- 1811  (1849)  A common mode of counting with them [Okanagans] is by snows or winters.
- 1923  He . . . was born some forty odd "snows" ago.
2 n. a juicy fall apple having crisp, white flesh and red skin when ripe.
See also: snow apple
- 1878  . . . Fameuse or Snow, St. Lawrence, and Duchess of Oldenburg, are quite reliable, and deserve all the praise they get.
- 1949  In bunks, like sleepers, lay the apples, Spies, greenings, russets, Tolman sweets, snows, pippins. . . .