gannow

English

Etymology

From Gano (“a variety of apple”).

Noun

gannow (plural gannows)

1. (Boontling) An apple.
   • 1960, From the Sourdough Crock, volumes 1-2, page 55:

     […] to pike to Boont and see the ball gannows.

   • 1975, Stuart Nixon, Redwood Empire, page 145:

     And this is how the Anderson Valley Apple Show — the Gannow Beamsh, that is — got its start.

References

• 1968, Jan Harold Brunvand, The Study of American Folklore (page 32)