Pinova

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 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 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 30, 2022

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 3, 2022

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Belvidere	Golden Delicious	3.0″	13.7%	15.83	6.3	N/A	Crisp, juicy, starch	Very nearly ready
Belvidere	Jonagold	3.1″	14.3%	15.5	6.5	60%	Juicy, crispy	Ready in a couple of days
Belvidere	Pinova	2.9″	13.1%	12.8	7.5	66.6%	Crispy, juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Cameo ‘Cammi Red’	3.4″	12.2%	16.0	4.0	71.6%	Starchy, juicy, tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.3″	15%	15.5	4.5	72.5%	Tart, slightly starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Empire ‘Royal’	3.0″	13.2%	17.8	5.3	94.2%	Crisp, tart, hard	Getting closer
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Gibson’	3.1″	15.3%	18.0	5.3	N/A	Crisp, sweet, well balanced flavor	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’	3.3″	14.2%	15.6	4.3	N/A	Juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Jonagold ‘DeCoster’	3.3″	13.7%	16.6	6.5	73.3%	Juicy, crisp, flavorful	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	2.9″	15.2%	15.8	5.8	93.3%	Tart, mild starch	Near Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.1″	13.2%	16.0	4.0	48.6%	Crispy, good texture	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	McIntosh ‘Acey’	3.1″	13.0%	14.3	4.3	78.3%	Crisp, juicy, slight starch	Very nearly ready
Hackettstown	Mutsu	3.3″	12.4%	19.8	3.2	N/A	Juicy, crispy starchy	Not ready
Pittstown	Macoun	3.3″	13.4%	16.4	4.3	81%	Juicy, sweet, crisp	Getting close to ready
East Brunswick	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.2″	17.1%	15.9	4.0	80.8	Starchy, Crisp	Not ready
East Brunswick	Empire	2.8″	11.7%	17.1	5.1	74.2%	Starchy, Tart	Getting closer ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.0	14.0%	24.4	1.7	70.8	Juicy, Starchy, hard	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Blushing’	2.8″	11.7%	19.4	3.7	N/A	Juicy, starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	2.8″	14.4%	20.2	1.5	N/A	Tart, Starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Crimson Topaz	3.1″	13.2%	18.4	4.8	50.0%	Tart, Starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.9″	12.9%	15.0	7.0	62.5%	Crispy	Nearly Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.8″	16.5%	17.3	4.3	N/A	Crisp, Juicy, slight starch	Getting closer to ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’	2.8″	14.3%	16.5	5.3	N/A	Tart, juicy, slight starch	Not quite ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.8″	13.9%	14.1	7.5	65.0	Tangy, tart, starchy	Close to ready
Princeton	Fuji ‘Aztec’	3.0″	13.6%	18.3	7.1	70.8%	Juicy, slight starch	Close to ready
Princeton	Liberty	2.9″	14.7%	19.4	5.7	70.8%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Macoun	2.7″	12.6%	14.1	5.5	52%	Juicy, sweet	Very nearly ready
Princeton	Querina	3.0″	11.5%	16.5	7.3	77.5%	Juicy, crisp, sweet	Ready to Pick

October 1, 2021

By Andrea Martinez • October 3, 2021

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