Date	Location	Cultivar	Drop	Size (in.)	Color (% red)	Firmness (lbs.)	Soluble Solids	Starch Index*	Taste	Disorders	Comments
	10/07/2003	Belchertown	Cameo	none	3.2	70	16.2	13	2.9	getting there	some moldy core	a sleeper, will be very good end of week
	10/07/2003	Belchertown	Royal Empire	nil	3.0	100	15.8	13.5	4.5	very good		best Empire strain
	10/03/2003	Belchertown	Morren's Supra Jonagored Jonagold	nil	3.2	85	15	15!	6.5	very good, sweet		very nice Jonagold strain, very hq fruit
	10/03/2003	Belchertown	Royal Empire	none	2.9	95	16.4	13	4	getting there		pick next week
	9/30/2003	Belchertown	Redcort	none	3.4	90	15.2	12.5		cider-like	bitter pit; flyspeck	does not starch test well
	9/30/2003	Hawley	Honeycrisp	few	3.0	60	14.7	11.5	5	good		already done a first pick
	9/25/2003	Belchertown	Macoun	some	3.4	45	15.6	12.5	3	good, sweetart
	9/23/2003	Sterling	McIntosh	significant	2.9	75	15	12	5	good		pick now, last week for CA
	9/23/2003	Sterling	Macoun	few	3.0	70	17	12	2.9	good		good to go
	9/23/2003	Sterling	Delicious	0	2.9	90	17.8	10.5	2			needs another week
	9/23/2003	Sterling	Honeycrisp	some	3.4	65	12.6	13	7.2	fruity		needs to be picked ASAP
	9/23/2003	Sterling	Royalcort	0	3.1	93	15.2	11.5	1.9	not there yet		needs another few days
	9/23/2003	Harvard	Tome Empire	0	2.9	100	20	11.5	2.1	tart		needs another week
	9/23/2003	Harvard	Cortland	0	3.2	60	16	11	1.3			quite immature
	9/23/2003	Harvard	Jonagold	nil	3.3	65	17.4	14.5	4	good		overlooked, very nice
	9/22/2003	Belchertown	Honeycrisp	significant	3.4	75	12.8	12	7	on it’s way out, but still good		should be picked by now
	9/22/2003	Belchertown	Empire	none	2.7	70	18.6	10.5	2.5	tart		immature; needs 5-7 days more
	9/22/2003	Belchertown	Delicious	nil	2.8	95	17.9	10	2.0	typical Delicious, bland	mites, flyspeck/sooty blotch	pick in 5-7 days
	9/22/2003	Belchertown	Rubinstar Jonagold	nil	3.3	85	17.7	13	4	good		a little early, pick later in week; nice Jonagold strain
	9/22/2003	Belchertown	Macoun	nil	2.9	60	17.4	11	2.4	good		ReTain treated; pick this week
	9/22/2003	Belchertown	McIntosh	nil	3.1	55	15	11.5	3.8	good		pick this week, ReTain has worked well
	9/22/2003	Shelburne	Golden Delicious	0	3.1	n/a	16	13	2.8	ok, a little early		very nice size and appearance; give another week on tree
	9/22/2003	Shelburne	Honeycrisp	nil	3.1	50	14.4	12	3.9	very good		ReTain treated; holding on tree well
	9/22/2003	Shelburne	Pioneer McIntosh	few	2.9	75	15	12	5	good		somewhat variable maturity, good to go
	9/22/2003	Deerfield	McIntosh	significant	3.0	85	13.8	12	5.6	good		good to go, substantial drop
	9/17/2003	Belchertown	Brookfield Gala	none	3.0	90	18.8	14.5	5.8	very good		very nice Gala strain; super-spindle
	9/17/2003	Belchertown	Buckeye Gala	none	2.9	95	20.7	13.5	5.2	good		very deep red
	9/17/2003	Belchertown	Redmax McIntosh	few	3.2	85	14.4	13	5.3	good		super-spindle
	9/16/2003	Holliston	TwinBee Gala (ReTain)	none	3.0	95	20.4	11	2.5		some bitter pit
	9/16/2003	Holliston	TwinBee Gala	nil	3.0	95	17.5	12	5.3		some crack	pick asap
	9/16/2003	Holliston	Redmax McIntosh	nil	3.1	90	13.6	11	4.7			ready to pick
	9/16/2003	Holliston	Honeycrisp (ReTain)	nil	3.3	45	14.8	10.2	3.5	not quite there
