Honeycrisp

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 6, 2024

By Rebecca Magron • September 6, 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	2.5″	12.8%	16.5	5	60%	Starchy, dense	Not Ready
Blairstown	Gala	2.7″	11.6%	16.9	7.4	70%	Sweet, juicy	Ready for Spot Pick
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	2.8″	10.9%	15.1	7.1	70%	Juicy, flavor developing	Ready for Spot pick
Blairstown	Spartan	2.4″	11.7%	20.4	1.8	80%	Juicy, dense, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.6″	11.7%	21.1	3.7	80%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	2.8″	12.4%	16.8	4.4	70%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Long Valley	Gala	2.4″	12.4%	22.0	4.2	90%	Starchy, sweet flavor developing	Not Ready
Long Valley	Honeycrisp	3.0″	12.7%	15.1	6.9	70%	Crisp, sweet, flavorful and juicy	Ready
Milford	Ambrosia	3.3″	14.0%	19.5	4.6	50%	Starchy, sweet, not ready	Not Quite Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fruit	3.0″	12.7%	17.8	2.2	50%	Starchy, tart, dense, not ready	Not Ready
Milford	Honeycrisp	3.3″	14.6%	15.1	7.5	90%	Sweet, flavorful, Ready	Ready for spot pick
Milford	Honeycrisp	3.8″	14.3%	14.7	5.7	65%	Crisp, juicy, ready for spot pick	Not quite ready
Milford	Macoun	3.4″	12.3%	15.7	4.2	60%	Sweet and tart, starchy	Not Ready
Milford	Suncrisp	3.3″	14.0%	19.5	4.6	N/A	Starchy, sweet	Not Ready
Princeton	Gala	2.8″	10.5%	17.2	5.6	70%	Sweet, snappy, juicy, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.1″	14.0%	15.4	6.3	60%	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Princeton	McIntosh	3.1″	13.4%	15.5	5.8	80%	Tart, juicy	Close to 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

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Empire	2.9″	12.0%	17.1	3	80%	Slight starch	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.5″	11.4%	15.0	4.1	35%	Sweet, juicy	Ready for Spot Pick
Blairstown	Spartan	2.8″	10.9%	14.6	3.2	60%	Some sweet, Variable	Spot pick
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.3″	13.2%	19.7	4.1	70%	Crisp, juicy, sweet	A few more days
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	3.2″	10.8%	25.5	1.0	30%	Tart, starchy, hard	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonagold ‘Crimson ‘	3.4″	12.0%	15.3	5.0	50%	Slight starch and juicy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra’	3.1″	10.5%	15.0	3.3	90%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.4″	12.1%	15.4	4.3	40%	Tart, Starchy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.0″	12.6%	14.6	4.87	40%	Crisp, some starch	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.1″	12.1%	15.9	2.0	50%	Sweet, Juicy, Crisp	Not Ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.3″	11.4%	13.2	4.0	40%	Crisp and Sweet	Ready for spot pick
Pittstown	Jonathan	2.7″	14.0%	16.4	4.5	95%	Tart and Juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Linda Mac	3.4″	11.4%	14.3	3.5	80%	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Ruby Mac	3.2″	12.1%	13.4	5.6	90%	Sweet, crunchy, juicy, very slight starch	Ready in a couple of days
East Brunswick	Daybreak Fuji	3.3″	11.4%	14.1	5.0	45%	Juicy, Slight Starch	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious	2.9″	10.8%	15.9	5.8	N/A	Juicy and Some Starch	Ready for Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Jonathan ‘Ultra’	2.9″	11.3%	17.2	4.8	87%	Tart, some starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	2.9″	9.6%	17.4	3.0	70%	Starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Bookfield Gala	2.7″	10.4%	21.1	3.1	50%	Sweet, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.0″	11.3%	18.7	3.0	65%	Tart, starchy, hard	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.1″	11.7%	15.4	5.1	N/A	Juicy, Flavorful	Ready in a couple of days
Princeton	Macoun	2.8″	15.2%	15.8	4.8	50%	Flavorful Juicy	Ready in a couple of days
Princeton	Ruby Mac	3.0″	12.9%	14.7	6.0	90%	Sweet, slightly tart	Ready

