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| Location | Variety | Fruit Diameter (in) | Soluble Solids (% Sugar) | Pressure (lbs) | Starch Rating | Percentage of Red in Surface Color | Tasting Notes | Comments | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum: | 12-14% SSC | 13-15 lbs | 6-7 | ||||||
| Belvidere | Empire | 2.8″ | 12.4% | 17.17 | 3.1 | 90% | Juicy, flavorful, crisp, starch | Nearing Ready |  |
| Belvidere | Golden Delicious | 2.9″ | 11.7% | 18.3 | 4.0 | N/A | Juicy, starch | Not Ready |  |
| Belvidere | Spartan | 2.5″ | 13.7% | 19.89 | 3.6 | 81.6% | Sweet, Crisp, Juicy | Not Ready |  |
| Belvidere | Spartan Retain | 2.7″ | 14.5% | 15.8 | 5.5 | 80% | Juicy, flavorful, slight starch | Near Ready | |
| Hackettstown | Cameo ‘Cammi Red’ | 3.0″ | 11.4% | 18.3 | 2.3 | 75.8% | Very juicy, tart, flavorful, starch | Not Ready |  |
| Hackettstown | Cortland ‘Royal Cort’ | 3.3″ | 12.6% | 13.1 | 4.5 | 68.2 | Tart, starch | Not Ready |  |
| Hackettstown | Empire ‘Royal’ | 3.0″ | 13.4% | 18.4 | 3.7 | 84.2% | Juicy, crisp slight starch | Getting closer |  |
| Hackettstown | Golden Delicious ‘Gibson’ | 3.2″ | 13.1% | 16.3 | 5.3 | N/A | Juicy, starch, flavor coming | Not ready |  |
| Hackettstown | Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’ | 3.1″ | 12.2% | 16.8 | 4.6 | N/A | Tart and starch | Not Ready |  |
| Hackettstown | Jonagold ‘DeCoster’ | 3.3″ | 13.7% | 16.6 | 6.5 | 73.3% | Juicy, crisp, flavorful | Ready to pick |  |
| Hackettstown | Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’ | 3.0″ | 12.6% | 15.7 | 6.0 | 88.3% | Tart, starch | Not quite ready |  |
| Hackettstown | Macoun | 2.9″ | 12.1% | 17.3 | 5.5 | 63.3% | Juicy, flavorful, slight starch | Nearly ready to pick |  |
| Hackettstown | Mutsu | 3.4″ | 9.6% | 18.5 | 3.0 | N/A | Crunchy, starch | Not ready |  |
| Pittstown | Empire ‘Thome’ | 2.6″ | 12.7% | 18.1 | 2.6 | 85% | Juicy, crisp, slight starch | Not ready | |
| Pittstown | Golden Delicious ‘Gibson Golden’ | 3.2″ | 16.0% | 17.2 | 4.8 | N/A | Juicy, flavorful, tangy | Almost ready | |
| Pittstown | Jonathan | 2.8″ | 13.7% | 16.9 | 5.6 | 95.8% | Juicy, tart | Ready to pick | |
| Pittstown | Macoun | 2.5″ | 13.0% | 19.3 | 2.8 | 51.7% | Crisp, juicy | Not Ready | |
| East Brunswick | Cortland ‘Royal’ | 3.3″ | 13.5% | 16.5 | 2.1 | 64.2 | Tart, juicy, starch | Not ready | |
| East Brunswick | Empire | 2.8″ | 12.7% | 17.9 | 4.3 | 60.0% | Juicy, crisp, starchy | Not ready | |
| East Brunswick | Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’ | 3.1″ | 13.5% | 15.6 | 5.7 | N/A | Tart, juicy, slight starch | Ready to pick within the week | |
| East Brunswick | Jonagold | 3.2″ | 12.3% | 16.8 | 6.5 | 59.1 | Juicy, flavorful | Ready to pick within the week | |
| Princeton | Cortland | 3.0″ | 10.9% | 16.0 | 3.1 | 69.2% | Juicy, flavorful | Getting closer to ready | |
| Princeton | Crimson Crisp | 2.5″ | 12.2% | 22.1 | 7.5 | 65.3 | Juicy, crisp | Ready to pick | |
| Princeton | Empire | 2.5″ | 10.3% | 20.2 | 2.2 | 68.3% | Juicy, starchy | Not ready | |
| Princeton | Golden Delicious | 2.8″ | 14.1% | 17.6 | 3.7 | N/A | Juicy, sweet | Getting closer to ready | |
| Princeton | Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’ | 2.8″ | 15.1% | 17.4 | 4.7 | N/A | Very juicy, sweet, slight starch | Not quite ready | |
| Princeton | Jonathan | 2.8″ | 11.9% | 15.5 | 5.7 | 75.0 | Juicy, tart, slight starch | Getting closer to ready | |
| Princeton | Macoun | 2.7″ | 11.3% | 16.2 | 4.2 | 72.5 | Juicy, starch | Getting closer to ready | |
| Princeton | Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’ | 2.9″ | 13.0% | 15.8 | 5.1 | 71.6 | Juicy, sweet | Ready to pick |