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Connecticut pear crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Connecticut pear crop for the week ending Oct 15, when 100% was good or excellent, versus 60% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 15, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 15.

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100%

Harvested

As of Oct 29.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Connecticut pear harvest far ahead of normal pace

Connecticut's pear crop was rated 85% good to excellent for the week ending September 27, down 1 point from the prior week. Harvest reached 90% complete by that date, well ahead of the five-year average of 45% and last year's 75% for the same week. The crop has carried good-to-excellent ratings for 16 weeks this season, with the remaining fruit split between fair, good and excellent categories. With harvest nearly finished, the next USDA update will show whether the season closes out at this pace.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2023

Bars are the full USDA rating split each week. The dashed line is the five-year average for good plus excellent; the dotted line is last year.

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Connecticut pear crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 45%, Good 55%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 35%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 37%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 37%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 60%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 65%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 65%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 50%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 25%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 65%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 65%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 80%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 55%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 95%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 95%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 52%)Week ending Oct 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 80%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)USDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Sep 3Harvest begins−10 pts — week ending Sep 3−10 ptsJun 11Jul 2Jul 23Aug 13Sep 17Oct 8
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Oct 15. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2023

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Connecticut pear green tip, 20230%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 16: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Green tip, week ending Apr 23: 58% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 26%)Green tip, week ending Apr 30: 61% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 47%)Green tip, week ending May 7: 71% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 71%)Green tip, week ending May 14: 89% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 89%)Green tip, week ending May 21: 95% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 99%)Green tip, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 91%).

Field progress

Pink, 2023

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Connecticut pear pink, 20230%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 30: 28% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Pink, week ending May 7: 35% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 37%)Pink, week ending May 14: 60% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 74%)Pink, week ending May 21: 72% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 89%)Pink, week ending May 28: 99% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 99%)Pink, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 4.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Connecticut pear full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 14: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year 48%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 47% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 77%)Full bloom, week ending May 28: 70% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 92%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 4: 95% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 99%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 11: 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 82%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Connecticut pear petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 14: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 61%)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 55% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 78%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 70% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 91%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 95% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 18: 100% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 25: 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 25 (5-yr avg 85%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Connecticut pear fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 28: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 25% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 40%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 70% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 65%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 90% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 86%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 25: 95% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 96%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 9: 100% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 16: 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 23: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 23.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Connecticut pear harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 1% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 6% (5-yr avg 7%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 9% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 15% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 30% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 55% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 55%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 75% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 90% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Oct 29.

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress (weekly, April–November) and Crop Production reports. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

Updated September 29, 2026

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