Fixed stars

Three apples rate a star. Two earn two. ¶ I tasted nine apple varieties for the first time last year. ¶ Alas, may of my examples were clearly past their prime. Consequently, I'm not able to give them the recognition they probably deserve. ¶ But first: What's going on? I rate apples every year at this time , using my own qualitative system, one to three stars .