Crimson Crisp

September 12, 2025

By Rebecca Magron • September 15, 2025

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Hillsdale	Cortland, Royal	3.6	13.7	14.5	3.2	70	Tart, snappy, juicy	Not Ready
Hillsdale	Crimson Crisp	2.5	12.1	19.8	7.3	75	Tart and crisp	Ready
Hillsdale	Ruby Rush	3.4	15.5	20.6	5.5	80	Flavorful, crisp, floral	Ready
Hillsdale	September Wonder Fuji	2.3	13	14.4	7.0	60	Sweet and juicy	Ready
Blairstown	Empire	2.2	12.1	22	2.7	95	Hard, starch	Not Ready
Blairstown	Pinova	2.6	12.1	16.6	2.7	50	Sweet, tart, flavorful	Not Ready
Blairstown	September Wonder Fuji	2.5	14.2	17.4	5.6	80	Sweet, some starch	Almost Ready
Hackettstown	Cortland	3.2	12.7	15.3	2.5	95	Dense, starch, tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Daybreak Fuji	2.4	13.8	16.7	6.2	80	Dense, sweet, hint of banana	Ready
Hackettstown	Empire, Royal	2.6	11.9	23.7	3.0	90	Tart and starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan	2.5	14	21	4.4	99	Tart and Dense	Almost ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.8	13.4	17.1	5.3	95	Dense, tart	Almost ready
Milford	Cameo, Red	3.3	11.9	17.1	2.7	90	Juicy and starchy	Not ready
Milford	Cortland	3.4	12	13.5	6.6	95	tart, snappy, juicy	Ready
Milford	Macoun	3.2	13.6	16.6	3.0	80	Starchy	Not ready
Milford	Macoun, retain	3.4	12.3	16.5	2.7	75	Tart, juicy, crisp, starch	Not ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.9	10.7	17.5	2.5	0	Tart, dense, juicy and starchy	Not ready
Milford	Ruby Mac	3.2	12.7	14.7	5.0	75	crisp and tart	Ready
Milford	Shizuka	3.6	12.1	15.3	4.0	0	Juicy, flavor developing, starch	Not ready
East Brunswick	Cortland	3.2	11.9	14.3	1.3	85	Crisp and juicy	Not ready
East Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	3.0	12.8	19.7	6.5	80	Sweet, crisp and juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Fuji	3.5	12.1	16.4	7.2	70	Sweet and juicy	Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.9	12.2	19.8	3.0	70	Starch, hard, and tart	Not ready
Princeton	Gala	2.9	12.4	19.6	3.7	80	Crisp, sweet, juicy, starch	Not ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.9	13.1	16.1	5.5	70	Tart, juicy	Almost ready
Princeton	Red Delicious	3.2	11.1	16.7	3.0	80	Starchy	Not ready

September 5, 2025

By Rebecca Magron • September 8, 2025

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Hillsdale	Gala Simmons	3.0	13.3	12.3	8	85	Sweet	Ready
Hillsdale	Ruby Mac	3.0	13.3	13.9	6.2	99	Sweet and tart	Ready
Blairstown	Early Gala	2.3	12.2	17.7	6.7	40	Light, sweet and crisp	Ready
Blairstown	Empire	2.4	11.4	21.2	2	80	Crisp and juicy	Not Ready
Blairstown	September Fuji	2.5	12.7	17.9	5.5	50	Crisp and juicy	Not Ready
Blairstown	Spartan	2.1	15.3	19.6	2	50	Flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	2.7	12.4	14.9	6.2	90	Juicy and dense	Ready
Hackettstown	Blondee	2.6	12.1	22.8	4	0	Crisp and juicy	Almost Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.9	12.4	17.3	6	90	Crisp, Juicy and Flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	2.7	12.4	20.4	1.3	80	Starchy and tart	Not Ready
Chester	Crimson Crisp	2.8	12.5	20.2	505	90	Dense and Flavorful	Ready
Chester	Daybreak Fuji	3	11.8	16.3	4.7	50	Dense, juicy and some starch	Not Quite Ready
Chester	Macoun	3.1	13	17.4	3	50	Tart, dense	Not Ready
Chester	Royal Cortland	3.3	12.4	16.6	1.5	80	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Califon	Buckeye Gala	2.8	11.9	19.1	3.3	90	Sweet and crisp	Not Quite Ready
Califon	Cortland	3	12.1	16.2	2	80	Juicy, crisp, flavor developing	Not Ready
Califon	Early Fuji	3.1	11.8	16.5	3.7	60	Juicy and crisp	Not Ready
Califon	Honeycrisp	3.8	14.3	15	7.5	80	Sweet and Flavorful	Ready
Califon	McIntosh	3.1	10.3	21.4	2.2	40	Tart and starchy	Not Ready
Oldwick	Honeycrisp	3.3	13	15.1	7.6	75	Crisp and Sweet	Ready
Milford	Ambrosia	3	12.3	19.7	2.2	40	Crisp, light, some starch	Not Ready
Milford	Firestorm Honeycrisp	3.1	13.2	15.3	7.7	70	Crisp, Sweet, Juicy	Ready
Milford	Honeycrisp	3.2	10.2	14	7.8	60	Crisp and Sweet	Ready
Milford	Jonagold	3.4	12.2	16.7	6.3	75	Crisp, Flavorful and Juicy	Ready
Milford	Macoun	3.1	11.7	16.1	3	60	Tart	Not Ready
Milford	Royal Empire	2.8	10.5	18.5	2	90	Tart, crisp and some starch	Not Ready
Milford	Royal Honeycrisp	3	10.5	14.4	7.7	60	Crisp and Juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	2.9	9.1	17.6	3	80	Crisp, Dense and Starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Jonagold	3.4	12	17.2	6.2	70	Juicy, Crisp and Flavorful	Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Gala	3	13	16.1	7	60	Sweet, Dense, Nice Flavor	Ready
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	2.8	13.6	21.9	5.9	90	Crisp, Flavorful, Juicy	Ready
Princeton	Gala	2.9	12.3	19.9	3.8	80	Sweet and Juicy	Not Ready

