competition is Paulared, Ginger Gold, and Sansa. My 

 notes indicate that this is a good apple that should be 

 evaluated more, and I underlined it . 



Murasaki 



It is medium in size and bruises easily. Flesh is 

 somewhat soft. It has an anise flavor that is almost 

 completely masked by very high acidity. It ripens 

 about with Pristine, and if given a choice, I would 

 select Pristine. 



Quite irregular in shape and 100% muddy red 

 color characterize the appearance of this apple. It had 

 watercore in the second week of October but it was still 

 not sweet. Even though this was the first year of 

 evaluation, I believe that I will pull it out. 



NJ 55 (Sun crisp) 



I put Suncrisp in the same category as some of the 

 other apples that originated from the mid-Atlantic 

 region. We had a hot year last year and it did much 

 better than it has in the past. It develops a very 

 attractive orange red color in mid-October. Acidity 

 was down, sugars were up and flavor was very good. It 

 was a very good apple. It also stores well. In warm 

 years we can look forward to a very good tasting apple 

 in Suncrisp. 



NJ90 



There are few apples evaluated this year that are as 

 attractive as NJ 90. It is a flat Mcintosh type that has 

 a deep dark red color. It has excellent flavor that I 

 characterize as perfumy vanilla. It is extremely crisp, 

 slightly sweet, with a generous dose of acid and 

 tannins. The major drawback to this apple is that the 

 skin is extremely tough, so much so that it may be 

 fatally flawed. 



NJlOO 



This is a fairly attractive yellow apple that has no 

 russet. I rated it quite high in appearance, flavor, and 

 overall, with good sugars and acid. It is somewhat 

 crisp and very juicy. Ithasa very distinctive flavor. It 

 ripens at the end of September. Last year I did not rate 

 it too high so further testing is necessary to see how this 

 one sorts out. 



NJ107 



This is an extremely attractive white-yellow apple. 



NJ109 



An extremely attractive glossy yellow color 

 characterizes this apple. It is crisp, juicy with a very 

 mild flavor, so mild that I hardly taste anything. It 

 ripens just after Ginger Gold so the competition may 

 be too great for this apple. Although it is more 

 attractive than Ginger Gold, it is not better in any other 

 attribute. 



NJ112 



I rated NJ 1 1 2 in the middle of the pack in a number 

 of areas. It has a fairly attractive red color covering 80 

 to 90 % of the surface. The flavor is OK but not 

 outstanding and the skin is a little chewy. Fruit have 

 moldy core. It ripens in the first week in October when 

 there are many good fruit available. Just because there 

 are many better ones, this will not make it. 



NJ116 



I evaluated this apple four times over a three week 

 period starting on August 3 . It acts like a summer apple 

 in that ripening is uneven, and there can be mealy 

 apples on the tree while others are not ripe yet. It is an 

 extremely attractive yellow apple, that for the most 

 part I rated very high. It is crisp and juicy, and perhaps 

 its best trait is its earliness. It is similar to other NJ 

 yellow apples in that it is tart, has very weak flavor, and 

 is very attractive in that it is russet free. It is a viable 

 option for an early apple. 



NY 460 



I suspect that no one will comment on this apple. 

 However, I think that it is an excellent one. It has the 

 same parents as Fortune, Schoharie Spy X Empire. It 

 is very attractive, somewhat ribbed with some truit 

 having an irregular shape. Size is large but not too 

 large. It is crisp, firm, juicy and a very pleasant apple 

 to eat. It IS very susceptible to apple scab. It also 



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