An 1893 English variety. The medium sized, oblong fruit has a greenish base color with a deep orange to red flush and strong russet dots that resemble stars in the sky. It has juicy, crisp, yellow flesh with good, sweet, rich flavor. The best flavor emerges when stored about a month to ripen. Sweet but with refreshing sharpness. A very good eating apple, one of Jenifer's favorites. Easy to grow, with few problems, it crops well, increasingly as it matures. Harvest in late September to mid October at 2800', will keep ‘til January. Reliably self fertile, but will make the best crops when pollinated. Average vigor with upright form. A spur bearer suitable for cordons & espaliers, or full size tree. Blooms have good frost resistance.

The grandmother tree is a vigorous 110+ year specimen growing at 2800’ on the old Ram Ranch, established in the mid 1800s, but no longer in existence. The tree is huge. Located outside of Camptonville, CA overlooking the North Fork of the Yuba River at 2700', this large, very tall grandmother tree, was planted next to an old barn where it undoubtedly provided food for the family and ranch hands. The surrounding hillsides were covered in winegrape vines, providing an abundant supply of raw material for the on-ranch winery and still, and ultimately saloons along the Sierra Nevada. During Prohibition, the still was destroyed by the Feds and most of the vineyards were ripped out. This wise old tree, a hundred plus years later still remains, continuing to produce an abundance of wonderful food.