These were ‘wildings’, wild crab apples (Malus sylvestris), a miniature of today's, native to the British Isles.
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Wilding
Synonyms for "wilding" (9 found)
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Oft from the forrest wildings he did bring, / Whose sides empurpled were with smiling red […]
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Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found.
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The fruit of the tree […] is small, of little juice, and bad quality. I presume it to be a wilding.
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