Stayman

October 21, 2022

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 24, 2022

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Belvidere	Stayman Winesap	3.3″	14.7%	17.6	3.8	86.6%	Juicy, slightly tart, floral	Nearly Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Cripps Pink Lady	2.7″	12.9%	22.4	5.0	88.3	Tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.0″	14.6	19.9	4.8	97%	Flavorful, hint of pineapple, juicy	Ready to pick
Pittstown	Braeburn	2.8″	13.5%	21.1	5.2	82.5%	Juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Pittstown	Cripps Pink	2.6″	11.7%	21.8	4.5	90.8%	tart, juicy	Getting closer to Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.2″	15.5%	20.9	5.6	75%	Sweet, crunchy, very juicy	Ready to pick

October 14, 2022

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 17, 2022

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Belvidere	Idared	3.1″	11.1%	14.6	5.8	91.7%	Juicy, slightly tart, floral	Ready to pick
Belvidere	Rome	2.9″	13.3	16.9	7.8	100%	Subtle sweetness, mild flavor, juicy	Ready to pick
Belvidere	Winesap Stayman	3.25″	10.8%	18.2	2.8	68.5%	Juicy, tart, slight starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cameo ‘Cammi red’	3.1″	12.2%	15.8	6.3	80.8%	Juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Empire ‘Royal’	3.0″	13.3%	14.7	7.2	86.7%	Juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Idared	3.4″	12.1%	14.5	5.1	85%	Sweet and juicy	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Liberty	2.9″	15.5%	14.7	8.0	95%	Sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Mutsu	3.4″	13.6%	18.8	6.2	N/A	Juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Pink Lady (Cripps Pink)	2.7″	12.1%	24.6	1.3	47.5	Tart	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.3″	12.8%	17.4	4.6	N/A	Juicy, flavorful, tart	Ready to spot pick
Pittstown	Braeburn	2.7″	13.1%	24.1	3.8	74.2%	Juicy, some starch	Not ready
Pittstown	Pink Lady (Cripps Pink)	2.7″	12.0	22.8	1.5	.62.5%	Tart, dry, nice flavor	Not ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	2.9″	13.6%	19.6	6.2	36.6	Juicy, flavorful, crisp	Close to ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.1	14.1%	22.4	4.6	60.8	Hard, juicy, some starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.7″	13.7%	19.7	4.1	61	Sweet, juicy slight starch	Getting closer to Ready
East Brunswick	Winesap ‘snapp’	2.8″	12.9%	19.8	2.6	89.1	Juicy, crisp, slight starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	2.9″	15.4%	18.6	4.1	N/A	Juicy	Not Ready

October 7, 2022

By Rebecca Magron • October 11, 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	2.8″	12.4%	16.5	6.6	N/A	Crisp, juicy, sweet	Ready to Pick
Belvidere	Idared	2.9″	11.2%	16.4	5.08	82.5%	Juicy, sweet, dense	Close to ready
Belvidere	Winesap Stayman	3.0″	9.1%	18.7	1.9	55%	Starchy, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cameo ‘Cammi Red’	3.1″	11.7%	17.0	3.7	64.1%	Some starch, juicy, crisp	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.5″	13.1%	11.5	6.67	80.8%	Juicy, sweet, snappy, tart	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Empire ‘Royal’	2.9″	13.4%	16.9	5.5	92%	Crisp, juicy slight starch	Getting closer
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	2.9″	16.0%	15.4	6.83	92.5%	Tart, juicy, flavorful	Ready to pick
Hackettstown	Liberty	2.6″	15.2%	19.2	5.83	89.1%	Juicy, dense	Getting closer
Hackettstown	McIntosh ‘Acey’	2.8″	13.7%	15.3	5.33	83%	Crisp, juicy, flavorful	Ready this week
Hackettstown	Mutsu	3.5″	15%	18.9	4.4	N/A	Juicy, tart, starchy	Not ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.2″	13.0%	17.2	3.6	N/A	Juicy, flavorful, some starch	Getting closer to ready
Pittstown	Braeburn	2.7″	12.8%	23.4	3.67	72.5%	Crunchy, starchy, juicy	Not ready
Pittstown	Cameo ‘Claudine’	3.3″	13.9	16.4	4.42	.	Juicy, crisp very slight starch	Ready within the week
Pittstown	Macoun	2.7″	13.4%	16.6	3.6	77.5%	Juicy, flavorful	Ready to pick
Pittstown	Mutsu	3.3″	12.7%	18.6	1.6	N/A	Juicy, starch	Not ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp	3.1″	15.1%	18.7	3.8	N/A	Juicy, sweet	Ready for first spot pick
East Brunswick	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.2″	15.9%	14.2	6.0	65.8	Juicy, flavorful, sweet	Ready to pick
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.1	14.2%	22.9	2.8	63	Crunchy, juicy, hard	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Blushing’	2.8″	13.7%	19.3	4.8	N/A	Juicy, starchy, tart	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.8″	11.6%	19.1	2.3	71.6	Juicy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Winesap ‘red’	3.0″	11.0%	18.0	1.8	57.5	Starchy, juicy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Winesap ‘snapp’	3.0″	12.1%	21.7	1.2	70	Starchy, tart	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	2.9″	15.3%	18.4	4.0	N/A	Juicy, Tart, Dense	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.8″	14.1%	15.7	6.8	79.1%	Juicy, crisp, sweet	Ready this week
Princeton	Fuji	2.8″	14.5%	17.6	4.3	34.2%	Juicy, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Fuji ‘Aztec’	3.1″	13.1%	16.8	6.2	78.3	Juicy, sweet	Ready to pick
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.0″	15.7%	15.7	5.8	N/A	Juicy, sweet	Ready this week
Princeton	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra Gold’	2.9″	13.8%	15.2	6.8	N/A	Sweet, juicy	Ready to pick
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

