stubbardn.
/ˈstʌbəd/ south-western dialect.
An early codling apple. Also attributive.
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codlingc1390
rambour1600
codling apple1654
stubbard1736
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Spitzenberg1795
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Wellington1821
Wellington apple1824
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Lord Derby1862
Lane's Prince Albert1875
Bramley('s) seedling1900
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1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 309 Apples [July]... Margaret Apple, Stubbard's Apple, and Codling.
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. xi, in Gardeners Daily Assistant Principal varieties [of apples] are..Summer stubbard.
1826 Horticult. Soc. Catal. Fruits 148 Summer Stibbert.
1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 143 She gie'd me var a treat A lot o' stubberds var to eat.
1875 R. Hogg Fruit Man. (ed. 4) 144 Summer Stibbert (Stubbard).
1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major I. ii. 26 In the large stubbard-tree at the corner of the garden was erected a pole of larch fir.
1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 218 Thic' there's a stubbard apple you've got in your hand.
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