September 20, 2024

By Megan Muehlbauer • September 20, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Blairstown	Early Fuji	2.3″	13.3%	16.10	6.3	75%	Sweet	Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	2.7″	13%	16.31	4.5	50%	Crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Blairstown	Empire	2.5″	10.9%	19.61	4.5	50%	Very sweet, flavorful	Ready
Blairstown	Spartan	2.4″	11.8%	17.3	6.5	70%	Juicy, tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.9″	13.6%	18.74	7	90%	Tart, crisp	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	2.7″	11.9%	21.45	3.8	80%	Juicy, some starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.8″	11.5%	16.84	4.2	80%	Dense, juicy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cortland	3.4″	12.3%	15.7	3.2	90%	Sweet and crisp	Ready
Milford	Ambrosia	3.15″	14.4%	17.96	6.5	50%	Sweet, crisp, juicy	Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fruit	2.95″	13.5%	20.35	3.83	50%	Starchy, tart	Not Ready
Quakertown	Ludacrisp	2.95″	13.3%	19.8	4.12	70%	Tart, juicy	Not Ready
Quakertown	Empire	2.65″	13.7%	20.87	3.5	90%	Crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Ludacrisp	3.02″	12.2%	19.46	3.5	80%	Crisp, tart, starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Rosalee	2.05″	14.6%	18.36	2.7	60%	Bitter	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Autumn Gala	2.7″	11.4%	18.60	4.33	50%	Tart, juicy, crisp	Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	2.7″	11.4	18.6	4.33	50%	Tart, crisp	Ready
East Brunswick	Fuji	2.93″	15.8	15.31	6.58	50%	Juicy, sweet	Ready
Princeton	Early Fuji	2.7″	12.3%	14.35	7.8	50%	Sweet, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.2″	13.3%	16.44	4.4	85%	Crisp, sweet, well blended	Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.9″	13.5%	18.24	3.5	N/A	Crisp, starch, tart	Not Ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.9″	13.4%	15.69	7.6	80%	Well blended	Ready
Princeton	Macoun	3.1″	14.2%	13.01	7	80%	Sweet, tart,	Ready
Priceton	Red Delicious	3.0″	12.5%	16.58	5.4	75%	Crisp, Sweet	Ready

