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THE SAM YOUNG APPLE. 



Sam Young. Hort. Trans, vol. in. p. 324 ; ib. p. 454. 



Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 1022. 

 Irish Russet. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 985. 



This is one of the finest Apples the English 

 cultivate, and has been described as such so long 

 ago as 1818; and yet, so slowly are improvements 

 adopted by us, it is still a variety neglected and 

 almost unknown. Like a great many first-rate fruits 

 figured already in this Work, it is hardly to be found 

 in the Nurseries ; and we shall probably hear com- 

 plaints of the difficulty of procuring it in the trade. 

 We can only say, that no fruit has been introduced 

 into the Pomological Magazine which cannot be 

 possessed by any Nurseryman in Great Britain, and 

 which ought not to find a place in every collection 

 having a claim to consideration ; but we say further, 

 that those persons who hold a different language, 

 and who do not take the necessary pains to provide 

 their customers with these varieties, are more atten- 

 tive to their own interests than to those of the 

 public. We have been led to make these observa- 

 tions in consequence of letters that have reached 

 us ; we trust that it will not be necessary to repeat 

 them. 



The Sam Young is an Irish variety, spoken of in 

 terms of high praise by Mr. Robertson, of Kilkenny, 