November 5, 2021

By Megan Muehlbauer • November 8, 2021

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Hackettstown	Granny Smith	3.5″	11%	13.1	4.8	20%	Tart with some sweetness	Nearly Ready to Pick
Pittstown	GoldRush	3.3″	13.8%	15.3	4	10%	Crisp, Tart and Sweet	Needs just a few more days.
Princeton	Stayman-Winesap	3.4″	12%	13.5	5	70%	Crisp Sweet and Balanced	Nearly ready to pick.
Princeton	Granny Smith (Older Trees)	2.6″	10.8%	12.1	5.5	10%	Crisp, Tart and Refreshing	Ready to pick
Princeton	Granny Smith (Younger Trees)	3″	9.4%	12.1	6	5%	Crisp Tart sweet and refreshing	Ready to pick
Princeton	Pink Lady (Cripps Pink)	2.8″	12%	14.6	5	40%	Crisp, sweet, tart and refreshing	Nearly ready to pick

October 29, 2021

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 31, 2021

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Hackettstown	Brak City Fuji	3.4″	12%	12.2	7.2	60%	Sweet	Ready to Pick
Hackettstown	Granny Smith	3.5″	11.3%	13.5	4.3	20%	Tart and a Little Starchy	Needs a Few More Days
Pittstown	Gold Rush	3.3″	13.2%	15.6	4.2	10%	Tart and Sweet	Needs Another Week
Pittstown	Granny Smith	3.1″	12.3%	14.2	4	5%	Crisp and Tart, Somewhat Sweet	Needs a Few More Days
Pittstown	Pink Lady (Cripps Pink)	3.1″	9.5%	15.4	6	60%	Sweet and Tart	Needs Another Week
Princeton	Stayman-Winesap	3.3″	10.9%	15	2.3	70%	Tart and Starchy	Needs Another Week or Two
Princeton	Granny Smith (Older Trees)	2.9″	10.7%	14	4.1	10%	Mildly Tart	Needs Another Week or Two
Princeton	Granny Smith (Younger Trees)	3″	9.5%	13.2	3.7	5%	Very Tart, Starchy	Needs Another Week or Two
Princeton	Pink Lady (Cripps Pink)	2.75″	10.9%	15.7	3.8	40%	Slightly Sweet	Needs Another Week or Two

October 22, 2021

By Rebecca Magron • October 25, 2021

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	Idared	3.6″	11%	10.37	5	65%	Crisp, sweet, and a little tart	Ready to Pick
Blairstown	Rome	3.23″	11%	11.32	6	70%	Crisp, sweet	Ready to Pick
Pittstown	Aztec Fuji	3.18″	11.5%	11.5	7	80%	Sweet and crunchy	Ready to Pick
Pittstown	Enterprise	3.31″	11.3%	12.1	5	85%	Mildly tart	Nearly Ready to Pick
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.21″	10.6%	12.3	6.5	65%	Sweet and refreshing	Ready to Pick
East Brunswick	Stayman-Winesap	2.88″	9%	13.65	3	75%	Mildly tart, watery	Not Ready
Princeton	Stayman-Winesap	3.17″	11.3%	15.55	3.3	75%	Sweet and tart, still slightly starchy	Not Ready

October 15, 2021

By Andrea Martinez • October 15, 2021

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Idared	3.49″	11%	11.96	4.75	80%	Slightly sweet, floral	Ready to Pick
Blairstown	Rome	3.39″	11%	13.24	3.75	75%	Tart	Nearly Ready to Pick
Blairstown	Golden Delicious	3.23″	11.2%	12.39	5.8	20%	Hint of sweetness	Ready to Pick
Blairstown	Mutsu	3.25	9.5%	14.15	3.5	0	Bitter	Nearly Ready to Pick
Hackettstown	Liberty	3.49″	13.1%	13.68	6.75	95%	Sweet	Ready to Pick
Hackettstown	Stayman	3.6″	11%	14.95	2.5	95%	Tart	Nearly Ready to Pick
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.75″	11.5%	14.55	5	85%	Very flavorful	Ready to Pick
Pittstown	Braeburn	3″	12.6	15.95	6.3	95%	Sweet, tangy, hints of honey	Ready to Pick
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.16″	10.1%	13.46	5	80%	Mild, tart, slightly starchy	Needs another week
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.89″	11.9%	18.18	4	75%	Sweet, Nutty	Ready to spot pick
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap	3.01 “	9.3%	15.39	1.5	85%	Starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Cameo	3.3	11%	14	6.2	80%	Sweet and tart, hint of pear flavor	Ready to Pick
Princeton	Fuji	2.93	10.5%	13.45	6.2	40%	Sweet, refreshing	Ready to Pick
Princeton	Stayman-Winesap	3.36″	10.2%	17.2	1.33	70%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready

October 7, 2021

By Rebecca Magron • October 11, 2021

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