Leaf-peeping (1970?, 1973)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 09:54:45AM -0400, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> LEAF-PEEPING--124,000 Google hits, 381 Google Groups hits
> ...
> There was just that one time in Times Square in the 1970s, and the guy was
> dressed up as Adam or David or something like that, and he was wearing this fig
>  leaf...
> ...
> "Leaf peeping" is a big sport this time of year, as the leaves turn color.
> Did this start in NY (Thruway) or Vermont?

DARE, which has this from ca1965, labels it "New England, chiefly Vermont."

Jesse Sheidlower
OED