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New Hampshire apple crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Hampshire apple crop for the week ending Oct 4, when 62% was good or excellent, versus 77% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 99% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 20.2 million lb.

Last rated week ending Oct 4, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

62%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 4.

–

99%

Harvested

As of Nov 1.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

New Hampshire apple condition drops 18 points

New Hampshire's apple crop rated 81% good to excellent in the week ending September 27, down 18 points from the prior week, with 19% of the crop rated fair and none in the poor or very poor categories. Harvest reached 58% complete, running ahead of both the five-year average of 53% and last year's 49% pace at the same point in the season. Earlier in the year, fruit set reached 99%, ahead of last year's 93%. The next condition report will show whether the drop in top ratings continues as harvest moves toward completion.

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.

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New Hampshire apple crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 34%, Excellent 42% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 34%, Excellent 42% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 41%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 83%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 48%, Excellent 28% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 83%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 51%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 23%, Good 60%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 69%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 75%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 70%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 63%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 76%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 61%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 76%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 34%, Good 55%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 77%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 39%, Good 49%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 76%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 39%, Good 49%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 38%, Good 50%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 9Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 16USDA forecast−9 pts — week ending Aug 16−9 ptsJun 21Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 62% good or excellent, week ending Oct 4. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2020

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

New Hampshire apple green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 12: 46% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 63% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 82% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 37%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 97% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 52%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 73%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Green tip, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)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.

New Hampshire apple pink, 20200%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 11% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 6%)Pink, week ending May 10: 67% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 20%)Pink, week ending May 17: 90% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 61%)Pink, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 93%)Pink, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of May 31 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2020

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

New Hampshire apple full bloom, 20200%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 31% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 37%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 91% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 68%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 93%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 14: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 17May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 14.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2020

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

New Hampshire apple petal fall, 20200%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 78% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 88% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 51%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 88%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 21: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 28: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 28.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2020

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

New Hampshire apple fruit set, 20200%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 59% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 73%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 84% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 95%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 28: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 5: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 12: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5Jul 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 12.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

New Hampshire apple harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 1% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 2% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 5% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 7% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 10%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 18% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 28% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 36% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 33%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 52% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 67% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 58%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 80% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 93% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 99% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Nov 1: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27Oct 11Oct 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 99% as of Nov 1.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2015

USDA published production estimates for New Hampshire apple through 2015 and has not surveyed the state since.

New Hampshire apple crop: final estimate by year0102030million lb2010: no forecast · final 21.0 million lb20102011: no forecast · final 18.0 million lb20112012: no forecast · final 15.5 million lb20122013: no forecast · final 25.5 million lb20132014: no forecast · final 16.9 million lb20142015: no forecast · final 20.2 million lb2015
Crop yearFinal (million lb)Crop valueShare of US
201520.2 million lb$13M0.2%
201416.9 million lb$10M0.1%
201325.5 million lb$11M0.2%
201215.5 million lb$8M0.2%
201118.0 million lb$9M0.2%
201021.0 million lb$9M0.2%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2015. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

New Hampshire apple crop: fresh market vs processing05101520million lb2010: fresh 14.5, processing 5.0, not sold 0.0 million lb — 74% fresh20102011: fresh 13.0, processing 4.0, not sold 0.0 million lb — 76% fresh20112012: fresh 10.5, processing 3.0, not sold 0.0 million lb — 78% fresh20122013: fresh 0.0, processing 11.0, not sold 0.2 million lb — 0% fresh20132014: fresh 0.0, processing 2.0, not sold 0.3 million lb — 0% fresh20142015: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.2 million lb — 0% fresh2015
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

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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