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New Hampshire apple crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Hampshire apple crop for the week ending Sep 21, when 49% was good or excellent, 37 points below the five-year average of 86%, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 50% complete (five-year average 56%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 20.2 million lb.

Last rated week ending Sep 21, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

49%of the crop

37 points below the five-year average for this week, and 100% a year ago.

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50%

Harvested

−6 points against the five-year pace of 56%.

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, 2025

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
New Hampshire apple crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 23%, Good 77%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 61%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 91%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 35%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 90%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 39%, Good 61%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 39%, Good 53%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 12%, Fair 39%, Good 49%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 49% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)USDA forecast — week ending Aug 17USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 24Harvest begins−26 pts — week ending Aug 31−26 ptsJun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 49% good or excellent, week ending Sep 21. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2025

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

New Hampshire apple green tip, 20250%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 13: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 20: 1% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 9%)Green tip, week ending Apr 27: 15% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 20%)Green tip, week ending May 4: 100% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 49%)Green tip, week ending May 11: 100% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 56%)Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27May 4May 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 11 (5-yr avg 86%).

Field progress

Pink, 2025

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

New Hampshire apple pink, 20250%50%100%Pink, week ending May 4: 34% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 19%)Pink, week ending May 11: 78% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 22%)Pink, week ending May 18: 88% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 45%)Pink, week ending May 25: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 88%)May 4May 11May 18May 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of May 25 (5-yr avg 97%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

New Hampshire apple full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 11: 36% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 18: 74% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 23%)Full bloom, week ending May 25: 93% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 60%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 1: 95% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 86%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 8: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 97% as of Jun 8.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2025

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

New Hampshire apple petal fall, 20250%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 25: 51% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 31%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 1: 79% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 51%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 8: 88% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 81%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 15: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 92% as of Jun 15.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2025

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

New Hampshire apple fruit set, 20250%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 1: 46% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 32%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 8: 75% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 48%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 15: 89% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 87%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 22: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 29: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 98% as of Jun 29.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Hampshire apple harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 7% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 9% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 17% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 22% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 28%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 40% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 50% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 66%)Aug 10Aug 17Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 50% as of Sep 28 (5-yr avg 56%).

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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