Red Delicious

October 2, 2026

By Rebecca Magron • October 2, 2026

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*
Chester	Empire	2.9	12.6	17.7	5.2	90	Tart, juicy	Ready
Chester	Idared	3.3	13.1	15.1	5.3	60	Flavorful, juicy	Ready
Milford	Mutzu	3.4	11.7	17.2	3.2	5	Starch, crisp	Not Ready
Milford	Red Cameo	3.0	12.5	15.9	3.3	70	Starch, crisp, sweet	Not Ready
Milford	Shizuka	3.4	14.4	15.2	6.2	.	Sweet, crisp, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Pittstown	Cameo	3.0	13.7	19.0	3.3	70	Starch, tart, crisp	Not Ready
Pittstown	Evercrisp	3.3	14.6	18.4	4.0	80	juicy, snappy some starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Ludacrisp	3.0	14.0	17.4	4.2	75	Crisp, juicy, balanced, still some starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Rosalee	2.5	14.4	18.9	2.6	70	Crisp, juicy, tart	Not Ready
Pittstown	Sun Fuji	3.2	14.5	17.1	3.4	70	Starch, crisp, juicy	Not Ready
Mullica Hill	Red Delicious	2.8	12.4	16.8	7.8	100	Sweet	Ready
Pilesgrove	Golden Delicious	2.4	20.4	20.3	4.3	.	Starch, dense, flavor developing	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Granny Smith	2.6	15.5	22.8	6.7	.	tart and dense	Ready
Pilesgrove	Red Delicious	2.8	14.6	18.3	5.7	95	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Seawell	Fuji	3.3	14.2	17.0	6.7	70	Crisp, sweet	Ready
Seawell	Red Delicious	3.2	12.6	13.8	7.7	95	Sweet	Ready
Monroeville	Aztec Fuji	3.1	10.4	18.1	5.6	20	Sweet, juicy, crisp	Ready
Monroeville	Ginger Gold	2.7	18.1	19.6	7.3	.	Sweet	Ready
Monroeville	Pink Lady	2.8	14.5	24.2	1.3	30	Starch, tart	Not Ready
Monroeville	Pink Lady	3.0	13.4	19.3	4.6	20	Tart	Not Ready
Monroeville	Red Cameo	3.0	15.5	17.6	5.7	40	Sweet, juicy, crisp	Ready

September 25, 2026

By Rebecca Magron • September 26, 2026

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Chester	Crimson Crisp	2.8	15.7	22.2	6.8	95	Crisp, tart	Ready
Chester	Golden Delicious	3.2	14.9	16.8	4.2	0	Juicy, crisp, tart	Not Ready
Milford	Liberty	3.1	12.7	15.7	3.2	70	Crisp, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Macoun	3.2	13.3	15.1	3.3	40	Juicy, flavorful	Not Ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.4	11.3	17.7	2	5	Starch, dense, flavor developing	Not Ready
Milford	Red Cameo	2.9	11.9	16.5	3	70	juicy, crisp, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Shizuka	3.3	12.6	15.2	5.5	5	sweet, juicy, crisp	Ready
Pittstown	Evercrisp	3.1	13.6	17.9	3	60	Crisp, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Ludacrisp	3.1	14.1	17.1	3	80	Sweet, juicy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Macoun	3	14.1	16.7	3.5	70	Sweet	Not Ready
Pittstown	Rosalie	3.3	11.9	22.3	1.8	70	Sweet, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Sun Fuji	2.9	13.5	19.1	3.3	80	Sweet, juicy, crisp	Not Ready
Pittstown	Thome Empire	2.7	13.7	18.3	3.3	95	Flavorful	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Early Fuji	3.0	13.7	20	4.2	30	Sweet, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Mountain Rose	2.5	12.6	19.8	4.3	20	Sweet	Ready
Wrightstown	Rome	2.9	8.9	19.3	3.8	80	Sweet	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Ruby Rush	3.1	15.3	21.8	5.8	80	Floral, sweet	Ready
Wrightstown	Stayman	3.2	10.6	20.3	2	80	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Winter Bannana	3.1	10.1	18.7	2	5	Starch, flavor developing	Not Ready
Mullica Hill	Fuji	2.5	14.1	18	3.3	10	Sweet, crisp, some starch	Not Ready
Mullica Hill	Gala	3.1	13.2	20.7	3.4	70	Sweet, crisp, some starch	Not Ready
Mullica Hill	Golden Delicious	2.6	17.1	20	2.7	0	Starch, dense	Not Ready
Mullica Hill	Granny Smith	2.9	11.9	21.1	3.8	0	Starch, dense
Mullica Hill	Red Delicious	3	12.2	20.4	2.8	100	Dense, starch
Pilesgrove	Golden Delicious	2.5	18.0	20	5.7	0	Sweet	Ready
Pilesgrove	Granny Smith	2.3	13.1	22.3	3	0	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Red Delicious	2.8	15.7	19.9	3.2	95	Flavor developing, starch	Not Ready
Monroeville	Aztec Fuji	3.0	14.1	18.3	4.8	20	Sweet, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Monroeville	Cameo	3.2	12.5	16.9	3.7	10	Starchy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Monroeville	Cameo	3.3	14.2	16.7	4	20	Starch, tart	Not Ready
Monroeville	Evercrisp	3.0	15.2	23.7	2.5	40	Dense, crisp, tart	Not Ready
Monroeville	Maia-1	2.9	16	21.8	3.7	10	Crisp, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Monroeville	Pink Lady	2.9	13.4	19.6	3.3	10	Flavorful, juicy	Not Ready
Monroeville	Stayman	3.4	14.3	22.3	1.2	90	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Monroeville Stella	Staymen	3.8	13.8	18.3	2.3	50	Tart	Not Ready

