crab-apple

• “It was an illiterate American who did not shortly become acquainted with DeRussey's Lane, the crab-apple tree, the pig woman and her mule, the precise mental condition of Willie Stevens, and the gossip of the choir members.”

  Reading Only Yesterday

• “Adam — “let us but roast a crab-apple, pour a pottle of ale on it, and bathe our throats withal, thou shalt see a change in me.””

  The Abbot

• “As I cycle between Mother's place and ours, I pass a house with a crab-apple tree in its small garden.”

  Look....

• “-- The imminent chopping down of a crab-apple tree, to make way for a large trash bin, was the last straw.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Crab-Apple Clash, Birdhouse Ban Pushed Seniors to Take a Stand

• “To celebrate victory, Ms. Perrone dressed up as a crab-apple tree for Halloween this year.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Crab-Apple Clash, Birdhouse Ban Pushed Seniors to Take a Stand

• “The crab-apple tree was saved, and the garbage bin is staying put.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Crab-Apple Clash, Birdhouse Ban Pushed Seniors to Take a Stand

• “Ms. Perrone and Ms. Henry, who had been sitting guard at the crab-apple tree, received their eviction notices the same day.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Crab-Apple Clash, Birdhouse Ban Pushed Seniors to Take a Stand

• “It was the garbage-bin hazard that meant the crab-apple tree had to go, the housing agency said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Crab-Apple Clash, Birdhouse Ban Pushed Seniors to Take a Stand

• “The Second (small face red as a crab-apple, gentle voice): “She was a Cadignan, my dear, niece of the old Prince de Cadignan, consequently cousin to the present Duc de Maufrigneuse.””

  Madame Firmiani

• “He sat under a crab-apple tree near the vegetable garden he helped the woman hoe.”

  Simon & Schuster: THUNDER BAY

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