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October 20, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • October 20, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Rome	3.5″	11.8%	16.8	5.2	100%	Flavorful, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Stayman Winesap	4.1″	12.3%	18	2.3	50%	Juicy, dense, tart, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.4″	11.8%	15.6	2.7	90%	Tart, dense, juicy, Not Ready	Not Ready
Pittstown	Cameo	3.4″	13.0%	14.3	6.3	50%	Juicy, sweet, crunchy, ready	Ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp East	3.4″	11.6%	14.3	6.1	N/A	Juicy, flavorful, ready	Ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp West	3.4	13.6%	15.0	6.0	N/A	Very flavorful, juicy, ready	Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.5″	13.3%	19.4	4.5	50%	Crisp, juicy, just about ready	Not quite ready
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.8″	11.2%	15.2	6.6	50%	Very juicy, mild flavor, ready	Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Red’	3.5″	12.3%	15.9	4.3	80%	Juicy, Not Ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.3″	10.4%	16.8	1.5	95%	Juicy, tart, starch, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.0″	12.9%	15.5	5.6	N/A	Juicy, crisp, flavorful, ready in a couple of days	Ready in a couple of days

October 12, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • October 15, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Rome	3.4″	12.5%	17.5	4.8	99%	sweet, dense, hint of starch, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Fuji	3.2″	13%	14.1	6.3	50%	Very juicy, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Stayman Winesap	3.6″	10.6%	17.2	1.5	75%	Starch, crisp, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.5″	13.4%	14.3	5.2	N/A	Sweet, flavorful, ready for spot pick	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Stayman Winesap	3.2″	10.0%	16.1	2.7	90%	Mild flavor, not ready	Not Ready
Pittstown	Cameo	3.2	13.2	14.5	4.5	70%	Crisp, juicy, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp 1	3.3″	11.5%	14.9	4.6	N/A	Tart, juicy, ready for 1st spot pick	Ready for spot pick
Pittstown	Suncrisp 2	3.1″	12.4%	14.3	5.0	N/A	Juicy, flavorful, ready for 1st spot pick	Ready for spot pick
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.9″	10.8%	15.3	5.2	50%	Crisp, juicy, ready this week	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.2″	14.1%	19.3	5.0	50%	crisp, juicy, ready this week	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.1″	9.9%	16.8	1.5	75%	dense, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.0″	13.6%	15.8	4.8	N/A	Crisp, ready for spot pick	Ready for Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Red’	3.4″	10.9%	16.7	2.5	75%	Hard, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.3″	11.9%	12.3	5.8	75%	Juicy, crisp, flavorful, ready	Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’	3.3″	12.1%	13.2	6.3	80%	Developed flavor, Ready	Ready

October 5, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • October 7, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Idared	3.4″	10.2%	13.1	4.5	90%	Dense, soft, juicy, sweet, almost ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Mutsu	3.7″	10.3%	17.1	6.3	50%	Juicy, sweet, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Stayman Winesap	3.6″	10.3%	17.6	1.3	N/A	Starch, tart, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Evercrisp	2.8″	13.5%	15.3	7.0	95%	Juicy, floral, low acid, ready	Ready
Hackettstown	Mutsu	3.7″	11.3%	16.0	4.5	60%	Juicy, flavor developing, tart, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.5″	12.3%	15.4	4.3	10%	Tart, starch, not quite ready for first spot pick	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Cameo	3.6″	11.5%	14.7	4.1	N/A	Starch, juicy, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Suncrisp	3.7″	15.1%	15.6	4.1	90%	Flavorful, tart, almost ready for first spot pick	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.4″	10.2%	16.1	4.1	40%	Crisp, juicy, sweet, still starch, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious ‘Blushing’	3.4″	13.1%	16.2	6.0	N/A	Juicy, tart, ready	Ready Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Nittany	2.0″	11.1%	16.7	4.0	75%	Some starch, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Cortland	3.4″	12.4	13.0	5.8	95%	Very flavorful, nice balance of acid and flavor, ready	Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Red’	3.5″	11.1%	16.2	4.0	50%	Tart, flavor developing, almost ready	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Stayman Winesap ‘Snapp’	3.1″	10.4%	17.1	1.3	90%	Tart, high acid, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.1	12.4%	16.7	1.3	N/A	Tart, juicy, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.1″	11.5%	13.7	5.5	85%	Juicy, crisp, almost ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Fuji	3.2″	13.5%	15.6	5.9	20%	Low acid, flavorful, sweet, juicy, just ready	Just Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’	3.5″	10.7%	14.7	5.3	95%	Sweet, some starch, getting close to ready	Not Quite Ready