	9/16/2003	Holliston	Honeycrisp	some	3.3	65	13.4	11	6	very good	some bitter pit	pick now
	9/15/2003	Belchertown	Honeycrisp	some	3.4	80	13.8	12	5.8	good	some bitter pit	pick
	9/15/2003	Belchertown	Gala	none	2.8	70	16.2	11.5	6.9	on way to over-mature		slight greasiness; cream-yellow backgorund
	9/15/2003	Belchertown	Marshall McIntosh	significant	3.3	65	13.9	11.5	6		flyspeck	on it’s way out
	9/15/2003	Belchertown	McIntosh	nil	3.1	50	14.4	11	3.5	tart-immature		ReTain treated
	9/15/2003	Shelburne	Honeycrisp	nil	3.2	50	14.3	12	3.8	ok		1/2 rate ReTain
	9/15/2003	Shelburne	Pioneer Mac	none	2.9	65	16	12	4.3			ReTain treated
	9/15/2003	Shelburne	Gala	nil	2.7	60	21	11	2			1/2 rate ReTain; first pick; uniform maturity
	9/15/2003	Deerfield	McIntosh	some	2.9	65	15	11.5				some drop; ready for pick
	9/12/2003	Belchertown	Honeycrisp	nil	3.4	40	14.2	12	3.5	ok		2nd leaf trees, high nitrogen; super-spindle
	9/12/2003	Belchertown	Rogers McIntosh	few	3.1	55	15.3	11	4	ok
	9/9/2003	Sterling	Honeycrisp	nil	3.2	55	15	13.5		good to go
	9/9/2003	Sterling	McIntosh	few	2.8	65	15	10	4.5			first pick
	9/9/2003	Sterling	McIntosh (ReTain)	nil	2.9	60	16	111	3.5			immature
	9/9/2003	Berlin	McIntosh (ReTain)	few	2.8	65	17	12	3.5
	9/9/2003	Berlin	Honeycrisp	few	3.1	50	17	12	3.5	ok, could wait a bit		striped
	9/9/2003	Harvard	Gala	none	2.8	75	25	12	1			immature, but background changing
	9/9/2003	Harvard	Honeycrisp	few	3.3	35	17	12	1.5	not there yet		immature still
	9/9/2003	Harvard	McIntosh	few	2.9	45	15	10.5	4			seemed loose
	9/9/2003	Bolton	Honeycrisp	nil	3.2	60	15.5	12	3.8	ok		ready for first pick
	9/9/2003	Bolton	McIntosh	few	2.8	65	15	11	4			could be first-picked
	9/8/2003	Belchertown	Lindamac	none	3.1	85	16	12	3			immature
	9/8/2003	Belchertown	Marshall McIntosh	few	3.2	50	14	11	4	touch starchy		ready for first pick
	9/8/2003	Belchertown	Gala	none	2.7	50	19	11	4	getting there		background going to cream; variable SI
	9/8/2003	Belchertown	Honeycrisp	few	3.2	55	14.5	11.5	4.5			ready for first pick
	9/8/2003	Belchertown	McIntosh (ReTain)	nil	3.0	45	16	10.5	2.5			immature
	9/8/2003	Shelburne	Pioneer McIntosh	none	2.8	65	17	11	3.5			immature
	9/8/2003	Shelburne	Gala	none	2.7	70	22	11	1.2			immature
	9/8/2003	Shelburne	Honeycrisp (ReTain)	none	3.1	45	17	11.5	1.5	ok		immature,but close in taste
	9/8/2003	Deerfield	McIntosh	none	2.8	55	16.5	11	3			immature
	9/3/2003	Harvard	Honeycrisp	few	3.2	45	16	11.5	N/A	fair		some worm damage (corn borer?)
	9/3/2003	Harvard	Gala	none	2.8	70	24	10.5	1			immature
	9/3/2003	Harvard	Marshall McIntosh	few	2.7	5	N/A	10.5	3	starchy		immature
	9/3/2003	Berlin	Honeycrisp	few	3.1	50	16	12	1.5	getting there		immature, but close
	9/3/2003	Berlin	Gala	none	2.5	75	24	10.5	1			immature
	9/3/2003	Berlin	Marshall McIntosh (ReTain)	nil	2.9	60	17	11.5	2			immature
	9/2/2003	Belchertown	McIntosh	few	3.0	40	16	11	2	tart/starchy	none
	9/2/2003	Belchertown	Sansa	none	2.9	75	14	13	2	getting there	russet
	9/2/2003	Belchertown	Honeycrisp	none	3.0	35	15	10	1.5	tart	summer rot(s) on a few fruit	striped; clearly immature
	9/2/2003	Belchertown	Gala	none	2.7	45	19	10	2	getting there	some flyspeck

* using the Cornell 'Generic Starch-Iodine Index Chart for Apples'