September 4, 2026

By Rebecca Magron • September 9, 2026

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*
Chester	Cortland	2.9	11.9	16.9	1.0	50	Tart, starchy, juicy	Not Ready
Chester	Macoun	3.8	15.6	16.4	2.1	50	Juicy, crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Buckeye Gala	2.4	13.6	19.3	5	70	Light, sweet	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Early Fuji	3	12.5	22.8	3	15	Starchy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Gale Gala	2.6	13.3	20	4.1	85	Tart, some starch	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Zestar!	3.4	12.9	13.5	6.6	15	Juicy, crisp	Ready
Mullica Hill	Golden Delicious	2.6	13.4	20.7	1.8	0	Starch, tart	Not Ready
Mullica Hill	Red Delicious	2.9	11	18	2.5	95	Starchy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Gala	2.8	19.4	20	6	90	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Pilesgrove	Galarena	2.7	12.1	23.3	1.8	30	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Golden Delicious	2.5	16.6	22.6	3.6	0	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Granny Smith	2.8	14.8	22.9	2.6	0	Starch, tart	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Lucy Glo	2.6	15.2	23.2	4.8	15	Tart, crisp	Not Ready
Pilesgrove	Red Delicious	3	12.6	18.2	2.6	70	Starchy	Not Ready
Monroeville	Ambrosia	2.9	15.4	22.8	3.3	20	Flavorful (Floral), starchy	Not Ready
Monroeville	Blondie	2.8	17.5	19	7.5	0	Sweet, Juicy	Ready
Monroeville	Cameo	3	13.7	18.9	1.8	10	Starchy, juicy, crisp	Not Ready
Monroeville	Crimson Crisp	3.1	15.9	23.3	6.6	90	Flavorful, juicy	Ready
Monroeville	Daybreak Fuji	3	16.3	17.5	6.6	50	Juicy, flavorful	Ready
Monroeville	Evercrisp	3	14.4	24.5	4.3	30	Starchy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Monroeville	Ginger Gold	3	14.7	16.5	2.8	0	Sweet, juicy, flavorful	Not Ready
Monroeville	Honeycrisp	3.2	16.4	17.8	6.3	20	Sweet, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Monroeville	Honeycrisp	2.9	15.1	18.6	6.5	25	Sweet, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Monroeville	Fuji	2.6	15.6	13.7	7.6	70	Sweet	Ready
Monroeville	Fuji	3.3	19.3	17.5	6.6	40	Sweet, Juicy	Ready