September 28, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 30, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Idared	3.3″	11.5%	12.8	4.5	90%	Juicy, flavor coming through just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	3.5″	11.3%	14	6.5	50%	Juicy, crisp, very slight starch, ready	Ready
Blairstown	Mutsu	3.5″	13%	16.9	2.6	N/A	Starch, tart, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Acey Mac	3.2″	10.7%	14.1	3.7	90%	Starch, juicy, Not Ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Cameo ‘Cami Red’	3.3″	11.1%	14.6	2.4	90%	Starchy, crisp, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Empire ‘Royal’	3.2″	11.2%	15.2	5.0	95%	Juicy, slight starch, flavor still coming through, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	3.2″	12.9%	13.9	4.5	N/A	Crunchy, juicy, sweet, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Liberty	3.2″	12.8%	18.0	3.0	90%	Flavorful, juicy, starch, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Mutsu	2.5″	11.2%	16.7	2.4	N/A	Starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.3″	11.7%	21.7	1.5	45%	Starchy, sweet, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cort	3.4″	13.2%	13.7	2.6	90%	Flavorful, tart, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Suncrisp	3.4″	11.4	15.8	3.1	N/A	Tart, starchy, dense, not ready	Not Ready
Pittstown	Crown Empire	3.3″	13.5%	13.6	5.3	95%	Sweet, very slight starch, attractive, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Gibson Golden	3.2″	12.7%	15.5	4.5	N/A	Good acid, juicy, could be sweeter, just about ready	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Golden Delicious	3.2	13.8%	15.2	5.0	N/A	Sweet, crunchy, nice acid, juicy, Ready in a couple of days	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Macoun	3.1″	13.0%	15.4	3.6	90%	Some starch, sweet, crisp not ready	Not Ready
East Burnswick	Cameo	3.2″	11.5%	15.4	2.6	50%	Starchy and juicy, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.0″	12%	21.5	1.6	40%	Very crisp, sweet, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Cort	3.5″	11.9%	14.3	3.3	90%	Starchy, crisp, not ready	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.3″	13.2%	16.6	2.3	10%	Crisp, very tart, flavor developing, starchy, not ready	Not Ready
Princeton	Crimson Topaz	2.9″	11.4%	15.1	4.1	80%	Juicy, sweet, slight starch, Not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.2″	12%	14	5.1	80%	Tart, juicy, some starch, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Liberty	2.8″	12%	17.2	5.1	90%	Some starch, tart, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Querina	2.9″	13.1%	17.5	4.6	95%	Sweet, mild flavor, slight starch, not quite ready	Not Quite Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious ‘Oregon Spur’	3.1″	11.8%	16	2.1	95%	Sweet, dense, starch, not ready	Not 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 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

August 18, 2023

By Megan Muehlbauer • August 18, 2023

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	Red Free	3.8″	10.2 %	14.6	6.3	30 %	getting sweet with some acidity, candy like flavor	Not quite ready, could hang another week
Pittstown	Blondee	2.7″	9.9 %	21.1	1.5	0 %	sugars need to improve	Not Ready
Pittstown	Buckeye Gala	2.7″	9.5 %	21.9	1.6	70 %	tart, and bland	Not Ready
Pittstown	Gale Gala	2.8″	12 %	22.5	1.7	80 %	getting sweet, nice floral aroma	Not Ready

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