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New Hampshire apple crop

USDA last rated the 2021 New Hampshire apple crop for the week ending Oct 10, when 100% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% 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 10, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 10.

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100%

Harvested

As of Oct 31.

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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 61%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 50%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 76%)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 67%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 97%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 30%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 30%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 40%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 40%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 35%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 35%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 45%, Excellent 55% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 42%, Excellent 58% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 66%)Week ending Sep 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 60%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 61%)Week ending Sep 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 55%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 61%)Week ending Oct 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 70%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Week ending Oct 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 75%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−47 pts — week ending Jul 18−47 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 15USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 29Harvest beginsJun 13Jul 4Jul 25Aug 15Sep 5Sep 26
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Oct 10. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2021

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

New Hampshire apple green tip, 20210%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 11: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 18: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year 61%)Green tip, week ending Apr 25: 57% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 79%)Green tip, week ending May 2: 80% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 95%)Green tip, week ending May 9: 85% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 16: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 23: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 30: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending Jun 6: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 11Apr 25May 9May 23Jun 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of Jun 6.

Field progress

Pink, 2021

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

New Hampshire apple pink, 20210%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 25: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 2: 49% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 9: 54% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 59%)Pink, week ending May 16: 86% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 87%)Pink, week ending May 23: 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 99%)Pink, week ending May 30: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Pink, week ending Jun 6: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 25May 2May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 6.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2021

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

New Hampshire apple full bloom, 20210%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 16: 49% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 23: 65% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 82%)Full bloom, week ending May 30: 75% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 99%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 6: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 13: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 20: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 20.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2021

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

New Hampshire apple petal fall, 20210%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 16: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 23: 39% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 30: 49% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 87%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 6: 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 98%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 13: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 20: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 20.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2021

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

New Hampshire apple fruit set, 20210%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 23: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 30: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 6: 98% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 53%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 13: 98% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 80%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 20: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 27: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20Jun 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 98% as of Jun 27.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

New Hampshire apple harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 8: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Aug 15: 0% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 0% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 11% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 20% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Sep 12: 24% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Sep 19: 35% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Sep 26: 44% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 50%)Harvested, week ending Oct 3: 55% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Oct 10: 70% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 78%)Harvested, week ending Oct 17: 80% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Oct 24: 94% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Harvested, week ending Oct 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19Oct 3Oct 17Oct 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Oct 31.

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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