August 31, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 1, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Gala	2.8″	10.8%	18.2	7.5	40%	Fragrant, Juicy, Sweet	Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.4″	12.4%	15.7	2.7	30%	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Blairstown	September Wonder Fuji	2.9″	10.3%	15.3	5.5	40%	Juicy, Fresh, Tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.1″	11.9%	13.2	4.7	70%	Flavorful, juicy, tart	A few more days
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	3.1″	14.3%	18.1	6.2	80%	Juicy, crisp, light flavor	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	3.0″	11.8%	26.6	1.0	20%	Tart, green and dense	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Fuji ‘Daybreak’	3.4″	11.6%	14.0	4.5	50%	Sweet, Juicy, Flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	3.1″	12.7%	15.3	2.7	60%	Tart, juicy, slight starch	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.2″	13.6%	15.4	4.7	50%	Tart, crisp, green, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.3″	10.5%	16.9	2.5	60%	Tart, dense, juicy, some starch	Getting Closer, Not Ready
Pittstown	Blondee	3.0″	11.4%	17.8	6.0	N/A	Flavorful and Juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Buckeye Gala	2.9″	11.7%	17.7	7.3	82.5%	Flavorful and Juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Gale Gala	2.9″	12.5%	13.6	5.2	90%	Some starch	Getting closer, Not Ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.1″	11.0%	13.8	4.5	50%	Crisp, juicy, slight starch	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Jonathan	2.7″	11.3%	18.0	2.0	100%	Sour, hard	Not Ready
Pittstown	Royal Gala	3.1″	10.7%	13.1	8.4	40%	Tart, juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Daybreak Fuji	3.3″	11.0%	14.8	4.2	50%	Dense, Juicy, Some Starch	Not Quite Ripe
East Brunswick	Honeycrisp	3.3″	11.6%	13.7	6.0	50%	Juicy and Sweet	Ready
East Brunswick	Mollies Delicious	3.7″	11.9%	13.3	5.3	60%	Crisp, juicy, light flavor	Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Gala	2.9″	11.3%	15.9	7.5	60%	Sweet, dry	Ready
Princeton	Bookfield Gala	2.8″	12.1%	20.9	5.2	80%	Slight starch, sweet, juicy	A Few More Days
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.0″	12.0%	12.8	5.6	40%	Flavorful, juicy, aromatic	Ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp ‘Firestorm’	3.1″	13.3%	15.3	8.0	75%	Aromatic, sweet and juicy	Ready
Princeton	Rising Sun Fuji	3.0″	13.1%	13.8	7.2	40%	Sweet and Juicy	Ready
Princeton	Ruby Mac	2.9″	11.7%	14.9	6.5	85%	Some Starch and Juicy	Another day

August 24, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • August 25, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Hackettstown	Blondee	2.8″	10.4 %	20.6	1.6	12 %	Juicy and dense. Starchy	Not ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.8″	8.8 %	17.5	3	50 %	Juicy, Starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	2.8″	8.9 %	18.8	1.8	60 %	Starchy and tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	3.2″	11.6 %	16.5	1.2	40 %	Starchy and tart, flavorful	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	2.9″	10.7%	16.1	3.0	90%	Tart, green, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Zestar!	3.2″	14.1%	13.3	6	38%	Light texture, juicy, tart and slight starch	Just about ready
Pittstown	Blondee	2.8″	10.4%	20.6	1.6	12%	Dense, juicy and starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Buckeye Gala	2.8″	11.4%	21.1	2.5	85%	Some flavor, hard and starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Gale Gala	2.8″	11.0%	21.2	2.7	80%	Juicy, sweet and starchy	Not Ready

