Zestar! Apple Review
"The Failed Magician"
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
- FLAVOR PROFILE -
SWEETNESS
2/5
TARTNESS
0.5/5
INTENSITY
0.5/5
ZESTAR! BIO
PARENTAGE
State Fair x MN1691
ORIGIN
YEAR
1999
AVAILABILITY
Late Summer
BEST USES
OTHER NAMES
Minnewashta
I think you just did not eat a good Zestar! because by god this is not right. Get them in earlier in their season from somewhere in the Midwest, and you will be good to go. These are my favourite and the only ones that disappoint have been the ones that are just off.
If you can get one in Minnesota during the season it is better than a sweetango in my opinion. I have dreams of these apples now that I moved from that neck of the woods.
I have to agree with the others– Zestar apples are actually extremely delicious, but only when they’re fresh. I don’t think they ship very well, and that should be indicated in their ranking, but I feel this variety has been harshly and unfairly judged solely off of this one flaw. I hope you get the chance to visit Minnesota in the fall and give Zestar another chance!
I usually think the ratings are spot on but I think the Zestar is much better than a 53. It’s not on par with a Honeycrisp or Kanzi but it’s a top 10 apple for me.
i fucking hate apples