Empire

October 4, 2024

By Rebecca Magron • October 4, 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	Golden Delicious	2.8″	13.1%	15.7	6.3	N/A%	Juicy, starch	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Ida Red	2.9″	10.7%	16.6	5.3	90%	Tart	Ready
Blairstown	Rome	2.5″	10.3%	22.4	4.5	100%	Crisp, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala (+ ReTain)	2.6″	17.2%	18.3	6.7	90%	Very sweet, crisp	Ready
Hackettstown	Empire	2.8″	13.5%	13.7	4.5	95%	Sweet, flavorful	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious	3.0″	14.7%	15.8	6.2	N/A	Crisp, sweet, hint of starch	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Ida Red	2.8″	11.4%	18.0	5.3	95%	Tart, juicy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan	3.0″	15.0%	14.7	7	98%	Sweet, crisp	Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.8″	14.7%	20.9	5.5	85%	Juicy, sweet, flavorful	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Snowsweet	2.8″	15.6%	17.1	8	10%	Very sweet	Ready
Long Valley	Ida Red	2.8″	11.2%	15.3	5.7	95%	Juicy, sweet	Ready
Long Valley	Suncrisp	2.9″	11.9%	19.0	4.0	35%	Tart, crisp, some starch	Not Ready
Milford	Cameo	3.1″	11.7%	17.8	3.6	60%	Crisp, tart, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Golden Delicious	3.2″	10.2%	14.5	7.3	n/a	Sweet, flavorful	Ready
Milford	Granny Smith	3.0″	12.7%	17.6	3.0	n/a	Tart, Crisp	Not Ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.2″	12.2%	17.9	1.7	n/a	Crisp, juicy, starchy	Not Ready
Milford	Winesap	3.0″	12.3	19.5	3.7	90%	Tart, crisp, starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.0″	12.5%	17.4	4.0	60%	Tart, juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.1″	13.9%	19.3	5.2	60%	Sweet, crisp	Ready for Spot Pick
Princeton	Fuji	2.9″	15.4%	16.4	5.4	35%	Sweet, crisp	Ready
Princeton	Granny Smith	3.2″	12.0%	18.3	3.2	n/a	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Stayman Winesap	3.2″	13.6%	19.2	1.9	75%	Crisp, flavorful, starchy	Not Ready

September 27, 2024

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 2, 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	Golden Delicious	2.6″	10.1%	15.99	3.66	50%	Crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Blairstown	Pinova	2.7″	11.5%	14.94	6.83	80%	Very sweet, flavorful	Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	3.15″	13.7%	15.07	7	40%	Juicy, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala (+ ReTain)	2.7″	13%	19.36	4.83	100%	Crisp, juicy, sweet	Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.87″	12.2%	15.21	4	90%	Starch, sweet, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Empire	2.8″	14.0%	16.9	5.5	90%	Crisp, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.9″	15.6%	17.3	3.1	70%	Crisp, sweet, juicy	Ready
Long Valley	Empire	2.9″	13.7%	17.8	3.7	95%	Crisp, sweet-tart, starchy	Not Ready
Long Valley	Jonagold	3.3″	13.7%	16.7	7.0	95%	Sweet, Tart, crisp, juicy	Ready
Milford	Cameo	3.3″	13.3%	16.8	2.8	90%	Crisp, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Evercrisp	3.2″	14.2%	16.1	6.7	80%	Crisp, Sweet, flavorful	Ready
Milford	Golden Delicious	3.2″	12.8%	14.5	6.7	60%	Crisp, sweet	Ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.1″	12.0%	19.1	4.2	50%	Crisp, sweet, starchy	Not Ready
Milford	Suncrisp	3.1″	13.8	17.5	3.3	50%	Tart, crisp	Not Ready
Milford	Winesap	3.2″	13.9	18.9	2.3	50%	Dense, crisp, sweet, tart, starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.0″	12.3%	15.9	4.3	60%	Crisp, tart	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	3.0″	14.4%	16.3	5.5	90%	Sweet, crisp	Ready
South Brunswick	Nittany	3.1″	12.0%	17.4	2.3	50%	Tart	Not Ready
South Brunswick	Stayman	3.1″	12.1%	17.6	1.7	70%	Very tart, starch	Not Ready
South Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.5″	14.0%	16.6	5.0	0	Crisp, tart, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.1″	12.9%	13.8	6.8	70%	Tart	Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.0″	10.7%	15.7	5.7	0	Crisp, sweet	Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious	2.8″	13.2%	16.2	6.0	90%	Sweet, flavorful	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

