North Star
AppleOrigin/History
Originated by C. G. Patten in Charles City, Iowa.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium or below.
Form: Roundish truncated, very regular.
Skin: Polished, clear waxen yellow with warm, reddish bronze blush. Dots distinct, numerous, white, minute.
Stem: Medium.
Cavity: Regular, obtuse, with considerable stellate russet.
Basin: Wide, shallow, slightly corrugated in bottom around the eye.
Calyx: Half open; segments broad.
Flesh & Flavor: Yellow, juicy, fine grained, firm, sprightly acid. Quality: good.
Core & Seeds: Core large with yellow outline sharply defined; cells round, slit; tube conical, long, wide; stamens median. Seeds few, very large, flat, short, blunt.
Season
Late fall.
Uses
Not described in source.
Other
The source notes the existence of an eastern variety also named North Star and refers to Dudley Winter for further information.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1921) from Oregon
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Union Nurseries , J.B. Weaver & Sons, Union , Oregon — 1915
- Benedict Nursery Co. , Portland , Oregon — 1921
View original book sources (1)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)North Star.
North Star—Originated by C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa—Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; surface polished, clear waxen yellow, with warm, reddish bronze blush; dots distinct, numerous, white, minute; cavity regular, obtuse, considerable stellate russet; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, slightly corrugated in bottom around the eye; calyx half open, segments broad. Core large, yellow outline sharply defined; cells round, slit; tube conical, long, wide; stamens median; seeds few, very large, flat, short, blunt; flesh yellow, juicy, fine grained, firm, sprightly acid, good. Late fall. For the eastern variety named North Star see Dudley Winter.