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New Hampshire apple crop

USDA last rated the 2023 New Hampshire apple crop for the week ending Oct 1, when 73% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 98% 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 1, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

73%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 1.

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98%

Harvested

As of Oct 29.

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, 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.

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New Hampshire apple crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 45%, Fair 15%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 50%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 73%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 67%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 87%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 90%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 69%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 52%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 52%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 90%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 14%, Good 74%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 68%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 65%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 14%, Good 86%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 85%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 73%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−60 pts — week ending Jun 18−60 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Sep 10Harvest beginsJun 11Jul 2Jul 23Aug 13Sep 3Sep 24
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 73% good or excellent, week ending Oct 1. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2023

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

New Hampshire apple green tip, 20230%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 16: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 5%)Green tip, week ending Apr 23: 49% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 47%)Green tip, week ending Apr 30: 75% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 67%)Green tip, week ending May 7: 86% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 84%)Green tip, week ending May 14: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 98%)Green tip, week ending May 21: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 28.

Field progress

Pink, 2023

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

New Hampshire apple pink, 20230%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 30: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 1%)Pink, week ending May 7: 50% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 5%)Pink, week ending May 14: 65% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 74%)Pink, week ending May 21: 90% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Pink, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

New Hampshire apple full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 14: 31% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 60% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 90%)Full bloom, week ending May 28: 95% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 97%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 4 (5-yr avg 95%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

New Hampshire apple petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 14: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 75% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 68%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 82% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 80%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 98% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 97%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 98% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

New Hampshire apple fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 21: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 28: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 60% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 64%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 90% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 74%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 99% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 96%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jul 2
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 0% as of Jul 2.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

New Hampshire apple 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 1%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 0% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 12%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 0% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 21%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 4% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 10% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 38% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 49% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 67% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 93% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 98% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 98% as of Oct 29.

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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