Starkey
- From
- North Vassalboro
- Description
- Originated on the farm of Moses Starkey, North Vassalboro, Kennebec county, Me.
- Flesh quality
- firm, rather fine, juicy, crisp, pleasant, lively subacid, becoming mild subacid, very good.
- Flesh color
- white
- Skin color
- carmine blushed, carmine striped, yellow, red blushed
- Sizes
- large, medium, above medium
- Shape
- ribbed, oblate, symmetrical, regular, conical
- Uses
- dessert, culinary
- Eating season starts in
- October
- Eating season ends in
- January
-
Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 205.