September 16, 2022

By Rebecca Magron • September 19, 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″	12.2%	20.94	1.8	89.1%	Crisp, tart, juicy starch	Not Ready
Belvidere	Fuji ‘September Wonder’	2.5″	15.3%	17.23	6.8	56.6%	Juicy, Sweet	Ready to Pick
Belvidere	Spartan	2.5″	13.7%	19.89	3.6	81.6%	Sweet, Crisp, Juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.2″	15%	15.05	5.6	85%	Crisp, sweet, juicy	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Gibson’	3.0″	15%	18.54	2.8	N/A	Tart, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’	3.0″	13.1%	18.3	2.5	N/A	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	2.9″	10.9%	19.6	4.5	92.5%	Crisp, juicy	Getting closer to ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.9″	12.0%	20.39	4.8	50%	Tart, juicy, slightly strachy	Getting closer to ready
Hackettstown	Snow Sweet	2.9″	12.9%	20.4	6.5	42.5%	Tart	Ready to pick
Pittstown	Blondee	2.9″	11.5%	23.12	1.5	N/A	Starchy, juicy	Not ready
Pittstown	Jonathan	2.75″	14.5%	16.72	3.9	98.5%	Tart, starchy	Not ready
Pittstown	Macoun	2.42″	12.6%	20.00	4.4	70.84%	Starchy, juicy	Not ready
East Brunswick	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.05″	13.4	13.0	1.5	55%	Crisp, Tart	Not ready
East Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	2.7	14.1%	24.99	6.8	90.8%	Tart, crisp	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	2.7″	11.7%	19.26	3.1	N/A	Tart, crisp	Not ready
East Brunswick	Honeycrisp	2.9″	13.0%	14.43	5.17	43.3%	Sweet, juicy, crisp	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’ Retain	3.00″	13.4%	15.1	5.8	81.6%	Tart, crisp	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Jonagold	3.0″	14.9%	19.96	5.17	44.1	Juicy, tart	Nearly ready to pick
East Brunswick	Mollies Delicious	2.7″	13.3%	13.27	6.5	55%	Sweet, crisp, flavorful	Ready to pick
Princeton	Cortland	3.0″	13.9%	17.63	1.0	72.5%	Tart, starch	Not ready
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	2.5″	12.9%	21.60	6.1	76.7	Crisp, sweet, slight starch	Nearly ready to pick
Princeton	Empire	2.67″	13.3%	20.10	3.0	68.3%	Starchy, tanins	Not ready
Princeton	Fuji ‘Auvil’	2.75″	15.2%	13.9	6.7	65.83%	Sweet, juicy	Ready to pick
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.75″	12.6%	17.76	5.3	N/A	Juicy, some starch	Getting closer to ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’	3.00″	12.4%	17.17	3.2	N/A	Starchy	Not ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.83″	13.2%	15.25	6.33	82.5	Tart, juicy, some starch	Nearly ready to pick
Princeton	Macoun	2.83″	13.6″	16.22	6.00	52.5	Sweet, juicy, slight starch	Getting closer to ready

September 9, 2022

By Rebecca Magron • September 11, 2022

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Belvidere	Honeycrisp	2.9″	13%	15.1	4.5	52%	Flavorful, juicy	Ready to spot pick
Belvidere	Gala	2.7″	14.2%	17.82	8.8	73.3%	Crisp, Juicy, Sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	2.96″	14.1%	13.90	5.0	86.7%	Tart, Juicy	Nearly ready to pick
Hackettstown	Jonagold ‘Crimson’	3.17″	12.2%	18.55	3.5	56.7%	Juicy, Flavorful	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	2.92″	13.5%	17.19	4.2	92%	Tart, slight starch	Getting closer to ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.83″	13.2%	18.0	2.8	51.7%	Starchy, Tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	McIntosh ‘Pioneer’	2.92″	15.1%	15.9	4.5	85%	Crisp, Juicy, Tart,	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	McIntosh ‘Ruby’	3.25″	14.1%	15.43	5.3	96.8%	Flavorful, Juicy	Ready to pick
Pittstown	Blondee	3.2″	12.1%	23.42	1.5	N/A	Tart, juicy, dense, starchy	Not ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.0″	15.5%	17.24	4.5	65%	Sweet, Flavorful	Ready to spot pick
Pittstown	Honeycrisp II	3.0″	14.7%	18.08	5.1	70%	Sweet, Flavorful	Ready to spot pick
Pittstown	Jonathan	2.75″	13.9%	18.97	3.6	95.8%	Tart, dry	Nearly ready to pick
Pittstown	McIntosh ‘Linda’	2.83	15.2%	16.42	5.3	80.8%	Tart, Flavorful	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Fuji ‘Daybreak’ retain	3.0″	16.4	14.69	5.7	52.0%	Sweet, juicy	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Gala ‘Royal’ retain	2.66	13.6%	17.04	7.5	59.2%	Juicy, sweet, crispy	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Honeycrisp retain	2.7″	11.5%	16.71	4.7	72.5%	Some starch and tart	Getting close to ready for spot pick
East Brunswick	Jonagold Retain	3.0″	14.9%	19.77	4.3	63.3%	Some starch, good flavor, crispy, juicy	Getting close to ready
East Brunswick	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’ Retain	2.58″	11.9%	18.6	5.4	82.5%	Some starcy, Juicy	Close to ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	2.78″	11.9%	18.09	3.5	N/A	Juicy, some starch	Not ready
East Brunswick	Mollies Delicious Retain	3.42″	14.5%	14.2	7.0	69.2%	Juicy, some slight starch	Nearly ready to pick
East Brunswick	Red Delicious ‘Super Chief’ retain	2.7	13.1%	18.01	4.5	68.3%	Sweet, floral	Ready to Pick
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.83″	12.2%	18.74	2.0	N/A	Tart, starch	Not ready