September 13, 2024

By Rebecca Magron • September 14, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Early Fuji	2.4″	11.4%	15.3	5	80%	Starchy, dense	Not Ready
Blairstown	Gala	2.5″	11.4%	17.2	7.2	90%	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	2.8″	10.7%	13.6	7.3	70%	Very sweet and juicy	Ready
Blairstown	Spartan	2.4″	12.1%	17.2	4.5	80%	Juicy, tart, some starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.6″	12.3%	21	2.88	80%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	2.5	10.1	21.6	5.2	100	Juicy, flavorful	Very close
Hackettstown	Day Break Fuji	3.0	14.8	14.2	5.5	80	Very sweet	Very close
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	3.0″	13.2%	16.0	7	80%	Sweet, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.7	11.3	17.6	2.8	80	Dense, juicy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cortland	3.0	12.8	16.5	2.8	80	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	2.6	13.1	16.6	6	100	Crisp, tart	Ready
Long Valley	Cortland	3.4	12.3	16.1	2.2	90	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Long Valley	Gala	2.8″	12.2%	21.0	4.8	100%	Starch variable, sweet flavor developing,	Spot pick
Milford	Ambrosia	3.2″	14.7%	17.9	4.42	70%	Sweet, crisp, juicy	Not Quite Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fruit	3.15″	14.7%	17.9	4.4	70%	Starchy, tart	Not Ready
Milford	Macoun	3.1″	11.9%	16.1	2.8	70%	Flavor developing, juicy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Cortland	3.2	11.7	16.4	1.3	70	Tart, juicy, starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	3.0	12.8	17.2	4.8	40	Juicy and flavorful	Very close to ready
East Brunswick	Fuji	3.0	14.8	15.5	6.5	30	Juicy, sweet	Ready
East Brunswick	Jonagold	3.5	16.1	17.6	5.9	70	Sweet, crispy, juicy	Ready
South Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	3.0	14.6	20.1	5.7	95	Sweet, tart, juicy	Ready
South Brunswick	Gala	2.7	11.2	20.8	5.3	95	sweet, juicy, hint of starcy	Just about ready
South Brunswick	Golden Delicious	3.2	13.2	18	2.2	N/A	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
South Brunswick	Mutsu	3.3	13.1	18.4	2.3	N/A	Tart, juicy, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	2.8″	14.6	22	6.8	90	Crisp, sweet, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Early Fuji	2.4	11.7%	16.2	5.7	70	Sweet, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.9	11.4	18.3	4.3	70	Crisp, tart, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.9	12.2	19.9	2.3	N/A	Crisp, starch, tart	Not Ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.9	13.7	16	4.8	95	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Macoun	2.9	10.5	14.1	5.5	80	Sweet, tart, starch variable	Ready for spot pick
Priceton	McIntosh	3.0	13.2	14.2	5.8	90	Sweet, tart and flavorful	Ready

September 28, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 30, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Idared	3.3″	11.5%	12.8	4.5	90%	Juicy, flavor coming through just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	3.5″	11.3%	14	6.5	50%	Juicy, crisp, very slight starch, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Mutsu	3.5″	13%	16.9	2.6	N/A	Starch, tart, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Acey Mac	3.2″	10.7%	14.1	3.7	90%	Starch, juicy, Not Ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cameo ‘Cami Red’	3.3″	11.1%	14.6	2.4	90%	Starchy, crisp, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Empire ‘Royal’	3.2″	11.2%	15.2	5.0	95%	Juicy, slight starch, flavor still coming through, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	3.2″	12.9%	13.9	4.5	N/A	Crunchy, juicy, sweet, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Liberty	3.2″	12.8%	18.0	3.0	90%	Flavorful, juicy, starch, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Mutsu	2.5″	11.2%	16.7	2.4	N/A	Starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.3″	11.7%	21.7	1.5	45%	Starchy, sweet, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cort	3.4″	13.2%	13.7	2.6	90%	Flavorful, tart, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.4″	11.4	15.8	3.1	N/A	Tart, starchy, dense, not ready	Not Ready
Pittstown	Crown Empire	3.3″	13.5%	13.6	5.3	95%	Sweet, very slight starch, attractive, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Gibson Golden	3.2″	12.7%	15.5	4.5	N/A	Good acid, juicy, could be sweeter, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Golden Delicious	3.2	13.8%	15.2	5.0	N/A	Sweet, crunchy, nice acid, juicy, Ready in a couple of days	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Macoun	3.1″	13.0%	15.4	3.6	90%	Some starch, sweet, crisp not ready	Not Ready
East Burnswick	Cameo	3.2″	11.5%	15.4	2.6	50%	Starchy and juicy, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.0″	12%	21.5	1.6	40%	Very crisp, sweet, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Cort	3.5″	11.9%	14.3	3.3	90%	Starchy, crisp, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.3″	13.2%	16.6	2.3	10%	Crisp, very tart, flavor developing, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Crimson Topaz	2.9″	11.4%	15.1	4.1	80%	Juicy, sweet, slight starch, Not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.2″	12%	14	5.1	80%	Tart, juicy, some starch, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Liberty	2.8″	12%	17.2	5.1	90%	Some starch, tart, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Querina	2.9″	13.1%	17.5	4.6	95%	Sweet, mild flavor, slight starch, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’	3.1″	11.8%	16	2.1	95%	Sweet, dense, starch, not ready	Not Ready

