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No 4
Shippens Russeting or Newark
Gate Apple

A large flat Apple of an irregular form,
yellow skin when ripe intermixed with
a coarse thick Russet and sometimes with a portion of red a remarkable fine
apple for stewing and pies and a good
Cider fruit.  The great length of time during
which it is used for stewing renders it a very
valuable family fruit.  It is fit for use
in August and continues through the fall
and winter.  The tree is singularly strong
and vigorous and a great Bearer from the 
garden of the late Chief Justice Shippen (now Doctor [illegible])
It came many years ago from Princes Nursery, and is now an
old and large tree.

[sketch of apple]
        