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clingstone

NOUN
  1. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

How To Use clingstone In A Sentence

  • The commercial industry uses clingstones for peaches canned in various levels of syrup.
  • They are generally larger than clingstones with a firmer, less juicy texture but still with a sweet taste.
  • Varieties There are two categories of peach, clingstone and freestone, distinguished by the ease with which the flesh comes away from the stone.
  • His next adventure will be with ‘Peento’ or doughnut peach, a white-fleshed clingstone peach with a sunken center.
  • Yellow clingstone peaches are the most popular for this purpose.
  • To peel clingstones, score a little cross at the base of the fruit and plunge into hot, then cold water as with freestones and peel away the skin.
  • Most non-melting types are clingstone, meaning the flesh adheres to the pit when ripe.
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