September 21, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 23, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Empire	3.1″	12.9%	14.2	4.7	60%	Nice flavor, crisp, juicy, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Golden Delicious	3.4″	14.9%	15.6	3.7	N/A	Juicy, crisp, sweet, getting closer to ready	Not Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	3.5″	12.0%	13.9	6.5	35%	Flavorful, crispy, juicy, Ready to pick	Ready
Blairstown	Pinova	3.3″	14.2%	14.2	5.7	N/A	Tart, juicy, flavorful ready	Ready
Blairstown	Spartan	2.8″	11.9%	15.0	4.5	90%	Starch, soft	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Cameo ‘Cami Red’	3.2″	11.2%	15.7	2.3	80%	Starch, tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Gibson’	3.2″	12.0%	23.7	1.3	N/A	Starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	3.1″	11.7%	14.0	5.8	N/A	Slight starch, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonagold	3.4″	12.7%	14.4	6.3	45%	Juicy, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	3.0″	14.6%	14.2	5.7	95%	Distinct flavor, sweet, ready	Ready in a few days
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.2″	10.3%	14.9	4.3	50%	Sweet, Juicy, just about ready	Not quite Ready
Hackettstown	Mutsu	3.5″	10.8	16.8	1.3	N/A	Crispy, juicy and tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cortland	3.5″	11.7%	14.4	2.5	90%	Some starch, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.1″	11.1%	14.8	3.0	80%	Tasty, still some starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Macoun	3.1 “	12.7%	15.4	3.1	50%	Sweet, slight starch	Not Ready
East Burnswick	Cameo	3.1″	11.1%	15.8	3.2	50%	Slight starch, not quite ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	3.0″	10.1%	13.8	6.1	N/A	Very slight starch, juicy, nearly ready	Ready
East Brunswick	Jonagold	3.2″	14.4%	15	7.0	80%	Juicy, flavorful, crisp, ready	Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Cortland	3.5″	13.4%	13.6	3.5	90%	Juicy and fragrant, not quite ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Empire	3.0″	12.7%	15.7	6.0	90%	Flavor is developing, just about ready	Ready for Spot Pick
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	2.8″	12.9%	18.2	6.6	95%	Crisp, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.2″	11.1%	16.1	4.5	85%	Tart, starch and dense, not ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.2″	11.3%	14.4	5.0	N/A	Sweet, Juicy, ready	Just about Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	2.8″	10.3%	15.8	6.0	N/A	Sweet some starch	Ready
Princeton	Jonathan	3.2″	11.7%	13.6	7.1	80%	Distinct Flavor, tart, Ready	Ready
Princeton	Macoun	2.8″	10.7%	14.9	4.3	50%	Tart, juicy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious	3″	10.1%	15.8	3.0	98%	Sweet, some starch	Not Ready

September 14, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 16, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Empire	2.8″	12.7%	17.1	2.8	90%	Juicy, some starch	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.2″	13.5%	15.0	4.3	50%	Juicy, crisp, sweet, starch variable	Ready for Spot Pick
Blairstown	Spartan	2.8″	14.1%	15.3	3.0	60%	Some sweet, Variable	Spot pick
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.0″	12.8%	12.2	5.0	90%	Crisp, juicy, sweet and tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Gibson’	3.1″	12.2%	24.8	1	N/A	Very hard, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra ‘	3.0″	12.8%	15.3	2.6	N/A	Hard, tart, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonagold ‘Crimson’	3.1″	12.8%	15.7	4.8	30%	Juicy, crisp, starchy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	2.9″	12.1%	14.4	5.3	95%	Distinct Flavor, some starch	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.0″	10.8%	15.2	2.8	50%	Juicy, flavorful	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.0″	14.2%	14.6	5.0	60%	Tart, some starch	Few more days
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.0″	11.3%	15.4	3.0	80%	slight starch, juicy	Not quite Ready
Hackettstown	Snowsweet	3.2″	11.8	15.1	7.5	50%	Distinct flavor, sweet, juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Gibson Golden	3.1″	12.2%	15.7	2.6	N/A	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Macoun	2.8″	13.8%	16.9	1.8	60%	Slight starch, juicy, sweet	Not Ready
Pittstown	Thome Empire	3.5″	11.6%	18.7	3.3	85%	Tart, starch, dense	Not Ready
East Burnswick	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.3″	12.5%	16.2	1.0	85%	Very flavorful, starch, juicy, bright white flesh	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	2.9″	13.1%	19.6	4.6	80%	Very sweet, dense, juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Daybreak Fuji	3.4″	12.1%	13	5.8	60%	Juicy and sweet	Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious	2.8″	10.9%	14.8	5.5	N/A	Tart, variable starch	Ready to Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Jonathan ‘Ultra’	3.0″	12.1%	14.7	6.3	90%	Sweet and juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	3.0″	12.1%	14.7	6.3	90%	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Auvil Fuji	3.2″	12.8%	12.8	7.0	40%	Sweet, flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Brookfield Gala	2.7″	11.2%	17.9	5.3	60%	Sweet, Flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	3.0″	13.5%	21.1	6.5	85%	Flavorful Juicy, Crisp, Tart	Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.9″	11.8%	14.9	4.5	80%	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.0″	12.0%	15.7	4.0	N/A	Flavor developing, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	2.7″	10.2%	16.2	7.6	N/A	Flavorful, crisp	Ready for Spot pick
Princeton	Jonathan	3.0″	10.1%	14.7	5.6	90%	Flavorful, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Macoun	3.0″	12.0%	17.3	3.5	80%	Tart, starch	Not Ready

