Texas Star is prized for its particularly large clusters of bright red fruit and attractive, orange-red fall color. One Green World Cat. No. 3978. A "new" (in 1999) late-blooming cultivar from Texas with large size fruit. `Texas Star is a upright tree that blooms in mid March and ripens in early to mid May. The test trees are only a few years old at this time, so information is limited. It is reported to be performing well in Texas and Louisiana following spring freezes. The fruit are large to very large with red/orange skin and yellow flesh. Fruit firmness appears to be fair and fruit retention might be somewhat excessive. -- Krewer and Crocker, 2000, Experiments and observations on growing Mayhaws in S.Georgia and N.Florida.