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Connecticut pear crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Connecticut pear crop for the week ending Sep 1, when 95% was good or excellent, 27 points above the five-year average of 68%, versus 70% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete (five-year average 74%).

Last rated week ending Sep 1, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

95%of the crop

27 points above the five-year average for this week, and 70% a year ago.

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95%

Harvested

+21 points against the five-year pace of 74%.

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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 10%, Excellent 80% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 10%, Excellent 85% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 55%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 10%, Excellent 85% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 60%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 10%, Excellent 90% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 6%, Excellent 90% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 5%, Excellent 95% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 63%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 5%, Excellent 90% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 63%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 65%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 30%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 20%, Excellent 80% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 15%, Excellent 85% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 5%, Excellent 90% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 5%, Excellent 90% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 70%)−5 pts — week ending Jul 21−5 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 4Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 18USDA forecastApr 14Jun 23Jul 7Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 95% good or excellent, week ending Sep 1. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2024

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

Connecticut pear green tip, 20240%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 14: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 21: 20% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 49%)Green tip, week ending Apr 28: 50% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 60%)Green tip, week ending May 5: 70% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 68%)Green tip, week ending May 12: 85% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 84%)Green tip, week ending May 19: 95% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 93%)Green tip, week ending May 26: 98% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 99%)Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 98% as of May 26 (5-yr avg 94%).

Field progress

Pink, 2024

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

Connecticut pear pink, 20240%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending Apr 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 5: 35% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 33%)Pink, week ending May 12: 50% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 53%)Pink, week ending May 19: 67% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 69%)Pink, week ending May 26: 75% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 91%)Pink, week ending Jun 2: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Pink, week ending Jun 9: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 98% as of Jun 9.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2024

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

Connecticut pear full bloom, 20240%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 12: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 19: 10% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 39%)Full bloom, week ending May 26: 17% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 63%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 2: 35% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 88%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 9: 73% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 99%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 16: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 95% as of Jun 16.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2024

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

Connecticut pear petal fall, 20240%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 12%)Petal fall, week ending May 26: 8% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 44%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 2: 10% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 66%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 9: 37% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 88%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 16: 78% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 23: 88% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 30: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23Jun 30
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 30.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2024

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

Connecticut pear fruit set, 20240%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 2: 0% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 22%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 9: 0% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 57%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 16: 53% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 84%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 23: 73% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 94%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 30: 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 99%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 7: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23Jun 30Jul 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 7 (5-yr avg 93%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Connecticut pear harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 29% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 34% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 50% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 55% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 58% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 70% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 73% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 26%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 85% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 48%)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 95% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 69%)Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Oct 13 (5-yr avg 74%).

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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