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pomme gris
[< Cdn F "gray apple"]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:pomme grise
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a once-popular eating apple native to Canada.
Quotations
1806
[There are] 30 Barrels Pommes Grises, Bourassas, and Fameuses. . . .
1827
. . . vegetables they have in great abundance, and fruit--beautiful apples called pomgrees.
1864
The varieties most cultivated are the Fameuse, St. Lawrence, Pomme Gris, and Bourassa, yet under the existing mode of culture, these are not hardy enough.