August 28, 2026

By Rebecca Magron • September 3, 2026

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*
Pittstown	Blondee	2.5	12.7	22.7	3.33		Tart, crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Gale Gala	2.5	14.7	24.9	2.8	80	Starchy, juicy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.2	13.6	18.8	2.0	70	tart, starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.3	12.6	16.9	2.3	45	Juicy, tart, starch	Not Ready
Wrightstown	Buckeye Gala	2.4	12.6	21.6	3.7	90	Sweet, flavorful	Not quite ready
Wrightstown	Early Fuji	2.9	11.4	23.7	1.8	20	Dense, starchy	not ready
Wrightstown	Gale Gala	2.5	11.5	20.2	2.7	85	Flavorful, crisp	not ready
Wrightstown	Jonamac	2.6	11.1	14.5	5.3	50	ready	ready
Mullica Hill	Fuji	2.5	17.2	23.6	2.2	30	Starch, sweet	not ready
Mullica Hill	Gala	3.3	9.9	17.7	2	80	Starchy, dense	not ready
Mullica Hill	Golden Delicious	2.7	13.2	20.8	1	0	Starchy, Tart	not ready
Mullica Hill	Red Delicious	3.2	11	26.2	2.2	95	Dense, starch	not ready
Pilesgrove	Autumn Gala	2.6	14.3	21.7	5.2		Starchy, juicy	Almost Ready
Pilesgrove	Enterprise	2.6	13.5	25.2	1	40	Hard, tart, starch	not ready
Pilesgrove	Gala	3.1	11.2	19.7	1.5	80	Starchy, tart	not ready
Pilesgrove	Golden Delicious	2.7	14.5	20.8	1.7		Starchy	not ready
Pilesgrove	Granny Smith	2.9	15.3	22.4	2.3	95	Dense, starchy	not ready
Pilesgrove	Red Delicious	2.7	16.9	22.2	4		Sweet, flavorful	not ready
Monroeville	Aztec fuji	3.2	11.5	22.5	3.2		Starchy	not ready
Monroeville	Crimson crisp	3.3	15.5	23.4	6.3	90	Dense, sweet	Ready
Monroeville	Daybreak fuji	3.4	14.8	17.2	4.3	40	Sweet, juicy, tart	Almost Ready
Monroeville	Simmons Gala	2.4	15.6	25.4	6.5	80	Starchy, sweet	Ready

October 3, 2025

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 7, 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*
Blairstown	Jonagold	3.08	13.1	15.3	8	50	juicy, flavorful, crisp	ready
Hackettstown	Idared	3.33	13.7	16.1	4.75	95	dense, tart, juicy	Almost ready
Hackettstown	Royal Empire	2.9	13.6	18.6	5.33	100	tart, some starch	needs another week
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious	3.1	13.8	15.6	5.66	0	sweet, juicy, some starch	Almost ready
Chester	Cameo	3.48	12.2	16	3.8	50	juicy, crisp	not quite ready yet, needs another week
Califon	Golden Delicious	3.6	14.2	14.4	5.33	5	sweet, crisp	ready for a spot pick
Califon	Jonagold	3.63	12.3	13.2	7.83	50	flavorful, juicy	ready
Milford	Banning Red Fuji	3.38	14	17.9	7.6	50	dense, sweet	ready
Milford	Cameo	3.6	12.6	15.3	4.6	40	juicy, crisp, flavorful	needs a few more days
Milford	Granny Smith Blk 1	3.28	10.8	17.1	3.8	0	starch	not ready
Milford	Granny Smith Blk 2	3.48	11.8	17.1	4.2	0	tart	not ready
Milford	Cameo	3.4	12,3	15.8	4.3	50	juicy, sweet, some starch	not quite ready yet
Milford	Winesap Blk 1	3.93	12.8	17.3	4	50	crisp, tart	needs another week
Milford	Winesap Blk 2	3.63	13.6	18.7	3	40	flavorful	needs a few more weeks
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	3.2	20.6	15.7	4.5	100	crisp	needs a few more days
East Brunswick	Empire	2.75	12.6	16.9	7.2	70	dense, floral	ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.08	12.5	16.2	6.2	5	sweet	ready
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.92	12.1	17.5	4.8	50	crisp, juicy, starch	ready for a spot pick
Princeton	Fuji	2.35	15.1	18.9	4.33	43	sweet, dense, starchy	not ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.21	14.6	15.2	4.8	20	crisp, juicy, flavorful	ready this week
Princeton	Red Delicious	3.35	14.6	14.2	6.66	95	crisp, sweet	ready
Princeton	Granny Smith	3.06	14.6	16.8	3.16	0	tart, crisp	not ready

