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Zestar! Apple Review

"The Failed Magician"

53
Not Worth Eating
Zestar! Apple

Unworthy of the exclamation point that follows this failed magician’s catchphrase of an apple, the Zestar! delivers an underwhelming performance featuring an array of disillusioning tricks that would make a lowly pear seem magical. Be amazed as its leathery skin sloughs off like a sheet covering a tacky stage prop. Let your imagination run wild as its ill-constructed flesh turns to brown mush before your eyes! Sit back in awe as a snappy torrent of juiciness is accompanied by a flavor that disappears in an instant! Did the heretofore promised hint of brown sugar even exist? Who cares? It’s gone now. And all sales are final! But despite conjuring a litany of disappointment, the Zestar! preserved enough redeemable qualities to pull at least one impressive trick out of its sleeve: It sired the otherworldly SweeTango Apple – an astounding feat that justifies a life of sub-optimal wizardry.

BONUS POINTS: +2 Lineage

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SWEETNESS

2/5

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2/5

TARTNESS

0.5/5

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0.5/5

INTENSITY

0.5/5

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0.5/5
ZESTAR! BIO

PARENTAGE

State Fair x MN1691

ORIGIN

University of Minnesota

YEAR

1999

AVAILABILITY

Late Summer

BEST USES

Munching

OTHER NAMES

Minnewashta

SnowSweet Apple Review

"A Returnable Christmas Present"

62
Barely Worth It
SnowSweet Apple

This red and green, Minnesotan stocking stuffer delivers a robust first bite, but quickly devolves into a fibrous mulch resembling pre-chewed roughage from a mother bird’s beak. With snow white flesh, a savory taste some growers describe as “buttery”, and a fairy-tale-esque name, the SnowSweet Apple promises the glee of joyous holiday memories only to have the vibrance fade, like the muted tones of its skin, leaving eaters with the feeling that Santa isn’t real. Despite the irretrievable nostalgia this apple invokes, it is still worth a spot under the tree, providing just enough jollies to justify a forced smile at your Aunt Hilda. But aside from that fleeting moment of elven magic, the SnowSweet is nothing more than a dust-gathering Christmas present that will one day be donated to Goodwill.

Taste
Crispness
Skin
Flesh
Juiciness
Density
Beauty
Branding / Consistency
Cost/Availability

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SWEETNESS

2/5

Red Apple Icon
2/5

TARTNESS

0.5/5

Red Apple Icon
0.5/5

INTENSITY

1.5/5

Red Apple Icon
1.5/5
SNOWSWEET BIO

PARENTAGE

Sharon x Connell Red

ORIGIN

University of Minnesota

YEAR

2006

AVAILABILITY

Late Fall – Winter

BEST USES

Munching