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1878), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity College, 

 Dublin, gave the following results : — 



The Sack Apple is more useful in the present day as a dessert 

 or pot fruit, than for cider. It is an early apple, but keeps fairly 

 well. It has a pleasant, vinous, aromatic flavour. 



SAM'S CRAB. 



[Syn : Longville^s Kernel.^ 



This apple, according to Mr. Lindley, was originated in 

 Herefordshire, where, he adds, curiously enough and very 

 erroneously, " it is at present but little known." It is on the 

 contrary, well known in Herefordshire, widely distributed, and very 



