= APPLE-JOHN.
1604. N. F., Fruiterers Secrets, Epist. Iohn-apples be, in some places, called Dewzings or long-lasters.
1676. Worlidge, Cyder (1691), 203. The John-Apple, or Deux-ans, so called from its durableness, continuing two years before it perisheth.
1708. J. Philips, Cyder, I. 29. John-Apple whose wither’d rind entrencht With many a furrow aptly represents Decrepid Age.
1711. Steele, Spect., No. 52, ¶ 3. She has not a Face like a John-Apple.
1754. Richardson, Grandison (1781), III. v. 32. Like a withering John-apple that has never ripened kindly.
1884. Hogg, Fruit Manual, 244.
