315. SAINT JULIEN.—Calvel.
- Identification.—[Cal. Traité], iii. 27. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 764. [Pom. Mag.] iii. 165.
- Synonymes.—Seigneur d’Orsay, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Concombre des Chartreux. Heilige Julians apfel.
Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, and angular on its sides. Skin, yellowish-green, covered with large patches of ashy colored russet, and in dry warm seasons, sometimes tinged with red. Eye, open, set in a rather shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, juicy, sugary, and richly flavored.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from December to March.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer.
316. SAM YOUNG.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iii. p. 324. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 768. [Lind. Guide], 97. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 134.
- Synonyme.—Irish Russet, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. i. 985.
- Figure.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 130
Fruit, small, an inch and three quarters high, and about two inches and a half wide; roundish-oblate. 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 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 flavored.
A delicious little dessert apple, of the first quality; in use from November to February.