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Massachusetts pear crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Massachusetts pear crop for the week ending Oct 11, when 60% was good or excellent, versus 80% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 11, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

60%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

Massachusetts pear harvest far ahead of normal pace

In the week ending September 27, 2026, Massachusetts pears were rated 80% good to excellent, unchanged from the prior week, with 40% in each of the good and excellent categories. Harvest reached 95% complete, well ahead of the five-year average of 51% for this date and above last year's 91% at the same point in the season. Bloom timing matched last year, with full bloom at 100% both seasons. With harvest nearly wrapped up, the next USDA condition report should show whether the crop finishes at this level.

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
Massachusetts pear crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 44%, Good 56%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 80%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Week ending Oct 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)−44 pts — week ending Aug 2−44 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: 60% 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.

Massachusetts pear green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 12: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 30% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 11%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 80% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 24%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 100% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 28%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Green tip, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)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.

Massachusetts pear pink, 20200%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 60% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 3%)Pink, week ending May 10: 80% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 5%)Pink, week ending May 17: 85% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 18%)Pink, week ending May 24: 87% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 24%)Pink, week ending May 31: 88% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 36%)Pink, week ending Jun 7: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31Jun 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 95% as of Jun 7.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2020

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

Massachusetts pear full bloom, 20200%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 45% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 1%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 47% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 2%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 70% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 8%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 73% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 46%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 14: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 21: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)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.

Massachusetts pear petal fall, 20200%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 38% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 70% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 0%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 73% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 29%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 74% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 58%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 21: 83% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 79%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 28: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 5: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 12: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5Jul 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 94% as of Jul 12.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2020

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

Massachusetts pear fruit set, 20200%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 6% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 15% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 7%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 45% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 28%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 71% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 63%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 28: 72% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 82%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 5: 73% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 12: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 19: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 26: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Aug 2: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 97% as of Aug 2.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

Massachusetts 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 3%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 0% (5-yr avg 7%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 0% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 0% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 9% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 22% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 35% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 26%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 57% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 51%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 76% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 89% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 96% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 94%)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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