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Delaware peach crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Delaware peach crop for the week ending Aug 13, when 73% was good or excellent, versus 34% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 97% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 13, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

73%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 13.

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97%

Harvested

As of Sep 3.

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 peach crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 12%, Good 70%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending May 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 12%, Good 69%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 8%, Poor 15%, Fair 32%, Good 41%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 45% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 16%, Good 72%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 4%, Poor 10%, Fair 24%, Good 52%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 91%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 18%, Good 67%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 77%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 17%, Good 64%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 17%, Good 63%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 64%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 22%, Good 64%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year 36%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 24%, Good 64%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 35%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 22%, Good 62%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg —, last year 34%)−38 pts — week ending Jun 11−38 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Jul 2Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastMay 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16Jul 30Aug 13
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 73% good or excellent, week ending Aug 13. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

Delaware peach full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Apr 16: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 23: 94% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 7%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 30: 96% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 34%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 96% as of Apr 30 (5-yr avg 56%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

Delaware peach petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 7: 39% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 14: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 20%)May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 95% as of May 28.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

Delaware peach fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 28: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 34% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 42% (5-yr avg —, last year 16%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 25: 64% (5-yr avg —, last year 20%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 26%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 9: 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 36%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 16: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 40%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 23: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)May 28Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 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 peach harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 2: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 9: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 16: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 23: 18% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 30% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 46% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 54% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 74% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 21%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 86% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 26%)Jul 2Jul 16Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 97% as of Sep 3.

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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