winesap

There is a variety in our orchards called the winesap, a doubly liquid name that suggests what might be done with this fruit.

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

There is a variety in our orchards called the winesap, a doubly liquid name that suggests what might be done with this fruit.

Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879

I grabbed a winesap apple, called to the dog and went outside for a good, brisk walk.

The Strange Reign of the Diet Queen Gita M. Smith 2011

She finishes with a request that a wallpaper be matched with “an apple red, somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan.”

Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006

She finishes with a request that a wallpaper be matched with “an apple red, somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan.”

Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006

You flash a smile that could polish every winesap in Happy Valley.

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

"Don't you remember the day I fell out of the winesap tree, and you carried me in, and the next week I tried to climb on top of that hall clock, and knocked it over, and you tried to catch it, and it knocked you over, too?"

Mary Minds Her Business George Weston

There was a teasing fragrance in the spiced vinegar heating for pickles, a reminder of winesap and rambo in the boiling cider, while the newly opened bottles of grape juice filled the house with the tang of Concord and muscadine.

Laddie: A True Blue Story 1913

She rocked like a kingbird on the top twig of the winesap, which was the tallest tree in our orchard, and for once there wasn't a single fly in her ointment, not one, she said so herself, and so did father.

Laddie: A True Blue Story 1913

He now has in bearing one thousand trees, besides two thousand not bearing, his orchard being divided about equally between the pippin and winesap varieties.

History of Roanoke County 1912