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Definition of Quetsches
1. quetsch [n] - See also: quetsch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quetsches
Literary usage of Quetsches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elliott's Fruit Book: Or, The American Fruit-grower's Guide in Orchard and by Franklin Reuben Elliott (1858)
""A thousand fully ripe quetsches (prune plums) make about ten pounds of dried
prunes. CHARACTERS AND CLASSFICATION.—The characters of the plums are ..."
2. The American Fruit Culturist, Containing Directions for the Propagation and by John J. Thomas (1849)
"is an iron damper or slide, to be placed in the flue at II, in order to regulate
the heat. " A thousand fully ripe quetsches, ..."
3. The New American Orchardist: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Varieties by William Kenrick (1835)
"... the quetsches or prunes, are dried, and in this state may be long preserved ;
they are imported, principally from Spain, Portugal, and Marseilles. ..."
4. The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for by John Jacob Thomas (1867)
"'A thousand fully ripe quetsches, (prune plums,) make about ten pounds of dried
prunes. " Plums of different kinds may be dried, either whole or deprived of ..."
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