Today's Starkeys (I have 2) are medium-sized and slightly ribbed. One has a streaky red blush, the other a mostly solid one, each covering a bit more than half of the lively spring-green peel. The blush is enlivened by large lenticels sparsely distributed Starkey has a thick short stem and a closed calyx. It is quite firm in hand. This is a celebrated old variety and the question as always is, How does it eat?