Also 5 quaryndo(u)n, 7, 9 quarrington, 9 quarantine, quarren(d)er, quarendel, -don, -ten. [Of obscure origin: the L. equivalents given in first quot. seem to be otherwise unknown.] A variety of apple (see quot. 1886) common in Somerset and Devon. Also attrib.
14[?]. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 574/34. Conduum, a Quaryndoun. Conduus, a Quaryndon tre.
1676. Worlidge, Cyder (1691), 206. The Devonshire Quarrington is also a very fine early Apple.
1855. Kingsley, Westw. Ho! i. ‘Red quarrenders’ and mazard cherries.
1869. Blackmore, Lorna D. (1891), 125. As he took the large oxhorn of our quarantine apple cider.
1874. T. Hardy, Far fr. Mad. Crowd, I. xxvii. 299. Some tall, gaunt costard, or quarrington.
1886. Elworthy, W. Som. Word-bk., Quarrener,… an oblate shaped, deep red, early apple; also known as suck-apple.
