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Delaware apple crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Delaware apple crop for the week ending Sep 24, when 62% was good or excellent, versus 67% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 96% complete.

Last rated week ending Sep 24, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

62%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 24.

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96%

Harvested

As of Oct 29.

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.

20242023202220212020
Delaware apple crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 70%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending May 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 15%, Good 62%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 73%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 16%, Good 58%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 19%, Good 69%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 97%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 8%, Good 80%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 12%, Good 68%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 73%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 77%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 79%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 29%, Good 60%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 27%, Good 62%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 23%, Good 61%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 26%, Good 50%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 72%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 26%, Good 58%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 5%, Poor 9%, Fair 22%, Good 54%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 69%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 5%, Poor 10%, Fair 24%, Good 54%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 5%, Poor 11%, Fair 28%, Good 46%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 5%, Poor 10%, Fair 23%, Good 51%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)−18 pts — week ending Jun 11−18 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Jul 30Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastMay 21Jun 11Jul 2Jul 23Aug 13Sep 3Sep 24
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 62% good or excellent, week ending Sep 24. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

Delaware apple full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Apr 16: 24% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 23: 61% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 7%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 30: 64% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 12%)Full bloom, week ending May 7: 76% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 47%)Full bloom, week ending May 14: 87% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 63%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 98% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 71%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 98% as of May 21 (5-yr avg 80%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

Delaware apple petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 7: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 14: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 47% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 82% (5-yr avg —, last year 24%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 26%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 18: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 27%)May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 95% as of Jun 18.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

Delaware apple fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 22% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 27% (5-yr avg —, last year 1%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 25: 51% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 18%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 9: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 27%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 16: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 31%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 23: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 34%)Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 2Jul 9Jul 16Jul 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 96% as of Jul 23.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Delaware apple harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 23: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 6% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 22% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 41% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 52% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 61% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 73% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 80% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 21%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 89% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 37%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 57%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Jul 23Aug 6Aug 20Sep 3Sep 17Oct 1Oct 15Oct 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% 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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