October 12, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • October 15, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Rome	3.4″	12.5%	17.5	4.8	99%	sweet, dense, hint of starch, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Fuji	3.2″	13%	14.1	6.3	50%	Very juicy, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Stayman Winesap	3.6″	10.6%	17.2	1.5	75%	Starch, crisp, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.5″	13.4%	14.3	5.2	N/A	Sweet, flavorful, ready for spot pick	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Stayman Winesap	3.2″	10.0%	16.1	2.7	90%	Mild flavor, not ready	Not Ready
Pittstown	Cameo	3.2	13.2	14.5	4.5	70%	Crisp, juicy, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp 1	3.3″	11.5%	14.9	4.6	N/A	Tart, juicy, ready for 1st spot pick	Ready for spot pick
Pittstown	Suncrisp 2	3.1″	12.4%	14.3	5.0	N/A	Juicy, flavorful, ready for 1st spot pick	Ready for spot pick
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.9″	10.8%	15.3	5.2	50%	Crisp, juicy, ready this week	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.2″	14.1%	19.3	5.0	50%	crisp, juicy, ready this week	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.1″	9.9%	16.8	1.5	75%	dense, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.0″	13.6%	15.8	4.8	N/A	Crisp, ready for spot pick	Ready for Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Red’	3.4″	10.9%	16.7	2.5	75%	Hard, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.3″	11.9%	12.3	5.8	75%	Juicy, crisp, flavorful, ready	Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’	3.3″	12.1%	13.2	6.3	80%	Developed flavor, Ready	Ready

October 5, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • October 7, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Idared	3.4″	10.2%	13.1	4.5	90%	Dense, soft, juicy, sweet, almost ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Mutsu	3.7″	10.3%	17.1	6.3	50%	Juicy, sweet, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Stayman Winesap	3.6″	10.3%	17.6	1.3	N/A	Starch, tart, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Evercrisp	2.8″	13.5%	15.3	7.0	95%	Juicy, floral, low acid, ready	Ready
Hackettstown	Mutsu	3.7″	11.3%	16.0	4.5	60%	Juicy, flavor developing, tart, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.5″	12.3%	15.4	4.3	10%	Tart, starch, not quite ready for first spot pick	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Cameo	3.6″	11.5%	14.7	4.1	N/A	Starch, juicy, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp	3.7″	15.1%	15.6	4.1	90%	Flavorful, tart, almost ready for first spot pick	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.4″	10.2%	16.1	4.1	40%	Crisp, juicy, sweet, still starch, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Blushing’	3.4″	13.1%	16.2	6.0	N/A	Juicy, tart, ready	Ready Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.0″	11.1%	16.7	4.0	75%	Some starch, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Cortland	3.4″	12.4	13.0	5.8	95%	Very flavorful, nice balance of acid and flavor, ready	Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Red’	3.5″	11.1%	16.2	4.0	50%	Tart, flavor developing, almost ready	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.1″	10.4%	17.1	1.3	90%	Tart, high acid, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.1	12.4%	16.7	1.3	N/A	Tart, juicy, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.1″	11.5%	13.7	5.5	85%	Juicy, crisp, almost ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Fuji	3.2″	13.5%	15.6	5.9	20%	Low acid, flavorful, sweet, juicy, just ready	Just Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’	3.5″	10.7%	14.7	5.3	95%	Sweet, some starch, getting close to ready	Not Quite 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 7, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 9, 2023

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