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North Star is a late fall apple cultivar originated by C. G. Patten of Charles City, Iowa. A 1902 South Dakota bulletin lists it among northwestern apple cultivars. It describes the fruit as medium or smaller, roundish, truncated, and very regular in form. [S1]
The fruit is polished clear waxen yellow with a warm reddish bronze blush and many minute white dots. The cavity is regular and obtuse, with clear stellate russet. The basin is wide and shallow, slightly corrugated around the eye, and the calyx is half open. [S1]
The flesh is yellow, juicy, fine grained, firm, sprightly acid, and good. A noisier adjacent extraction gives a different description, calling the flesh satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, and very good. The clearer North Star entry supports yellow flesh and sprightly acidity. [S1]
North Star is listed as a late fall apple. The bulletin's identification key adds that it has a conical tube, a short stem, and few seeds that are short and very large. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is given. Its inclusion in a South Dakota experiment station bulletin on northwestern apples places it among cultivars considered relevant to northern prairie and northwestern growing conditions. The packet does not give a survival record or zone claim for North Star itself. [S1]
The entry also notes another eastern apple called North Star and directs readers to Dudley Winter for that separate variety. The name can refer to more than one apple in historical sources. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Cavity regular, obtuse, with considerable stellate russet; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, slightly corrugated in bottom around the eye; calyx half open, segments broad.”
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“Core large, yellow outline sharply defined; cells round, slit; tube conical, long, wide; stamens median; seeds few, very large, flat, short, blunt.”
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“Available from nursery listings 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 15, 19, 20, 23, 27, and 32.”
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“Listed under tube conical; stem short; seeds few, short, very large.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 13 | 0 | 0 | p78 p79 p139 | North Star is described as having short stems and few seeds that are short and very large.; Entry notes mention origin with C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa.; J. S. Harris is quoted in this vicinity as noting top-workin |
| 145 | Dwarf Sour Cherries for the Prairies | unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | p3 | The crossing work using North Star is attributed to Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the University of Saskatchewan in 1985.; North Star was used as a parent in crosses with P. eminens that produced SK Carmine Je |
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| 145 | p3 | breeder_reference | The crossing work using North Star is attributed to Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the University of Saskatchewan in 1985. | 1985, Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the U. of. S. began crossing P. eminens with a high quality, cold tolerant cultivar (Zone 4a) "North Star" from Minnesota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 145 | p3 | entry_pedigree | North Star was used as a parent in crosses with P. eminens that produced SK Carmine Jewel. | 1985, Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the U. of. S. began crossing P. eminens with a high quality, cold tolerant cultivar (Zone 4a) "North Star" from Minnesota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 145 | p3 | entry_hardiness_observation | North Star is described as a high quality, cold tolerant cultivar rated Zone 4a. | 1985, Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the U. of. S. began crossing P. eminens with a high quality, cold tolerant cultivar (Zone 4a) "North Star" from Minnesota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 145 | p3 | entry_location | North Star is described as from Minnesota. | 1985, Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the U. of. S. began crossing P. eminens with a high quality, cold tolerant cultivar (Zone 4a) "North Star" from Minnesota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p139 | description_snippet | North Star is described as having short stems and few seeds that are short and very large. | Stem short; seeds few, short, very large ... North Star | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p79 | selection_origin_reference | Entry notes mention origin with C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa. | North Star. Originated by C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa - Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; ... flesh very white, slightly stained with red next the skin, satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subaci | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p79 | source_reference_abbreviation | J. S. Harris is quoted in this vicinity as noting top-working performance on hardy stocks (crabs/hybrids) in Minn. Hort. Rep. 1895, p. 155. | North Star. Originated by C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa - Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; ... flesh very white, slightly stained with red next the skin, satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subaci | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p79 | storage_duration | Holding period note: Late fall. | North Star. Originated by C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa - Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; ... flesh very white, slightly stained with red next the skin, satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subaci | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p79 | flavor_profile | Flesh is reported as satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant, and subacid, and very good. | North Star. Originated by C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa - Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; ... flesh very white, slightly stained with red next the skin, satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subaci | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p79 | fruit_color | Skin described with near-white flesh tone against slight red near skin; overall fruit descriptors are consistent with a regular, light-tinged red influence on white-fleshed fruit. | North Star. Originated by C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa - Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; ... flesh very white, slightly stained with red next the skin, satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subaci | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p79 | fruit_size | Fruit described as medium or below, roundish truncated, and very regular. | North Star. Originated by C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa - Fruit medium or below, roundish truncated, very regular; ... flesh very white, slightly stained with red next the skin, satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant subaci | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p78 | anecdote_snippet | Eastern reference note: "For the eastern variety named North Star see Dudley Winter." | 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, mi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p78 | storage_duration | Late fall. | 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, mi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p78 | flavor_profile | Flesh yellow, juicy, fine grained, firm, sprightly acid, and good. | 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, mi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p78 | fruit_color | Surface polished, clear waxen yellow with warm reddish bronze blush and numerous minute white dots; calyx half open. | 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, mi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p78 | fruit_size | Fruit medium or below, roundish and truncated, very regular. | 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, mi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p78 | entry_location | Originated by C. G. Patten in Charles City, Iowa. | 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, mi | page_block:0.90 |
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| breeder_reference | The crossing work using North Star is attributed to Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky at the University of Saskatchewan in 1985. | 0.92 |
| entry_pedigree | North Star was used as a parent in crosses with P. eminens that produced SK Carmine Jewel. | 0.93 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | North Star is described as a high quality, cold tolerant cultivar rated Zone 4a. | 0.94 |
| entry_location | North Star is described as from Minnesota. | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | North Star is described as having short stems and few seeds that are short and very large. | 0.86 |
| selection_origin_reference | Entry notes mention origin with C. G. Patteri, Charles City, Iowa. | 0.81 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | J. S. Harris is quoted in this vicinity as noting top-working performance on hardy stocks (crabs/hybrids) in Minn. Hort. Rep. 1895, p. 155. | 0.46 |
| storage_duration | Holding period note: Late fall. | 0.88 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is reported as satiny, tender, juicy, pleasant, and subacid, and very good. | 0.75 |
| fruit_color | Skin described with near-white flesh tone against slight red near skin; overall fruit descriptors are consistent with a regular, light-tinged red influence on white-fleshed fruit. | 0.42 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as medium or below, roundish truncated, and very regular. | 0.72 |
| anecdote_snippet | Eastern reference note: "For the eastern variety named North Star see Dudley Winter." | 0.98 |
| storage_duration | Late fall. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh yellow, juicy, fine grained, firm, sprightly acid, and good. | 0.96 |
| fruit_color | Surface polished, clear waxen yellow with warm reddish bronze blush and numerous minute white dots; calyx half open. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit medium or below, roundish and truncated, very regular. | 0.95 |
| entry_location | Originated by C. G. Patten in Charles City, Iowa. | 0.97 |
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