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Maine pear crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Maine pear crop for the week ending Oct 8, when 0% was good or excellent, versus 70% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 94% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 8, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

0%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 8.

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94%

Harvested

As of Oct 29.

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, 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.

2026202520242023202220212020
Maine pear crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 3%, Poor 10%, Fair 73%, Good 10%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 14% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 75%, Good 20%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 20% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 0%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 80%, Good 20%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 20% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 20%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 55%, Good 45%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 45% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 100%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 96%, Poor 4%, Fair 0%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 70%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 85%, Poor 15%, Fair 0%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 95%, Poor 5%, Fair 0%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)−60 pts — week ending Jun 18−60 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Sep 3Harvest beginsJun 11Jul 2Jul 23Aug 13Sep 3Sep 24
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 0% good or excellent, week ending Oct 8. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2023

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

Maine pear green tip, 20230%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 16: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Green tip, week ending Apr 23: 10% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 26%)Green tip, week ending Apr 30: 30% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 47%)Green tip, week ending May 7: 55% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 68%)Green tip, week ending May 14: 90% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 88%)Green tip, week ending May 21: 95% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 99%)Green tip, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 95%).

Field progress

Pink, 2023

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

Maine pear pink, 20230%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 30: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Pink, week ending May 7: 25% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 37%)Pink, week ending May 14: 65% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 74%)Pink, week ending May 21: 85% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 89%)Pink, week ending May 28: 95% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 98%)Pink, week ending Jun 4: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 99% as of Jun 4.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

Maine pear full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 14: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year 48%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 35% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 77%)Full bloom, week ending May 28: 70% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 89%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 4: 85% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 99%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 11: 97% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 97% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 77%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

Maine pear petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 14: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 61%)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 55% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 74%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 70% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 84%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 90% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 94%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 18: 95% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 25: 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 25 (5-yr avg 87%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

Maine pear fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 28: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 19%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 25% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 41%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 70% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 65%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 89% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 86%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 25: 98% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 98%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 100% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 9: 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 16: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 23: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 23.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Maine pear harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 1% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 8% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 10% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 20% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 25% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 50% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 75% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 90% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 94% 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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