises . . . Apples will be delivered in the finest possible condition in Barrels.

1965

The fameuse, the grise . . . the bourassa . . . [were apples] which could not be found anywhere as perfect as here [Montreal].