peach-tree

Why is this peach-tree said to be better than that other; but because it produces more or better fruit?

An Enquiry into the Principles of Morals 2006

Just at noon Maryanka was sitting in their vineyard in the shade of a peach-tree, getting out the family dinner from under an unharnessed cart.

The Cossacks 2003

She was, as he had guessed, in one of the greenhouses tying up peach-tree branches.

The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957

He had broken a blooming switch from the peach-tree beneath which he stood, and she reproached him fondly.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

The jasmine and hawthorn are just coming into blossom, and I see what looks like a peach-tree in full bloom in Sam's yard.

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson

_ -- A peach-tree, which grows beside our house and brushes against the window, is so burdened with fruit that I have had to prop it up.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

They burnt five of 'em around my best peach-tree, and killed it; so I ha'n't no peaches this year.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various

The root resembles that of the peach-tree; the leaves are green, longish at the point, and narrow, an inch and half long, and jagged all round.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 Various

In the foreground is a pavilion, and in the background an orange-tree, while to the right of the pavilion is a peach-tree in full bearing.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

So Tess snapped off a peach-tree switch and, finally cornering the pony, proceeded to use it.

Missy Dana Gatlin