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Maine pear crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Maine pear crop for the week ending Oct 11, when 51% was good or excellent, versus 90% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 11, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

51%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 11.

–

100%

Harvested

As of Nov 8.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Maine pear harvest outpaces average but trails last year

For the week ending September 27, 2026, Maine's pear crop was rated 75% good to excellent, unchanged from the prior week, with the rest of the crop split between fair, good and excellent. Harvest reached 70% complete, running 20 points ahead of the five-year average of 50% but 14 points behind last year's pace of 84% at the same point. This was the sixteenth week of condition ratings for the season. The next USDA update will show whether the harvest gap to last year narrows as picking continues.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2020

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.

2026202520242023202220212020
Maine pear crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 64%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 65%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 15%, Fair 26%, Good 59%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 20%, Fair 30%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 17%, Fair 38%, Good 45%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 45% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 9%, Fair 41%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 48%, Good 52%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 73%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 68%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 93%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 22%, Good 68%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 31%, Good 61%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 92%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 49%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 92%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 49%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 92%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 51%, Good 49%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 49% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 100%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 49%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Week ending Oct 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 49%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)−13 pts — week ending Jul 5−13 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 16USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Sep 13Harvest beginsJun 21Jul 12Aug 2Aug 23Sep 13Oct 4
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 51% good or excellent, week ending Oct 11. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2020

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

Maine pear green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 12: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 36% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 47% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 11%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 55% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 22%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 70% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 36%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 54%)Green tip, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 31.

Field progress

Pink, 2020

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

Maine pear pink, 20200%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 15% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 1%)Pink, week ending May 10: 38% (5-yr avg 7%, last year 4%)Pink, week ending May 17: 52% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 19%)Pink, week ending May 24: 78% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 43%)Pink, week ending May 31: 84% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 68%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 84% as of May 31 (5-yr avg 60%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2020

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

Maine pear full bloom, 20200%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 19% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 0%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 33% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 11%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 60% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 33%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 64% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 54%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 14: 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 21: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)May 17May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 91% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2020

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

Maine pear petal fall, 20200%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 47% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 4%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 50% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 26%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 67% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 45%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 21: 83% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 74%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 28: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 5: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 12: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5Jul 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 98% as of Jul 12.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2020

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

Maine pear fruit set, 20200%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 6% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 12% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 6%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 43% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 23%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 71% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 61%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 28: 75% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 82%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 5: 82% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 12: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 19: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 26: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Aug 2: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 98% as of Aug 2.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

Maine pear harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 0% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 0% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 0% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 0% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 9% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 22% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 18%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 35% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 28%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 57% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 76% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 89% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 96% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Nov 1: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Nov 8: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4Oct 18Nov 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 8.

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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