I do raw pack in very light syrup

So do I, but hot pack will have less fruit shrinkage.

Hot pack preferred here by far. Less shrinkage and less floating and less boil over. We use light to medium syrup and add Fruit Fresh too.

Dave

This year I did mostly hot pack, but a few raw pack at the end with the extra syrup. Did a medium syrup with about 1/4 honey to sugar--flavor came out wonderful! Worth the extra cost for honey.