Sam Young

A small tasty sweet sharp apple with a cinamon russet skin.

Origin: Ireland, 1818

Pollination: Sam Young is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

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Characteristics of Sam Young apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Russet
Flavour	Fruit drop
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant Canker - Resistant
Suitable for	Wet Regions
Pollination date	9
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners