Golden Star
Variety of Starfruit · Averrhoa carambola
Bright-yellow Florida cultivar, sweet-tart – ripe for fresh eating, unripe for cooking.
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3🇺🇸 USA 1965
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicysweetrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Florida-Selektion
- Breeder
- R. Nelson / University of Florida
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 150 g
Description
Fruit
Large, deeply ribbed, glossy-yellow fruit; sweet when fully ripe, distinctly tart otherwise.
Growth
Vigorous, very productive tree, well adapted to Florida.
Yield
Heavy yields; historically important fresh-market and processing cultivar.
Notes
Largely superseded by Arkin in fresh trade but remains versatile.
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