September 23, 2022

By Rebecca Magron • September 26, 2022

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
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

September 23, 2021

By Beth Wheelan • September 23, 2021

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Ripeness in Surface Color (%)	Tasting Notes	Comments
Hackettstown	Acey McIntosh	3.4	10.5	13.2	3.75	80	Crunchy, starchy	Sugars are increasing, needs another week or two
Hackettstown	Liberty	3.3	10.2	19.15	3	80	Crunchy, starchy, sweet	Not ready needs another couple weeks
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious (Ultra)	3.17	10	14.2	6.08	35	Crucnhy, sweet	Ready to begin to pick, could hang longer for more sugar
Hackettstown	Jonaprince	3.8	7.8	13.15	6.5	80	Some crunch, tart, slightly sweet	Needs another week or two
Hackettstown	Cortland	3.8	12.3	14.2	3.5	90	Sweet but starchy	Needs another week or two
Hackettstown	Empire	3.42	10.5	14.1	5.5	90	Crunchy, starchy and sweet	Needs another week
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.31	10	14.7	4.5	77	Crunchy, tart and sweet	Still needs another week
Blairstown	Fuji +NAA	2.68	11	13.6	7.5	75	Crunchy, flavorful	Ready to begin to harvest
Blairstown	Spartan +NAA	3.26	10.4	13.78	5.3	77	Crunchy, tart and sweet	Needs another couple days to a week
Blairstown	Jonagold +NAA	3.87	10.1	14.12	5.67	40	Crunchy, flavorful	Close, needs a couple more days
Blairstown	Empire +NAA	3.02	11.8	15.62	5.67	77	Flavorful	Close, needs a few more days
Blairstown	Golden Delicious	3.08	10.7	14.7	4.5	35	Crisp and tart	Close, needs another week
Pittstown	Ambrosia	2.89	9.9	17.45	3.5	35	Starchy; mild flavor	Needs another week to sweeten up
Pittstown	Thome Empire	2.95	9.5	16	4	70	Crisp, sweet and tart; juicy; some starch	Needs another week to sweeten up
Pittstown	Johnathan	2.95	10.9	14.1	4.1	100	Sweet and tart; very juicy; some starch	Needs just a few more days.
Pittstown	Gibson Golden Delicious	3.18	13	14.43	4.5	35	Sweet and tart; juicy; starchy	Needs a few more days to sweeten up.
East Brunswick	Empire	2.91	10.4	15.25	5.7	77	Slightly sweet and tart; still some starch;	Getting close to ready, a few more days.
East Brunswick	Ultra Red Red Delicious	3.11	9.1	12.84	7.7	85	Slightly sweet; dense;	Getting close to ready, another day or two.
East Brunswick	Royal Courtland	3.3	12	13.59	3.5	85	Balanced tart/sweet; good texture	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	3.07	13.1	18.05	6	90	Slightly sweet and tart; Crisp;	Ready to pick
Princeton	Empire	3	10.5	13.61	5	77	Crisp, sweet and tart;	Ready to pick
Princeton	Liberty	2	11.2	17.71	3.75	90	Sweet, very flavorful; starchy;	Needs another week
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	2	11	17.9	7	85	Sweet; crisp	Ready to pick
Princeton	Oregon Spur Red Delicious	3	10.8	14.71	5.66	90	Crisp; dense texture; Starchy	Needs another week to sweeten up
Princeton	Jonathan	3	11	12.77	6.5	80	Crisp and tart;	Ready to pick

September 17, 2021

By Andrea Martinez • September 20, 2021

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