Leonforte Peach

[LinguaFan]

Hello

I'm back to brand names again I sometimes shorten the brand name "The Late Leonforte Peach" (Leonforte being the village in which the peach grows), by omitting the word "Late". In this case should I leave the article? That is, will it be "The Leonforte Peach" or "Leonforte Peach"?

Thank you

 

[Musical Chairs]

It depends on what you want to say.

 

[LinguaFan]

It depends on what you want to say.

The peach grown in Leonforte, belonging to the specific agriculture of the place and, consequently, possessing certain characteristics.
Is that your question Musical Chairs?

 

[brilliantpink]

Whether or not you include 'late', you would still use the defiinite article because this is a specific variety of peach, so "the Leonforte peach" (I see no need to capitalize peach), but "Leonforte peaches" (unless speakign about a particular batch or group of them, in which case it would be "the Leonfote peaches").

 

[cuchuflete]

By all means do your utmost to omit "late". When I first read 'The late Leonforte Peach' I expected that to be
followed by an obituary.

I agree with Brilliantpink's advice in post #4.

 

[brilliantpink]

By all means do your utmost to omit "late". When I first read 'The late Leonforte Peach' I expected that to be
followed by an obituary.

Ha ha! Yes, that was my first reaction also. "The late Leonforte Peach was a dedicated patron of the arts..."

 

[LinguaFan]

By all means do your utmost to omit "late". When I first read 'The late Leonforte Peach' I expected that to be
followed by an obituary.

Well, I thought the word "late" applied to fruit meant "ripening later than the usual season"

 

[cuchuflete]

Yes it does. English is full of words with widely disparate meanings.

Late is also used to mean 'recently deceased'.


From a N.Y. Times article— "The late Richard M. Nixon had a thick hide when it came to written commentary, but the drawings of Herblock in The Washington Post seemed to launch him into an enemies-list frame of mind at warp speed."

 

[Marty10001]

http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9770336.htm

In the world of fruit "late" is a common expression "Late Navels" "late Valencias" etc. However, I would imagine the consumer would not understand the expression - if you are selling to the trade it is likely they would but I would change to "Late Leonforte Peach".