September 26, 2025

By Rebecca Magron • September 29, 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	Empire	2.5	11.7	16.3	4.7	80	Dense, juicy, flavorful, starch	Not Ready
Hillsdale	Golden Delicious	3.1	14	14.5	6.6	–	Juicy and flavorful	Ready (spot pick)
Blairstown	Empire	2.3	12.7	20.9	4.7	85	Dense, juicy, flavorful	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.9	13.9	15.7	6	90	Juicy, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.9	13	16.7	4.7	90	Flavorful and juicy	Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Empire	2.8	12.8	19.1	3.7	95	Flavor developing, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cortland	3.3	12.7	13.3	5.3	80	Crisp and tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Jonagold	3.2	13.6	16.9	7.2	85	Sweet and juicy	Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan	2.9	14.6	15.9	6.7	95	Dense and juicy	Ready
Chester	Shizuka	3.7	12.4	15.1	6.2	–	Tangy, flavorful and juicy	Ready
Chester	Ida Red	3.5	13.3	13.5	5	80	Juicy, tart, snappy	Ready
Califon	Macoun	2.1	12.2	15.3	5.7	50	Snappy and juicy	Ready
Califon	Empire	2.9	12.7	17.1	5	90	Flavorful, crisp, juicy, some starch	Almost Ready
Milford	Winesap	3.7	13.2	18.1	5.1	80	Tart, dense and juicy	Almost Ready
Milford	Granny Smith	3.3	11.6	17.1	3.3	–	Tart and dense	Not Ready
Milford	Braeburn	3.0	12.7	18.6	5.2	80	Crisp, sweet, juicy	Ready
Milford	Winesap	3.5	13.4	17.4	3.3	50	Crisp and flavorful, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fuji	3.3	13.6	17.7	3.8	65	Dense, juicy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Milford	Ludacrisp	3.3	15.5	16.3	6.3	50	Flavorful and juicy	Ready
Milford	Granny Smith	3.0	12.1	17.5	3.7	–	Tart and juicy	Not Ready
Milford	Ludacrisp	3.2	14.6	15.9	6.5	30	Flavorful and juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Nittany	3.0	12.7	18.5	4.2	60	Crisp, juicy, starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.0	11.9	16.9	4.3	30	Dense and starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	2.9	11.3	16.1	4.3	60	Flavorful, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious	3.2	13	16.3	5	90	Sweet	Almost Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.7	12	19.2	4.8	80	Tart, some slight starch	Ready for Spot Pick
Princeton	Fuji	3.0	14.6	20.1	3.5	50	Crisp, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Gala	2.4	14.1	20.6	6	80	Sweet and juicy	Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.4	13.1	15.1	5.2	–	Juicy and tart, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Cameo	3.2	11.9	15.8	4.7	50	Sweet, crisp, juicy	Ready for Spot Pick

September 19, 2025

By Rebecca Magron • September 22, 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	3.8	14.0	9.1	6.3	50	Sweet	Ready
Hillsdale	Empire	2.6	10.9	17.4	4.2	70	Tangy, dense, starch	Not Ready
Hillsdale	Ambrosia	3.2	15.3	19.4	4.8	80	Floral sweet, dense, some starch	Almost ready
Hillsdale	Autumn Crisp	3.1	13.9	12.3	7.3	70	Crisp, tart	Ready
Blairstown	Empire	2.7	12.6	22.4	3.7	80	Juicy, starchy	Not Ready
Blairstown	September Wonder Fuji	2.7	14.6	17.5	8	50	Sweet and Juicy	Ready
Blairstown	Pinova	2.9	13	16.5	4.5	50	Sweet, tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.7	13.3	20.1	3.2	95	Snappy and flavorful	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Empire, Royal	2.5	12.1	19.7	3	95	Tart , dense, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan	2.9	14.4	17.8	5.3	100	Tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cortland	3.3	12.6	15.2	4	70	Tart, not sweet	Not Ready
Chester	Empire, Royal	2.9	11.9	18.3	4	70	Crisp, tangy, juicy and flavorful	Almost Ready
Chester	Red Delicious	3.0	10.6	18.2	2.8	99	Mildly sweet	Not Ready
Chester	Hampshire Mac	3.2	10.9	15.7	3	50	Snappy, juicy, flavorful	Not Ready
Milford	Suncrisp	3.4	14.5	18.4	3.6	10	Crisp and tart, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.4	12	18.1	2	0	Tart, dense, juicy, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Macoun 2-6	3.2	12.1	14.8	3.8	70	Snappy juicy, flavorful, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Macoun 6-7	3.3	13	15.9	3.8	70	Sweet and juicy, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Cameo, Red	3.2	11.3	17.1	4	50	Juicy and flavorful	Almost Ready
Milford	Shizuka	3.5	12.4	15.9	4.3	5	Sweet, variable ripeness	Variable – Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.1	10.9	15.7	3.6	40	Sweet, crisp, juicy	Almost Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	2.4	11.4	17.1	4.7	65	Light flavor, some starch	Almost Ready
East Brunswick	Cortland	3.5	12.1	13.7	4.7	90	Tart, juicy, snappy	Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	3.1	10.9	16.3	3.5	100	mildly sweet	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.2	12.5	19.9	3	40	sweet, crisp, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious	3	12.6	17.5	3.5	70	Crisp, sweet, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Gala	2.8	13.5	18.1	5.3	70	Sweet, dense, starch	Almost Ready
Princeton	Jonathan	3.1	14.7	13.8	7.5	70	juicy, lightly sweet, tart	Ready
Princeton	Empire	3	11.7	18.1	3.2	50	Juicy, crisp and flavorful	Almost Ready

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

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