Moorparkn.
/ˈmʊəpɑːk/, /ˈmɔːpɑːk/, U.S. /ˈmʊ(ə)rˌpɑrk/ (when as two words also)Brit. /ˈmʊə ˈpɑːk/, /ˈmɔː ˈpɑːk/, U.S. /ˈmʊr ˈpɑrk/ A large variety of apricot with orange flesh. Also Moorpark apricot.
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apricot1562
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Moorpark1788
1788 Pomona Britannica Pl. 3 Among the variety of Apricots growing in this country, very few, if any, claim a precedence to the Moor Park; a name it is generally known by, from being (some time since) cultivated to great perfection in those gardens.
1797 W. Nicol Sc. Forcing Gardener 156 Apricots... More Park.
1812 in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (1817) 2 19 On the proper Stock for the Moor Park Apricot.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. vi. 111 Sir, it is a moor park, we bought it as a moor park, and it..was charged as a moor park. View more context for this quotation
1875 R. Hogg Fruit Man. (ed. 4) 177 The Moorpark Apricot is said by some to have been introduced by Lord Anson from the Continent, and planted at Moorpark, near Watford, in Hertfordshire. By others its introduction is ascribed to Sir Thomas More.., and a third account is that Sir William Temple introduced it.
1875 R. Hogg Fruit Man. (ed. 4) 178 I do not find it mentioned in any of the Brompton Park catalogues before 1784, when it is called Temple Apricot. In 1788 it is first called Moorpark.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 270/1 The Moorpark is undoubtedly the best apricot in cultivation.
1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 77/3 It has been claimed that the Moor Park apricot..originated in his [sc. Sir William Temple's] garden.
1986 H. Baker Fruit Garden Displayed (new ed.) 122 Moorpark,..the most widely planted and reliable cultivar [of apricot].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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