September 2, 2022

By Rebecca Magron • September 6, 2022

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Belvidere	Honeycrisp with Retain	2.8″	15.3%	18.18	4.0	58.3%	Sweet, juicy	Close to Ready
Belvidere	Gala	2.8″	9.2%	21.85	6.5	55%	Starchy,	Close to Ready
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.0″	12.5%	16.52	4.8	73.3%	Tart, Juicy	Nearly ready to pick
Hackettstown	Fuji ‘Daybreak’	3.17″	12.0%	15.5	4.75	43.3%	Sweet, Juicy	Ready
Hackettstown	Gala ‘Brookfield’	3.01″	13.5%	17.27	8.0	85.8%	Sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Gala ‘Buckeye’	2.92″	11.9%	19.61	6.5	91.6%	Sweet, Juicy	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp ‘NAK59337’	3.17″	13.8%	15.88	5.0	50.8%	Sweet, tart, juicy	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	McIntosh ‘Pioneer’	3.22″	31.8%	18.54	4.3	54.1%	Tart, starchy	Not ready
Hackettstown	McIntosh ‘Ruby’	3.0″	13.2%	18.22	4.3	83.3%	Tart, some starcy	Getting close
Pittstown	Blondee	2.75″	12.25%	28.95	1	N/A	Tart, juicy, firm	Not ready
Pittstown	Gala ‘Buckeye’	2.83″	13.7%	19.32	7.8	74.3%	Sweet, juicy	Ready to pick
Pittstown	Gala ‘Gale’	2.42″	15%	19.59	3.0	73.33%	Sweet, firm, hint of starch	Getting close
East Brunswick	Gala ‘Royal’	2.67″	12.7%	18.49	7.5	43.3%	Sweet, juicy, very slight starch	Very close to ready
East Brunswick	Fuji ‘Daybreak’	2.83″	13.9%	16.18	6.4	46.6%	Sweet, slight starch	Very close to ready; within the week
East Brunswick	Mollies Delicious	3.33″	13.7%	16.31	5.9	59.1%	Some starch still	Getting close
Princeton	Fuji ‘Auvil’	2.67″	11.4%	18.9	5.0	44.1%	Juicy, sweet, hint of starch	Getting close to ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.04″	12.0%	17.0	4.8	52.5%	Juicy, crisp, ripe	Ready to spot pick
Princeton	Honeycrisp ‘Firestorm’	3.08″	14.0%	18.3	8.6	36.0%	Flavorful, juicy	Ready to pick
Princeton	McIntosh ‘Ruby’	3.02″	13.7%	12.26	7.6	80%	Sweet	Ready to pick
Princeton	Fuji ‘Rising Sun’	3.0″	13.7%	16.29	4.4	35.8%	Sweet, firm, slightly starchy	Not ready to pick

August 26, 2022

By Rebecca Magron • August 27, 2022

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*
Belvidere	Honeycrisp	3.0″	10.7%	17.1	4.8	32.5%	Tart Starch, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.1″	11.8%	17.0	2	37%	Sharp, Starchy and Tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Gala ‘Brookfield’	3.2″	10.8%	19.3	6.5	84.2%	Hint of starchy, sweet, juicy	Getting closer
Hackettstown	Gala ‘Buckeye’	3.1″	9.5%	20.0	3	81%	Starchy, sweetness coming through, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	4.0″	11.4%	17.1	1.5	49%	Starchy and Tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.1″	12.2%	16.5	3.8	73.3%	Starchy, softer, juicy and flavorful	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Fuji ‘Day Break’	3.0″	10.2%	16.8	1.6	40%	Starchy, Tart	Not Ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.4″	9.1%	17.6	7	33%	Starchy, Tart, Juicy	Not Ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp ‘Firestorm’	3.1″	13.4%	16.0	5	45%	Starch, Sweet	Getting closer to ready

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