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THE SAM YOUNG APPLE.
Sam Young. Hort- Trans, vol. Hi. p . 3 2 4 ; 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 complaints
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 attentive
to their own interests than to those of the
public. We have been led to make these observations
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,
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