No. 39 Shippens Russeting
AppleNo. 39 Shippens Russeting
Origin and History
The name was taken from the late Chief Justice Shippen, in whose garden in Philadelphia the original tree stood.
Tree
The tree grows vigorously and attains to a large size. It is a great and constant bearer.
Fruit
This is a large, flat apple of an irregular form. The skin is yellowish green, mixed with a coarse thick russet, and a portion of red. Like all the Russeting tribe, it is a dry fruit.
The stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds are not described in source.
Season
The fruit is continually improving through the autumn, till late in the season.
Uses
No. 39 Shippens Russeting is much esteemed for stewing, and may be used for this purpose before it is ripe, or even full grown.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 39 SHIPPENS RUSSETING.
This is a large flat apple, of an irregular form, with a yellowish green skin, mixed with a coarse thick russet, and a portion of red : it is much esteemed for stewing, and may be used for this purpose before it is ripe, or even full grown, and is continually improving through the autumn, till late in the season. Like all the Russeting tribe, it is a dry fruit; it is a great and constant bearer; the tree grows vigorously, and attains to a large size; the name was taken from the late chief Justice Shippen, in whose garden in Philadelphia the original tree stood.