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Delaware peach crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Delaware peach crop for the week ending Sep 25, when 21% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 66% complete.

Last rated week ending Sep 25, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

21%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 25.

–

66%

Harvested

As of Oct 2.

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2022

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 peach crop condition, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 75%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 96%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 74%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 96%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 22%, Good 67%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 93%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 92%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 62%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 31%, Good 55%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 60%, Good 31%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 36% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 61%, Good 30%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 62%, Good 29%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 34% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 62%, Good 28%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 62%, Good 27%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 63%, Good 26%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 32% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 5%, Poor 15%, Fair 65%, Good 9%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 11%, Poor 32%, Fair 32%, Good 15%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 9%, Poor 29%, Fair 41%, Good 12%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 21% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 24Harvest begins−28 pts — week ending Jul 31−28 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 14USDA forecastJun 19Jul 3Jul 17Jul 31Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 21% good or excellent, week ending Sep 25. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2022

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

Delaware peach full bloom, 20220%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Apr 10: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending Apr 17: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending Apr 24: 8% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 10%)Full bloom, week ending May 1: 38% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 57%)Full bloom, week ending May 8: 74% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 74%)Full bloom, week ending May 15: 82% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 95%)Full bloom, week ending May 22: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 29: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending Jun 5: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 10Apr 24May 8May 22Jun 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 94% as of Jun 5.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2022

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

Delaware peach petal fall, 20220%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 22: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 29: 21% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 5: 27% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 12: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 19: 33% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Jun 26: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Jul 3: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Jul 10: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Jul 17: 66% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Jul 24: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Jul 31: 79% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Aug 7: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Aug 14: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending Aug 21: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 22Jun 5Jun 19Jul 3Jul 17Jul 31Aug 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Aug 21.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2022

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

Delaware peach fruit set, 20220%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 12: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year 41%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 19: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year 58%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 26: 21% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 3: 27% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 10: 37% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 17: 41% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 24: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jul 31: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Aug 7: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Aug 14: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Aug 21: 66% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Aug 28: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Sep 4: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 12Jun 26Jul 10Jul 24Aug 7Aug 21Sep 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Sep 4.

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Delaware peach harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 24: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 31: 14% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Aug 7: 16% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 19% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 21% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 24% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 26% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 66% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 24Aug 7Aug 21Sep 4Sep 18Oct 2
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 66% as of Oct 2.

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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