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- noun Plural form of
freestone .
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Examples
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The cling varieties are distinct from "freestones" that begin to arrive in Jersey orchards in August.
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The cling varieties are distinct from "freestones" that begin to arrive in Jersey orchards in August.
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Weaver's peaches were ripe, sweet, spectacular and easy to handle freestones.
Steve Poses: On the Table: Farm Stands of Northern Chester & Montgomery Counties, PA 2010
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(Actually, Salem County's early season peaches were cling and Lancaster's August peaches were freestones.)
Steve Poses: On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Clark Park 2010
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Yes | No | Report from joey wrote 2 years 1 week ago those are all tailwaters? or is there winter fishing in any of the freestones?
Winter Fishing Blues Tim Romano 2008
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Weaver's peaches were ripe, sweet, spectacular and easy to handle freestones.
Steve Poses: On the Table: Farm Stands of Northern Chester & Montgomery Counties, PA 2010
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BLACK HILLS Though overlooked, this region is a real sleeper for trout, with everything from small tailwaters like Rapid Creek to classic freestones like Spearfish Creek.
A STATE-BY-STATE GUIDE TO THE HOTTEST LAKES, RIVERS, STREAMS, AND HONEY HOLES IN AMERICA 2007
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My mistake was in thinking these would be as easy to pit as Kalamata's and obviously they aren't - it's probably very much like the difference between clingstone peaches and freestones, I'm sure olives are the same.
Really Stuffed Sicilian Olives Haalo 2007
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When peaches are purchased for canning or for any use in which it is necessary to remove the seeds, freestones should be selected.
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One bore big, white freestones, and around the seed they were pink as a rose.
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