Plate XXI. 
2. Sam Young. 
3. Caraway Russet. 
2. SAM YOUNG. 
[Syn : Irish Russeti] 
This apple is of Irish origin, and was first introduced to public notice by Mr. Robertson, the 
nurseryman of Kilkenny, about the beginning of the present century. It is figured by Lindley, 
PI. 130. 
Description. —Fruit: small, roundish oblate, two inches and a half wide, and an inch and 
three-quarters high. Skin : light greenish yellow, almost entirely covered with grey russet, and 
strewed with minute russety dots on the yellow part, but tinged with brownish red on the side next 
the sun. Eye : large and widely open, set in a wide, shallow and plaited basin. Stalk : short, not 
deeply inserted. Flesh : yellow, tinged with green, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, sugary, and highly 
flavoured. 
A delicious little dessert apple of the first quality ; in season from November to February. 
The tree is small, flat-headed in shape, and hardy; it bears abundantly, and is well adapted 
for dwarf growth on the paradise stock. Dr. Lindley says of it, “It is one of the finest apples the 
English cultivate.” 
3. CARAWAY RUSSET. 
The origin of this apple is not given by any of the leading Pomological Authorities. 
Description. —Fruit: below middle size, two and a half inches wide, and two inches high; 
oblate, even and regular in its outline. Skin : covered with a very thin coat of pale brown russet, 
which is dotted with darker russet, and on the same side the colour is inclining to orange. Eye : 
wide open, with broad reflexed segments, set in a pretty deep, wide, and saucer-like basin. Stalk : 
short and rather slender, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp, rich, juicy and 
sweet, with a fine aroma. 
A dessert apple of great excellence, and in season from November to February. 
