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On one occasion a barrel of large, hard "Greenings" came just as we had finished the last barrel.
How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time Rosalind Goforth
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On summer days, Mom drove me and my three brothers over to the Greenings to spend the day in their pool.
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The Greenings, while large in size, of fine color, and apparently in perfect condition when packed, invariably came out of cold storage badly scalded and discolored.
New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission DeLancey M. Ellis
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Housewives demand cooking apples like Greenings, hotels want a good out-of-hand apple like the McIntosh, while private families have their own special favorites.
Apple Growing M. C. Burritt
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We have top worked this spring Hibernals, and Patten's Greenings with
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"Aunt Olive" was with us for a week; she and Gram and Wealthy had begun to dry apples; and after supper, Aunt Olive brought in three bushel basketfuls of bruised Baldwins and Greenings, along with some natural fruit; she also produced the old paring machine, coring knives and a hank of stringing twine and needle, and in short made ready for a busy evening.
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One day, late in October, we were in the apple house getting the crop of winter apples ready for market -- Baldwins, Greenings, Blue Pearmains,
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When we did get to work again, our first task was to pick the winter apples, the Baldwins and Greenings, and barrel them, for market.
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Pearmains, Greenings, Seek-no-furthers, Bristers, Pippins, Golden Sweets, and other forgotten kinds, had each its separate bin, to which the children at all times had free access.
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Greenings are "a big green apple more for pies and baking than eating," said Jim Hunt, 57, co-owner with his wife, Linda, of Windy Brow, which is named for the farm's scenic position on a mountain ridge.
NYT > Home Page By TAMMY LA GORCE 2011
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