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Maine pear crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Maine pear crop for the week ending Sep 1, when 10% was good or excellent, 50 points below the five-year average of 60%, versus 20% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 96% complete (five-year average 73%).

Last rated week ending Sep 1, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

10%of the crop

50 points below the five-year average for this week, and 20% a year ago.

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96%

Harvested

+23 points against the five-year pace of 73%.

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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 94%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 0%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 0%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 0%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 18%, Excellent 82% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 0%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 18%, Excellent 82% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 70%, Good 23%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 30% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 0%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 94%, Good 6%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 6% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 10%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 96%, Good 4%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 4% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 10%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 83%, Good 17%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 17% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 10%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 14%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 88%, Good 11%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 12% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 20%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 20%)−70 pts — week ending Jul 21−70 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 4Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 18USDA forecastApr 14Jun 23Jul 7Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 10% good or excellent, week ending Sep 1. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2024

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

Maine pear green tip, 20240%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 14: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 21: 18% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 9%)Green tip, week ending Apr 28: 25% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 24%)Green tip, week ending May 5: 40% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 48%)Green tip, week ending May 12: 50% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 80%)Green tip, week ending May 19: 80% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 94%)Green tip, week ending May 26: 95% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 99%)Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 95% as of May 26 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Pink, 2024

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

Maine pear pink, 20240%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending Apr 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 5: 10% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 21%)Pink, week ending May 12: 20% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 54%)Pink, week ending May 19: 55% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 79%)Pink, week ending May 26: 80% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 92%)Pink, week ending Jun 2: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Pink, week ending Jun 9: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 9.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2024

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

Maine pear full bloom, 20240%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 12: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 19: 8% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 31%)Full bloom, week ending May 26: 25% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 60%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 2: 55% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 81%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 9: 100% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 94%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 16: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 16.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2024

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

Maine pear petal fall, 20240%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 12%)Petal fall, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 44%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 2: 45% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 66%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 9: 75% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 84%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 16: 95% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 94%)May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 95% as of Jun 16 (5-yr avg 83%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2024

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

Maine pear fruit set, 20240%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 2: 0% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 22%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 9: 30% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 57%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 16: 60% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 84%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 23: 75% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 95%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 30: 85% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 99%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 7: 95% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23Jun 30Jul 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 95% as of Jul 7 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Maine pear harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 65% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 70% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 75% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 80% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 90% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 95% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 96% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 68%)Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Oct 13 (5-yr avg 73%).

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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