Api Etoile
The Api Etoile, also known as Star Apple, , or Star Lady Apple, is an apple cultivar notable for its five prominent knobs giving it the appearance of a star. The Api Etoile is a rare cultivar. It is cultivated at a few specialty orchards. Characteristics. The signature characteristic of the Api Etoile is its shape. The five ovaries of the apple form distinct knobs giving the apple the appearance of a rounded star. The apple has light green and pink skin. Its thick and waxy skin protects the flesh from moisture making it keep longer than other apples . The tree possesses long and slender branches. History. The Api Etoile was first described in the 17th century by the Swiss botanist J. Bauhin in under the name (meaning "pentagonal apple"). After Bauhin's death in 1613 the fruit would be cultivated in Italy and in the early 18th century it was cultivated by the Carthusians of Paris.