Mollies Delicous

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

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 19, 2022

By Megan Muehlbauer • August 23, 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*
Blairstown	Gala	2.7″	10.3%	23.5	1.1	28%	Starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Blondee	2.7″	11.2%	26.7	2	0%	Tart, Juicy, Starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Zestar!	3.2″	13%	17.24	2.8	47.5%	Tart, Juicy, Starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Honeycrisp	3.1″	12%	17.6	3	30%	Tart, Starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Mollies Delicious	3.3″	9.4%	18.9	1.5	47%	Juicy, decent flavor, still starchy	Not Ready will taste good in a a couple weeks

August 27, 2021

By Beth Wheelan • August 27, 2021

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Ripeness in Surface Color (%)	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Gala	2.9	11	16.8	7.3	65	Crisp, mildly sweet, very flavorful	Ready to pick
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.1	10.8	15.4	4.2	48.3	Crisp, tart, mildly sweet	Needs a week or two
Blairstown	McIntosh	3	12.8	14	6.5	51	Mildly crisp, slightly sweet and tart	Just about ready to spot pick
Hackettstown	Blondee	3.2	11	14.5	5.8	36	Crisp, mild sweetness, flavorful	Ready to spot pick.
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.9	10.1	15.2	5.3	79.2	Fairly crisp, floral notes, very flavorful	Ready to pick next week.
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	3.1	9.9	15.6	5.7	83	Fairly crisp, mildly sweet/tart	Needs another week before a spot pick.
Hackettstown	Daybreak Fuji	3.1	10.8	14.4	5	55	Crisp, sweet and tart	Needs another week before a spot pick.
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	3.2	11.2	13.7	6.3	57.5	Crisp, sweet and tart	Ready for a spot pick for red color next week.
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.3	11	14.2	3.7	51	Fairly Crisp, pretty tart	Needs a couple days before a spot pick.
Hackettstown	Ruby McIntosh	3.1	10.3	13.8	5.3	94.8	Crisp and tart	Ready to spot pick next week.
Hackettstown	Zester! (+ReTain)	3.9	13.1	11.7	5.8	45	Somewhat crisp and tart	Ready to pick.
Pittstown	Blondee	3.3	11.2	16.9	4.6	N/A	Crisp and mildly sweet
Pittstown	Buckeye Gala	3.2	11.9	16.9	5.2	N/A	Mildly sweet and tart
Pittstown	Gale Gala	3.1	13	16.7	5	N/A	Crisp and sweet
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.1	10.8	14.4	4	N/A	N/A
Pittstown	Sunrise	3.2	10.1	11.3	6.6	N/A	Tart and refreshing
East Brunswick	Honeycrisp (+ReTain)	3.11	12.6	12	7.3	60	Fairly crisp and flavorful	Ready to spot pick
East Brunswick	Mollie’s Delicious	3.4	11.2	12.79	5.2	81	Fairly crisp, mildly sweet and floral	Ready to pick
Princeton	BC2 Gala	2.99	12	13.2	8.67	83	Crisp, sweet and tart	Ready to spot pick
Princeton	Brookfield Gala	2.95	12.2	15.01	8.67	77.5	Crisp, mild and sweet	Ready to spot pick

August 20, 2021

By Andrea Martinez • August 27, 2021

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